Douglas CouplandAll families are psychotic. Everybody has basically the same family - it's just reconfigured slightly different from one to the next.
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Every family has people that they can't stand. And every family has a few more of those people than they'd like. But there's a general theme to all of them: everybody wants to get along with everybody else so they can get their way. The best trick is to pretend that you don't notice the things that bother you, and then hope nobody spots you doing it. In other words, don't talk about your family issues, and you won't have to confront them.
Source: All Families Are Psychotic
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