I am so sick of everything getting politicized.

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16. I have found...

that talking about the weather is very safe.

Equally safe is talking about the other person's hobbies.

Talking about kids, grandkids. Safe.

Talking about physical aches and pains. Safe.

Talking about sports usually involves friendly rivalry but safe. HOWEVER, since most sports has been suspended, that one might get political.

If you were a woman, the intricacies of mask-making might be a friendly toe-dip into COVID-19 without getting political.

Oh yeah, talking about cats and dogs is safe.

I work with an anti-Hillary veteran. I found out today that we probably couldn't even agree on the environment and definitely not the rate of deaths with COVID-19. So, we talk about his house, his kids, his ex-wife. I don't think I talk about myself with him at all.

It is almost always safe to allow a person to talk about themselves and their life, and just listen, with a "no politics" caveat.

Hopefully by next February, we will have a different president, we will have a vaccine, and some of the madness will be past us. Until then, if you cherish your friend, talk about grandkids. Talking about COVID-19 is going to get political. It's just not a safe subject.