Intro
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Fighting is part of being in a family. Few families get by without an argument every once in a while. But when an argument turns into a feud, a family might be divided for years, or even generations.
Often, family feuds start over little things, and then the fight grows until it’s out of control. Different members of the family might join in and take sides, until whole branches of the family are cut off from each other. Hear Amy tell Jason about her own family’s feud.
Dialog
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Amy: I have this one uncle, Jason, who my part of the family hasn’t talked to for, like, a decade.
Jason: Wow. Do you know where he is and what he’s doing and stuff?
Amy: He’s living his life. I mean, I don’t know too much about it, but my side of the family, it was my grandparents actually, just got into a huge family feud with him and his family, and now there’s just no more communication with him and his whole family.
Jason: Wow. So his little section of the larger family is just completely separate from everyone else?
Amy: Yeah. Isn’t that crazy to just have a family feud that, you know, breaks up the family permanently? Especially, you know, years later nobody even remembers exactly what it was that caused the fight.
Jason: Yeah, it’s one thing to have a black sheep in the family, someone that maybe isn’t as responsible as everybody else. But it’s another to have all communication, all ties severed.
Amy: Right. And then different parts of the family start to choose sides.
Jason: I wonder, do you think it’s getting to be time where it might be able to be, you know, smoothed over?
Amy: Well, actually, it’s funny you should ask that because I just became Facebook friends with one of the uncle’s kids. And so maybe the younger generation will finally bridge that divide.
Jason: Internet ends family feud.
Amy: Yes.
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Discussion
Amy tells Jason about a feud in her family. Her grandparents and her uncle got in a fight many years ago. The fight got bigger and bigger and other members of the family chose sides. Now Amy and her parents haven’t spoken to her uncle or other members of his family in over a decade.
Jason says it’s common to have a black sheep in the family, someone who isn’t as responsible as his relatives and often gets into trouble. But it is less common to have a family feud that causes a division within the family. Still, some families do experience family feuds.
Jason asks Amy if she thinks the feud in her family can be ended any time soon. She says that the younger generation may be able to end it. Amy is now friends with one of her uncle’s children—Facebook friends, that is.
Have there ever been any major feuds in your family? Who is the black sheep in your family? Are there any fights happening in your family right now?
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