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" The last three Thanksgivings, my poor husband has been roped into watching the day&amp;#039;s endless football games by my uncle and cousins. While the men are in the den, the women load the dishwasher and then gossip over coffee in the kitchen. He&amp;#039;s bored by the games, but feels funny joining the women. How do I tactfully persuade my relatives to change the holiday &amp;quot;game plan&amp;quot;? Well, you can&amp;#039;t dictate to your hosts how the day should go, especially since it sounds as if most of the others enjoy the status quo. Even though your husband &amp;quot;feels funny&amp;quot; about hanging with the women after the turkey&amp;#039;s been eaten, if he doesn&amp;#039;t want to root for the team, he&amp;#039;s going to have to make a move to the other camp. After dinner, he could say lightly, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not much of a football fan. Wouldn&amp;#039;t you all like another pair of hands in here?&amp;quot; Maybe the group chat would naturally shift to include him. Another option: Casually wandering back and forth between rooms while the games are on. That should help break up his boredom. To go in a new direction, you could suggest that all of you go to a restaurant this year. Some families eat out on the holidays for a cooking and cleanup break. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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