Am I weird or is it my family? Dinner conversation.

[treestar]

My family loves to discuss medical things during dinner.

I have a bunch of friends who do that too, describing the problems of the elderly in their families, or others.

Am I the one with the problem? I don't enjoy that. I'd love to meet people whose idea of dinner conversation does not include these things.

Right now they are describing where IVs get put in and picking veins for drawing blood, etc.

I am squeamish.

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. Are these mainly older people directing the conversation.

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No matter how much medical stuff I have going on, I keep my discussion of
it -- even with friends -- to a bare minimum because that seems like a
trap older folks fall into.
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When that becomes THE main focus in my life -- to the point of dominating
plain old social dinner conversations -- I'll know that it's time to start
considering that quality-of-life issue.
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It's certainly not you.
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Now that I have your attention, though... what do you think this is right
here? No, the one right BESIDE that one.
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[treestar]

2. Nope - some are but the dominators tend to be women who have

had babies (I've never) - something about that seems to kill all squeamishness - at least in my family. Their kids are still young or teens.

And with the friends, they are talking about their parents - they help take care of them.

They don't seem to be upset about it- just find it genuinely interesting!