Let’s imagine an entirely hypothetical situation :rolleyes:, where your family of 5 (2 adults 3 teens) has been invited to one of the adults’ siblings on New Year’s Day, to watch the alma mater of several family members play in a bowl game. Another sibling and their family was invited as well - would probably be approx. 15-18 people for afternoon snacks and dinner.
In the car 5 minutes into the 15-minute drive, 2 of your family members get into an argument over something pretty minor. The other 3 have no dog in this fight. Neither of the participants is willing to let it drop or give in, so it escalates to screaming, crying, swearing. The driver turns the car home to drop off one of the 2 participants, as well as to pick up the forgotten hostess gift.
During attempt # 2 to reach our destination, the remaining combatant attempts to engage the other 3 in a discussion of what had transpired. Those 3 are hesitant, primarily because they think their carmate was pretty much at least equally at fault, and were not eager to either lie and say that person was correct, or come out and tell them they were wrong on the way to a social gathering. When the person was unwilling to discuss it later, the car got turned around a 2d time, as the other 3 tried to explain their impression of/reaction to what had happened.
When the family gets home, they find the first person had left a note saying they went for a walk. The 2d arguer decides to step outside as well without saying where they are going or when they will be back.
So - at this point, what do you do? Do you call the hostess? If so, what do you say? Do any family members end up going to the party?
Just curious how you folks would have handled such a situation. Wouldn’t have wanted to make it through an entire day of the new year without some kind of easily avoidable drama!