Your Fill-in-the-Blank Guide to Surviving Thanksgiving Conversations

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Sometimes I feel that every time I go home, everyone asks the same questions. I’m glad they want to know about how I’m doing, but it can get a little tedious answering the same questions over and over. Think of your answers to the following questions, and maybe you can even print them out like him:

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1. Hi Grandma/Aunt/Uncle/Cousin ________!

​2. College is...

• Great
• Fun
• Hard
• Okay

3. I go to university at ________.

4. My classes are...​​

• Great! I'm doing well in them
• Fun! I enjoy my classes
• Hard
• Okay
• (List)

5. My major is _______.

• (Yes, I can find a job with that)

6. My roommate...

• Is so great
• Is nice, but we're not super close
• Doesn't exist
• Is okay

7. The food is...

• Awful
• Good
• Great -- I do my own cooking
• Okay

8. I...

• Have lots of friends
• Have a small but close friend group
• Have a couple of friends
• Mostly stick to myself

9. I...

• Have a boyfriend/girlfriend
• Do not have a boyfriend/girlfriend. I'm focusing on my studies.

10. I...

• Joined a sorority 
  • I love it!
  • It's okay 
• Did not join a sorority 
• Did not rush

11. I...

• Have gone to parties
• Have not been to a party
• Would rather not say

12. I'm...

• Doing great
• Doing Well
• Doing okay
• Please stop asking me questions

 

Now you can stop worrying about conversation and get to the best part of Thanksgiving--the food!