dweebish ,
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@Zumbador @actuallyautistic Those three rules are eerily familiar. Not surprisingly so is the impossibility of making group decisions.

In that part of the family, if I have the energy I try to qualify my lack of preference with a reason: X might be fun, but relative Y has to get up early tomorrow morning; Z sounds interesting, but relative A isn't a big fan of crowds. At times, it starts actual conversations where relative Y is honest about their scheduling needs and relative A can express an honest opinion about whether it's a good time for being in a crowd. It fails sometimes, too, and people get defensive.

I just remembered doing this in an organization meeting once and it basically caused the person who really wanted X to get indignant and become demanding, so there's that, too.

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