I hope your festivities went as smoothly (and non-physical-beating-for-talking/arguing-politics) as mine did.
Except for those of you that went to bed early. But, it really is late, so, you were probably better off.

Tonight (i.e., some time between 10pm June 24 and 2:45am June 25), The Partner and I got together with two friends* of ours.
The interesting aspect of it all was our seeming difference; the truth was our similarity.
While some can acknowledge certain realities, others can acknowledge others’.
We edit ourselves to fit “appropriate” paradigms.