An example of the level of tact I showed

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My uncle always said “You never have to wonder what Shanny is thinking she’ll tell you”. I’d think about something and it sounded good in my head but then when I would say it I would often realize I shouldn’t have opened my mouth. It took me about 25 years to begin to really learn tact. My sister said it took me a lot longer then that. One example is at a get together one day when I was about 19 my father in law, his wife and my parents were talking about my father in laws side of the family. Someone mentioned how handsome my father in laws one brother was when he was young. I had seen a photo of him back then and told them I didn’t think he was handsome he looked like a rat. I don’t recall anyone saying anything in response they just started talking about something else. Later that night my mother told me that one should never make a comment like that to someone about their family members. I suppose she was right. The photo (unrelated to the post) is of the books my husband bought the baby from Amazon. He’s only ever picked out two things for her since she’s been born so I love to see what interests him. He loved these books when he was a child and now we can read them to her. My sister and I had a few books by this author.