A whole session devoted to Elf on the Shelf (Blondie decided to educate me on all things Elf.. when I said I’d never heard of it along with what she does with it and how exactly her younger son reacts to it)?

ETA: I usually just say I want to talk about something lighter. Topics have included Blondie’s tastes in music, movies, hair stylists, vacations, beliefs, family, dating and so on.

It’s odd but I have a really hard time talking about my own light stuff — I’d much rather interrogate Blondie on her choices.

Sometimes when I started by saying I wanted a light session, we ended up unexpectedly getting into heavy duty territory that I hadn’t been aware was a touchy issue(s) for me.