Stimulating Family Conversation:

Me: "Hi Dad!"

Dad: "Hi! What did you do today?"

Me: "I went shopping."

Dad: "Again? What did you buy?"

Me: "I bought jeans ..."

Dad: "But you have so many pairs of jeans, don't you have like, TWELVE PAIRS?"

Me: "But they're all blue ... and i don't really like them ... and these are grey and 30 dollars!!!"

Dad: "And what else did you buy?"

Me: "Shoes, flat shoes."

Dad: "But you have so many flat shoes!!!"

Me: "I have ballet flats, but not plain black skimmers. These were 19 dollars, and they're different. I mean, at least I don't own a thousand identical polo shirts like you do. All my things are different."

Dad: "......"