[M.D. Holloway]

then there is the alternitive technique (depending on their outlook)

Option 1: Tell them that you and the fam are going to your church service and he is invited - Southern Pentacostal with plenty-o-speaking in tongues and rattlesnake han'ln.

Option 2: Your taken your son (and the boy is welcome) to attend your daily Father/Son outing at the local bar for a few rounds of drinks and some stoogie smokes.

Option 3: Uncle Willie is in Town and will watch the kids. Willie is a good guy that needs a break and the prison term taught him a trade (he just isn't allowed within 500 yards of a school yard).