Here, at least, she is self-controlled and self-possessed, because she stops just short of insulting and poking fun at her spouse and children as they do, because she has one fewer glass of the wine, because she abstains from watching some of the shows they watch, because she doesn’t believe in abortion, or homosexual practices, or whatever else. (Just make sure there are still a few things that she doesn’t agree to; it makes her feel she’s “holding the line” in some sense.)
