It's Monday, and this is the Ramsey Call of the Day, part of the Ramsey Network.

Mary's calling in from St. Louis, got some political conflicts and stress in the family. Mary, tell us about it.

Hi, Dr. D and Ken. I'm so grateful for you guys. Dr. D. You've been giving us tons of great advice about how to handle conflict stemming from political tensions.

It's been so helpful.

I'm not super great with it, as you can see, right?

John and I fight about politics every day in the office.

That's what he's not telling you.

That's right.

Well, it's been better than nothing.

Well, I appreciate. You're a kind kind person thank you thanks so yesterday Dave made a funny comment about the advice being great

assuming the other person that you're dealing with wasn't mentally ill but what if that person

does have a history of mental illness and emotional problems and boundary issues,

can you please throw out some healthy ways and exit strategies to end politically divisive interrogation?

And yes, it has been interrogation.

And could you please share some handy phrases that could excuse yourself from even going there?

I want to live out Proverbs 151, which says,

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs of anger.

Man, that's such a great question.

There's a couple of things globally here.

One is, yeah, I actually talked to somebody today.

Dave and I yesterday were, the call Mary's referring to is

Dave and I yesterday talked about an Instagram post.

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