The goyishe velt suffers from other kinds of family shenanigans (ones which cannot be named here).
Since we have B”H for the most part eradicated those sorts of problems from our midst, we do the the next best (worst?) thing:
fight for silly reasons.
And join my club. We too have a segment of the family that is not talking to each other. Funniest part of all? Its not even about a huge ammount of $$….
ITS THE PRINCIPLE
(gosh, how many tears have been shed over those 3 words)