Announce that there will be no photos. Remove the pressure of the “proof.” When you aren’t performing for the camera, you might actually find a moment of weird, awkward, real connection.
Ask yourself: Am I here to make a memory, or am I here to make a prop? fake family walkthrough
The most healing thing my partner and I ever did was cancel the zoo trip and go to a sad, empty laundromat together. We folded clothes in silence. No one smiled. No one posed. It was miserable, but it was honest misery. And honesty is the opposite of the fake walkthrough. Announce that there will be no photos