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Christmas! AIBU?

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MawBroon Tue 31-Jul-18 00:30:42

“Emotional baggage” not “emotions”.

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MawBroon Tue 31-Jul-18 00:29:52

You don’t say how close you live to each other and whether or not staying over is involved.
Oh the emotions baggage connected with Christmas. Why do we put ourselves through it?
I could live happily with them alternating between us and their in-laws although with 3 the logistics get complicated. For a big family “bash” Boxing Day is the easier option. When ours were small I used to stick to the principle that children should open their stockings in their own home too.
Now that I am on my own it remains to be seen whether I will be as reasonable, but Christmas Day with one of my 3 DDs and seeing everybody on Boxing Day should be OK for me.

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Tuppence21 Tue 31-Jul-18 00:14:59

I know no-one wants to think about this in the height of Summer but already I am beginning to dread it. We haven't spent a Christmas Day with both our adult children for 10 years ! Is it unreasonable to ask for this? Although to see them Boxing Day is OK I would dearly love to have the big day with them both and share some of the happy times we used to have. I have always been understanding about other commitments to in law families and have told them from being teenagers that I knew we could not always be together. I have even invited one set of inlaws to spend a previous Christmas with us so there would be no problems for them . However just for once I would like my DC and DGC just to ourselves. AIBU?

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