I like his family, but ..... - 11/25/13 02:09 PM
Thanksgiving is coming up and - once again - we're joining my husband's family at his sister's house, a nearly two hour drive away.
So here's a thought - how old do you have to be before you earn the right to spend holidays in your own home, rather than have to shlep to somebody else's?
I like his family, and I'm not ungrateful for their hospitality, but I don't like being obliged to spend holidays with them. Espcially when it means the tedium of being stuck in holiday traffic.
He's over 60, and I'm getting there, and I really just want to stay home and have a nice dinner and a quiet day together, but I don't think his family would take that very well.
I'd appreciate any thoughts about this you might have.
So here's a thought - how old do you have to be before you earn the right to spend holidays in your own home, rather than have to shlep to somebody else's?
I like his family, and I'm not ungrateful for their hospitality, but I don't like being obliged to spend holidays with them. Espcially when it means the tedium of being stuck in holiday traffic.
He's over 60, and I'm getting there, and I really just want to stay home and have a nice dinner and a quiet day together, but I don't think his family would take that very well.
I'd appreciate any thoughts about this you might have.