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#1
FIL showed up uninvited. He's a die hard QAnon trumper. He misspelled all six grandchildren's names on the $5 gift certificates he got them. He ranted to teenagers about Kamala Harris and how "liberal gays" are destroying the country (two teens are gay, one is trans, his own daughter is married to woman.) Then he made inappropriate comments to me and his other daughter in-law, ate dinner, ranted to his lesbian daughter about "groomer librarians". The only good part was when he made an Irish goodbye.
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#2
Each Christmas for 30+ yrs. my late fathers brother ( and wife ) and I mail cards & little notes to each other. A nice way to keep in touch since we live far apart. Got my mail the 26th, their card was there. Made me so happy to see it, took it with me to a doc appt. and opened it in the waiting room.
Everyone heard me gasp as I read that my uncle had died.
Aunt wrote that she'd gotten my card and was "sorry to learn" that I didn't know he'd died.
SIX months ago. o-m-g and what the hell? Dozens of cousins, other family members etc. and no one thought to tell me my dads' brother died this summer? That was this years 'drama'.
I'll get over it some day. Just not today.
#3
I don’t know if this is a drama…A relative of our family, whom I haven’t seen or heard for 12 years, suddenly announced to my husband that she is going to stay in our house on Christmas during her trip to Japan, because hotels are expensive. Christmas is a family holiday and I wanted to spend it with my husband and kids only, but I couldn’t refuse her. I just asked if she is OK with cats, because our cat is really curious and will sleep with her , raid her bags and demand attention all the time.
Later, she called and said she had found a hotel after all. Guess who got extra presents this Christmas!
Jane No Dough 1 week ago
You can say no to anything you don't want to do, ESPECIALLY to people you're likely to not see again for a decade at least! It may also be very helpful to get MORE pets as animals may discourage others from free b and b demands.
#4
This happened years ago but I think it will fit nicely here. In 2000 I was disinvited from Christmas by my dad and whatever because he's a POS of a human and an alcoholic. He was ranting and raving all over the house calling me a gay slang word over and over. By this time i had been living with my partner Mike, for 2 years. I have a little brother who was 9 at the time and he kept asking my mom why dad always attacks me and calls me "insert gay slur here." At this point my mom told him straight up that I was gay and his response? OMG MOM, DOES MIKE KNOW?" Absolute holiday gold! I'm now 46 and he is 35 and we laugh and laugh about this all the time. For the record, Mike and I made it to 15 years before we parted ways. I'm now with my guy now going on 13 years. Good times.
#5
Not sure if this counts as drama, because it isn't actually unusual in my husband's family. Generally we avoid almost everyone in his family, but it was Christmas and his mother hasn't been doing well, so...husband agreed to visit her with his family at 1p on Christmas. He was told they'd have lunch at 1p, which would give him plenty of time to eat, visit, and be home before 5p when we would go to my own family's Christmas. He got home at 4:30 starving - sister that made all the food didn't show until 2p, and they waited on another sister who didn't arrive until 4p.
Huddo's sister 6 days ago
We did lunch on Boxing Day with my stepsister's family. It was supposed to be starting at 1pm. my brother was there on time and my mum, stepdad, sister and I (who came together) got there after 1.30 because my stepdad was apparently too tired after the day before to get up on time. We didn't get lunch straight away, as we were waiting for my stepdad's ex and his son's best friend to arrive. They got there about an hour later, but still lunch didn't come out. By this time my brother and I, who had eaten breakfast around 7-8am were quite hungry but it was apparently time for presents. After this we finally got lunch out, about 3.30-4pm! After lunch my brother and I didn't stay much longer as we had a 2 hour drive home, though my mum, stepdad and sister had to make the same trip, but my stepdad was napping and they wanted to stay later (they didn't get home until 12.30am). Not really the lunch we were expecting and I didn't end up eating dinner when I got home because we ate so late.
#6
My mother was complaining because her hair was due a perm and she couldn't get it to behave. I offered her a wig, she said what a good idea we can all wear one. So she's wearing a pale pink shoulder length, Mr Auntriarch is wearing a bright red similar, I'm rocking the Marilyn, and my dad is sticking to a grey curly short one. Much better than Christmas hats. My family are a bit nutty from time to time.
#7
I managed to repeatedly put wrong decorations on wrong branches, according to my mother.
#8
My brother's partner had to rush off to the airport at 4.30am Boxing Day because of family drama. Something to do with her brother's relationship problems and mental health.
Also, we caught up with family friends on the 29th and all was going well until we started playing a game and my stepdad made a fuss about the rules and that we were stupid for following them. The daughter of our friends blew up at him and stormed out and didn't come back until we left. Honestly I don't think she was in the wrong because he was being horrible and won't ever listen to other people's opinions.
#9
On Christmas Tree Day, which is (obviously) when we get out Christmas Tree and put up all the decorations, we brought it home, and we did have trouble putting it up at first because it was so big, but we managed. Then we got ALL of the lights and ornaments on, then mom looked under the tree to make sure it was going to stay up and realized that it was definitely going to fall over. In an attempt to keep it up, we ended up with our fully decorated (we get real trees btw) Christmas tree on the ground. At that point, a bunch of other stuff I can't remember had happened, so me, my sister, and mom just ran out to the store, bought a fake tree and a bunch of c**p we didn't need, then listened to rage music until we got home. In the end, we did manage to get the real tree up, but we're going to keep the fake Tree in case we need it next year.
Then my entire family was sick on Christmas.
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Community tab is where I and other community members go to share with each other, not to share with paid staff members!!!
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Ouch. Somebody has to cull and arrange content for audience. I wouldn't do it for free, unless I'm independently wealthy.
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