Thanksgiving Nightmare dominowin: I can't help but vent...I'm so unbelievably pissed off...This is my first Thanksgiving since leaving my s2bx, and my family always goes to my cousin's family for the day -- my cousin and her husband and their 3 boys, her brother, wife and their baby and her mother. My husband and I always couldn't stand going there because they're noisy, boorish, inane and just plain annoying, and the kids are out of control. This year it was worse than ever. Everyone just yakking about babies and the boys yelling and screaming and not one person even bothered to ask me how things were going regarding my divorce, it was as if they didn't even notice that my husband wasn't there that year, one cousin couldn't even remember that I had an actual *job*, let alone that anything else is going on in my life. Meanwhile, my own brother and sister weren't even there, they were both at their own in-laws, so I was the only child from my family there. I thought I would just have to shoot myself. Next year I am definitely taking a cruise or something. Why should I put myself through this day of exasperating torture? ARGH...I know I'm extra sensitive about this stuff these days, but jeez....
Re:Thanksgiving Nightmare Safetykc: So sorry Marjie... :'(
I don't have anything more than a hug for you to offer, but its all yours...
Take care.
Safety
Re:Thanksgiving Nightmare JimB: Sounds like it's time to start a new tradition! A cruise is one idea....
My sympathies. It's one thing when family situations are exhausting from drama and tension, but it's quite another when you spend time with your family and just end up feeling irrelevant. Sounds like they're pretty self-absorbed.
Anyway, planning your new tradition for next Thanksgiving could be a good project to get through the rest of the annoying holiday season.
