How do I deal with family during the Holidays?
My husband and I have been married for 10 years now. We have three children, ages 4 to 8! Every single year it seems as if Christmas gets worse and worse. Since we have been together we have always went to my parents on Christmas Eve, I have asked my parents to come to our house this year, my parents smoke and we don’t so I hate being in all of the smoke and having my kids around it, they agree to come over around 5 and stay to about 7. Well now my FIN decides that he wants to do something on Christmas Eve at 6. He has invited his mother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc over at the same time, yet he just told us of the plans tonight! We also have my MIL (his parents are divorced) and they want us to come over on Christmas night or Christmas Eve! I want to be home on Christmas Day, Everyone wants to do something on Christmas Eve, but at the same time! What do I do?They don’t all want to come to my house at the same time, so that is not an option. The problem is that his parents change it every single year, my parents always do it the same, they have since I was a baby! Please HELP
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Just be fair to the plans with the family in which you invited first. You have to learn to say no & prioritize. We too have been married for 10 yrs. with 3 kids ages 4 to 15, we finally sat down and set a schedule for each year. The 21st will be one set of parents, the 22nd wil be the other, the 23rd, the next. You get the drift. But it’s done this way EVERY YEAR so there are NO surprises for me & my own little family gets to enjoy christmas at home and play with their toys on christmas day without anyone elses craziness.
You grew up around smoke, having parents who do. So why would it harm you and your kids now? Just tolerate 1 day a year. It’s family. Geez.