Thanksgiving vent neutralized

[Anonymous]

My family visited for a WHOLE WEEK and I have a lot to gripe about. But at the end of the day, they are good people, we love each other, I have a lot to be grateful for, and I am also thankful that I am left out of my sister's perpetual need for drama, my mother's perpetual need for status, and my BIL's annoying quirks. I guess what I'm saying is that I thought about venting by typing out all my complaints, and I can't bring myself to do it because they're gone now and it could be worse. And, I think I lost 1.5 lbs from a week of constantly vibrating in frustration while hosting...not kidding.

Hope everyone was able to come out on the other side ok or will soon. And we get to do it again in 3-4 weeks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family visited for a WHOLE WEEK and I have a lot to gripe about. But at the end of the day, they are good people, we love each other, I have a lot to be grateful for, and I am also thankful that I am left out of my sister's perpetual need for drama, my mother's perpetual need for status, and my BIL's annoying quirks. I guess what I'm saying is that I thought about venting by typing out all my complaints, and I can't bring myself to do it because they're gone now and it could be worse. And, I think I lost 1.5 lbs from a week of constantly vibrating in frustration while hosting...not kidding.

Hope everyone was able to come out on the other side ok or will soon. And we get to do it again in 3-4 weeks!

Geez life is too short to spend holidays shaking WTH distress over extended family to the point you lose weight. Your bar of “it could be worse” is telling too!

Just spend the holidays WTH your nuclear family and enjoy life!

[Anonymous]

Unclench. Host less

[Anonymous]

The Calm app has done wonders for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family visited for a WHOLE WEEK and I have a lot to gripe about. But at the end of the day, they are good people, we love each other, I have a lot to be grateful for, and I am also thankful that I am left out of my sister's perpetual need for drama, my mother's perpetual need for status, and my BIL's annoying quirks. I guess what I'm saying is that I thought about venting by typing out all my complaints, and I can't bring myself to do it because they're gone now and it could be worse. And, I think I lost 1.5 lbs from a week of constantly vibrating in frustration while hosting...not kidding.

Hope everyone was able to come out on the other side ok or will soon. And we get to do it again in 3-4 weeks!

That's right. Stuff it in, deep inside. Now put on that Stepford smile and do again in a few weeks!

[Anonymous]

I get it, OP. I always thought that the reason I got along with everyone in my family all these years was because I moved an ocean away. I know it is hard to imagine right now, with the holiday visit fresh in your mind, but the time will come when your parents are too old to travel and you will have to go to them if you want to celebrate together. Then they will die and the different sibling families will not prioritize getting together at one house.