Does your extended family (parents; siblings) stress you out?

[Anonymous]

So stressful that I came to hate the holidays and am actively working to redefine family, holidays, all of it in my life with the help of a therapist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The tension between them even though their divorce was 20+ years ago. The resentment over who is getting more time, and certain hours being "worth" more than others. The logistics of schlepping my kids between them with all their objects and crap. The irritating new spouses and halfwit stepsiblings. The barely concealed eating disorders and denial of health problems, the constant resentment of me for moving away combined with constant complaining about the town I moved away from. It sucks.

Same. I have good time visiting for the most part, but then someone always gets their feelings hurt over something and it becomes a big drama. I cannot visit without them getting offended about something, and I can't figure out if it's me being insensitive or them overreacting.