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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah-I know-it's ridiculous. Here it is November 28th and for various reasons I'm already dreading Christmas with my family. I like going to my in-laws and honestly really wish we were spending the holidays with them instead of my own family but we did Thanksgiving with them so we are spending Christmas with my family. I love my family but feel like a loser when I'm with them even though objectively I'm doing okay (a decent job, a good husband, nice kids). My sister and her husband have a lot more money than my DH and I and my parents' have always favored her and are impressed by her lifestyle. Her kids go to private school, they go on lavish vacations, etc. Since her house is much bigger than ours we always have holidays at their place. I have been in her shadow and have been negatively compared to her my whole life. But still...they're my family and as much as I don't like them I still love them so it hurts. I need to be an adult and suck it up and go (it's important to me that my kids spend time with their cousins, my parents are in their 70's, etc) but boy I don't want to. Just venting and looking for some suggestions. Unfortunately drinking in these situations makes it worse (I get weepy and depressed) so I can't use alcohol as a crutch. [/quote]

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