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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your parents are still fairly young in their 70’s.  Just stay home for Christmas and let your kids have Christmas in their own home.  They should be able to wake up in their own home and find presents under their own tree on Christmas Day.  You can invite your parents to come over, but I wouldn’t count on them accepting.  Invite the cousins over to your house after Christmas.  Don’t let your parent’s and sister’s plans always dominate what you want for your own family.

Being an adult doesn’t mean sucking it up and accommodating your parents and sibling at the expense of your kids.  It means standing up and doing right by your own kids.  [/quote]

Don’t disagree about the kids getting to have Christmas at home, but [b]70s is not “fairly young,” especially for a man. [/b]The way people keep moving the goalposts about old age is really strange.[/quote]

I used to think 70s was fairly young too. My grandparents lived into their 90s. So my perspective was that 70s was young. But now that my in laws and parents are actually in their 70s and have all kinds of physical health issues, cognitive decline, mobility issues, etc I feel much differently. OP: Go and spend time w your family and try to enjoy their company. Stop being so hard on yourself. You listed many things about yourself to be proud of. So what if your sister has more $ that doesn’t mean she’s better than you. Your parents shouldn’t favor her. But you need to have more faith and pride in yourself and let your happiness w the good things in your life show rather than focusing on any bitterness or regret, which is not healthy for you and not good for your kids to see/absorb either.

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