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[quote=Anonymous]But I hate the reality. I don’t think I can do this again. My husband’s family is always so full of drama and I’m so sick of it. I spent all day cooking and no one budged a muscle to help clean up. I even left the kitchen for a long time hoping they would start the clean up process but no one did, and I really didn’t want to wake up to a mess in the morning so I spent almost 2 hours cleaning everything. I’m done. I am happy for the kids who enjoy being with their cousins but I am done with hosting and dealing with everyone’s crap.

I grew up with huge family thanksgivings on one side and I miss those, because they really made the holiday special for me. My current family isn’t at all the same and I think I’ve decided I would rather travel (which I’ve never done) or just have my immediate family for thanksgiving going forward. Dh and the kids also love travel so I expect they’ll be on board. Dh is also annoyed by his family (and he’s apologized profusely for not helping clean up, to be “fair” he was playing with/dealing with the kids, though he spent most of the day watching the World Cup while I cooked… but I think he’ll basically do whatever I want next year because he knows this isn’t right).

Has anyone else come to the realization that it isn’t what they want and radically changed their family plan? Or do I need to suck it up for the kids to have these “happy childhood thanksgiving memories”?[/quote]

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