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[quote=Anonymous]I’m trying to get a reality check.

December is always busy, but this year has been especially lopsided. Here’s what our weekends look like:

Last weekend DH was out of town for what is technically a “work conference,” but in reality it’s their annual corporate Christmas party that doubles as a networking event. It’s legitimate for him to attend, but practically speaking he was gone all weekend and everything at home was on me.

This weekend he’s away again for his brother’s bachelor party.

Next weekend he has year-end work travel and won’t be back until the afternoon on Saturday.

So he’s basically gone every weekend in December except Christmas weekend, and the weekend after Christmas is his brother’s wedding, with all the events that come with that.

It’s my family’s “year” for Christmas, annd we do a big dinner Christmas Eve. Usually we host a casual dinner at our house with ILs on the 26th or 27th. I really do not want to host this year. I’m exhausted, the month has been nonstop, and I’d love for our home to stay quiet and low-key in the small gap between his travel and the wedding.

I am open to going out to dinner with ILs, somewhere close, early reservation, and that’s it. But I’m worried they’ll feel slighted, and DH will stress about breaking tradition.

Given all of this, is it unreasonable to ask that we not host at our home this year? Is this a selfish request?[/quote]

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