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[quote=Anonymous]If it's not broken, don't fix it -- but it sounds like it's worth checking in with your husband to make sure he's okay with the status quo, especially if EVERY holiday is with your family and he's missing out on all his big family get togethers. It wasn't clear from your post if you are just talking about Thanksgiving, or other holidays as well.

I would acknowledge that it means a lot to you that you are able to host your own faimly, but be open to changing things up occassionally. We have a similar dynamic in my family, but I have the big family and DH has the small local family that would really miss our presence if we weren't there. Most of the time we spend holidays with DH's family, which is fine, but I proactively organize other big events with my extended family to make up for it (we usually do a holiday celebration together some other day) and every few years I start getting homesick for my family traditions so we do the actual holiday with my family and DH's family just has to deal. Sounds like neither you or your husband is approaching this selfishly, so why not just talk about it?[/quote]

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