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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my family this would not be allowed. You need to socialize with people you don't have much in common with sometimes. This isn't a weekly Sunday night dinner with a loud, Italian family. This is once a year. He can suck it up. And I say this as an introvert who used to cry before having to go to relatives' homes. But I learned to get along with them, and play the things they were into and sometimes would wander over to my mom and sit quietly next to her to recharge before getting back to my cousins. [/quote]

They don't let him recharge. If he walks away and wanders around, they literally chase him. "Go play with your cousins. What do you mean "you don't want to"?" or "Sit down, watch a game. What do you mean "you are not interested"? [b]What kinda man are you raising?[/b]"[/quote]

If one of my relatives (or all of them!) asked me that, it'd be the last time we saw them for a while, and they'd have to apologize first before I even entertained the idea.  Come on, OP.  It appears you haven't been sticking up for your son, and it has led to this.  [/quote]

+1.  No wonder he doesn’t want to go.  I hope when he’s an adult he has enough self-respect to not spend time with relatives who disdain him.[/quote]

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