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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Xanax?  Alcohol?  You people can't make it through one meal without self-medicating?  Seriously, you have issues.  [/quote]

Better that than the alternative. Relatives can ruin the holidays for everyone because they are miserable themselves. Why not add a little buffer against their toxicity if you can.

Seven years ago, we didn't make it to Thanksgiving dinner because my mother. Could. Not. Stop. Herself. from making horrible and untrue comments about me. My teen and preschooler were openly crying. I pulled the car over, turned the car off, and offered two choices, she could be quiet or I could drive her home and she could spend the holiday alone. She agreed to be quiet. When I turned the key, the car would not start. My dad was in the hospital and couldn't come get us. We had to call roadside assistance and wait 2 hours for a tow. I fed my kids 7-11 food for Thanksgiving dinner while my mother told everyone who entered the store how I incompetent I was. When the tow truck driver arrived, he figured out what the problem was and was able to fix it. Turned out later, it was not my fault.

I've forgiven her, but I will never forget it. My younger DD has never mentioned it, but my older DD actually wrote a screenplay in college loosely based on the incident. I laughed reading it, but it was really not funny.[/quote]

Ah yes, I remember the time during the recession when DH and I had been out of work, were practically homeless and my Mom first invited us to stay at her place, then proceeded to berate us daily and finally kicked us out. We had bent over backwards to be completely invisible houseguests. The kids were traumatized by her constant mood swings and having to leave her house in a hurry after being told they could stay for months. I will never forget her behavior and do not trust her anymore. They know their grandmother is crazy now, which I suppose could be an advantage.

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