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[quote=Anonymous]I'm nearly 60 and when I look back on my life, I have no regrets for the time I declined events where I would be subjected to unwelcoming people. I stopped spending Thanksgiving with my DH's family when I was about 50. The first year, everyone was shocked. We were going through a rough patch and they assumed I didn't come because I was prepping for a separation - and I was. We worked things out but it was SO very nice not to have to be with those people that I started my own tradition of not going. I don't go for Christmas either. The first couple years, the kids still went. Then, they started advocating to stay home with me. I preferred them to go because I loved having the house to myself but, eventually, I relented. At around age 11, the kids also stopped going for Christmas. Not even presents could entice them. My DH still goes and I'm fine with that. His family, his choice.[/quote]
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