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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have always hosted Thanksgiving at my house.The whole thing cooking cleaning entertaining blah blah blah. My husband's family does not lift a finger except to bring a few side dishes they show up right before dinner and then leave as soon as it is over. I love Thanksgiving I love the turkey I love making it nice for my own family. This year I happen to be going through very difficult chemotherapy. I know there is no way I'm going to be up to cleaning cooking and doing all the things I usually do. What's going to happen is my MIL will offer to do all the cooking at my home. But that will not include any clean up or setup. It will stress me out greatly. So last week my FIL starts asking about Thanksgiving and has been told I didn't think I'd be up to hosting this year. Of course I forgot to mention my in-laws are hoarders and their house is absolutely not suitable for family get-togethers. Nearest relative is 3 hours away and she as well is a hoarder. I told my husband that I was not under any circumstances hosting Thanksgiving this year and that if anybody wanted to invite me to their home I would totally be happy with that or we could go out. Yeah it sucks but I'm not going to spend another year stressed out. I can tell my husband is very disappointed as are my children but unfortunately they don't cook or clean. I think what's going to happen is we're going to get one of those Whole Foods Thanksgiving dinners or something like that and rent a hotel room with a swimming pool and a kitchenette and party down. [b]Sounds sad I know[/b] but this is my reality and I'm tired of this holiday stress. Christmas is also going to be a go away holiday for us. Last year we spent in the mountains in a cabin and it was most wonderful time I ever had.[/quote]

Dinner and swimming?  Sounds kind of fun to me, actually.  Make sure it's a heated pool.  [/quote]

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