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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family and I are like this. I hate it and want to change but it's not easy. Part of it comes from the feeling I know I learned from my mom, of being the one responsible for everyone being happy, like if I plan wrong and somebody's disappointed it's on me.

My one wish for guests is that if you're asked for an opinion, just give one. Get me out of purgatory. Don't say "anything is great!" for dinner (and not tell me you quit eating red meat or wheat until dinnertime, but no worries, you're totally happy just eating the green beans!). Don't say "oh, I don't care what we do that day," say you WANT to stay home and play board games. Making decisions for 10 people who refuse to express an opinion feels high pressure. [/quote]

So you want them to be very direct and explicitly clear with you, but you won’t directly say to them, “It’s very stressful when you don’t give me specific ideas or make your wishes very clear—please get me out of purgatory”? Do I have that right?[/quote]

Of course I've said this directly! [/quote]

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