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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I find it hard to believe that 6 families have no other family they would spend the holiday with."

This is seriously one of the most stupid, clueless, and insensitive things I've read on DCUM, and I've been reading DCUM for over 10 years. This is a group for people based in the DC area. Most of the people in the group who would have been drawn to this sort of group are not from here. They didn't grow up here. They don't have family here. Most of us came here back when you came to DC for work in fields related to the national capital for a few years, before 9/11 turned NoVA into the IT security center of the world and changed the demographics and the workforce profile. Think jobs with national associations, advocacy groups, government fellowships and appointments, and all things related to The Hill. These jobs didn't tend to be lifetime jobs. Instead, most professionals here were transient and would leave after having their DC experience for a few years. I've said goodbye to far, far more friends in DC than I have remaining here. Most left for grad school or when the administrations turned over every four years. Those of us who stayed did so despite not having family here. We've created families of choice here out of necessity. Some of us married, but lots of us are single women or divorced with kids. We tend to fly home for Christmas, but not for Thanksgiving. A[b]nd that's why so many people here share Thanksgiving with their chosen families instead of with grandma out in Frederick or Fredricksburg.[/b] As for me, my grandma was in the Southwest while she was still alive. There's no way I was ever flying there with my kids in tow for three days over Thanksgiving when I was going to see her and the rest of my family a month later.

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That's a lot of drama for an hour drive. Sheesh![/quote]

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