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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This year I have to spend both Thanksgiving and Christmas with my ILs.  I need to grow a spine and tell my husband NO MORE.[/quote]

I've had to spend both holidays with my ILs for the past several years. I told my DH recently just because my family lives far away doesn't mean I want to spend both holidays with his family every year. He said I don't get to prevent him from seeing his family.  I said most couples split the holidays. He can decide what we do for one holiday and I should be able to decide what we do for the other. He said if I see my family another time of year, I don't also get to complain about not seeing them for the holidays.  Yes I do.  He doesn't get it. His parents are divorced so he's trying to hog the holidays with both his sets of parents and I get to spend the holidays with zero of my family and have zero choice of what I want to do?  WTF?  His parents chose to get divorced. They should be the ones giving up a holiday every year, not me! If I put my foot down, he'll want to take the kids. How do I ever get a holiday with my kids without the ILs?[/quote]

Same same. I commiserate with you. Dh told me that it wasn't a holiday unless we spend it with extended family. And we can't see my family due to distance. I get panic attacks before here holidays now. [/quote]

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