Holiday Bitching Thread

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Too early?

We have hosted thanksgiving for the last three years for both sides. We've covered pretty much all the costs and just had a couple sides brought. (My ILs can't cook.)

Last year we even hosted a Dec. 23 gtg with the ILs before going OOT to my family. It was heavy apps, all provided by us.

Finally BIL said they would host Christmas dinner this year. DH just informed me it won't be dinner just heavy apps around 4.

Whatthemotherfucker. They never host anything and now they can't even put together a fucking Christmas dinner? Oh and DH also informed me that we're supposed to bring an app.

And the worst part is DH will never say anything to his asshole brother. I don't know why.

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Christmas simultaneously ruins and enhances the magic of my birthday.

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I host every year. DH is waiting for the day one of my kids actually grows the eff up and hosts. The one closest to growing up is moving overseas in a few months so it looks like I'll be hosting for.e.ver.

I also tend to overbuy for the grands. It doesn't help that the girls' mom has no money and there were a few years I bought presents and put her name on them because I'm nice like that. Grandson's mom is finally separated from her nosepicker ex and has a good guy. She is going to be visiting his family for Christmas and she and her BF bought tickets for only the two of them because nosepicker was going to take their son for the holidays. He is now essentially homeless/sofa surfing so she doesn't want her son with him until he has a roof over his head. So we may be taking grandson for Christmas as well as having the two girls. It will be a clusterfuck of chaos for two weeks. And GD2 has a medical appointment at that time so that's no freaking help. Hopefully dad has a place or XH can take grandson for a few days, or they can take him to MO and I can fly out to Vegas and pick him up there or she can bring him to the airport after Christmas and do a fly-in/fly-out to get back for the rest of her vacation. Total clusterfuck.

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Oh wow Mrs. Bpo that sounds like a lot. Your family is lucky to have you looking out for them.

The worst part for me is BIL's house is the biggest yet they never host. And he loves to make snide comments about how small our house is even when we continue to open our home to family events.