Christmas Highs and Lows

[mbcdefg]

Sorry to everyone who is struggling. *hugs*

Highs: nice Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with my family. Thoughtful gifts from everyone, and they all seemed to really like what we got them. We had a nice visit with the extended ILs yesterday evening and with my extended family today. Met my brother's new GF today ... she's nice and she's fun, and Mom said she likes her (our mom HATED his last GF so this is great).

Lows: MH had told his family to please avoid buying us anything since we are only buying for the kids from now on, but they gave us things anyway and he got really upset about it since we gave nothing in return. I had a minor meltdown this morning over money and some other little things. Now his fantasy football team is doing poorly (he has a shot at the championship, which he's never won yet) and so he's in a pissy mood right now.

[brooke77]

Highs: Christmas with my family was nice. We had a wonderful meal and my niece and nephew are the greatest kids ever. It was so low key and drama free.

Lows: yesterday my neighbor slammed into me as I was backing out of my driveway. There is substantial damage to my car. He's in college and when I asked him what happened he said he just wasn't paying attention. I got his info, took a photo, and left for my plans. Well, I got back and had a pretty threatening note from his dad when I got home that night. He called the police for me leaving the accident! I have time stamped and geolocation photos of my stopped and damaged car, plus the guy who hit me's info, so I clearly didn't hit and run. But I'm still beyond myself with stress. He acknowledged he hit me and gave me his info and now his dad who wasn't even there is making fake police reports?! Merry Christmas.

[scout8]

Dec 27, 2015 9:18:28 GMT -5 brooke77 said:

Highs: Christmas with my family was nice. We had a wonderful meal and my niece and nephew are the greatest kids ever. It was so low key and drama free.

Lows: yesterday my neighbor slammed into me as I was backing out of my driveway. There is substantial damage to my car. He's in college and when I asked him what happened he said he just wasn't paying attention. I got his info, took a photo, and left for my plans. Well, I got back and had a pretty threatening note from his dad when I got home that night. He called the police for me leaving the accident! I have time stamped and geolocation photos of my stopped and damaged car, plus the guy who hit me's info, so I clearly didn't hit and run. But I'm still beyond myself with stress. He acknowledged he hit me and gave me his info and now his dad who wasn't even there is making fake police reports?! Merry Christmas.

Your neighbor sounds like an asshole. 

[raangoli]

brooke77 your neighbor is a jerk. I'm sorry you have to deal with this on top of the physical damage.

[konapoppy]

brooke77, I bet the dad is trying to cover his kid's a$$ because It is his insurance and doesn't want his rates to go up. That is so messed up for you. I hope it gets sorted out quickly.

[dr.girlfriend]

The real low lows are too depressing, so I'll keep them to myself. The low that really hurt my feelings at the time but is starting to be funny already now that I'm a few days out is posted on the Home & Garden board, lol.

pandce.proboards.com/thread/502405/wtf-dh-updated-op

Highs are that it was a pretty mellow Christmas with just the three of us and no traveling.  Basically like a four-day long, lazy weekend.

[arch01]

Highs: DS opening up his gifts.

Lows: No one acknowledging the time and effort I put into Christmas gifts this year.

[bunnysmom]

Highs: For the first time in 10 years, MIL didn't create drama or made a scene.

Lows: MIL was very, um, frank when discussing her sex life on the dinner table.

[melmel48]

Dec 26, 2015 15:43:20 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Liking for all the highs, hugs to those of you had really low lows.

High: it was just a really fun day and I laughed a lot. Our Christmas is big (38 people), and it was just a lot of happy chaos

Low: My dad is an alcoholic and got particularly falling down drunk this year, and then Irish goodbyed. I assume he didn't kill himself or anyone else on the 30 minute drive home, but I'm too mentally exhausted to deal after 34 years of this.

Obviously liked for the "high". Love you lots. (heart)   Sorry to hear about your dad.

[melmel48]

Dec 27, 2015 15:06:38 GMT -5 scout8 said:

Dec 27, 2015 9:18:28 GMT -5 brooke77 said:

Highs: Christmas with my family was nice. We had a wonderful meal and my niece and nephew are the greatest kids ever. It was so low key and drama free.

Lows: yesterday my neighbor slammed into me as I was backing out of my driveway. There is substantial damage to my car. He's in college and when I asked him what happened he said he just wasn't paying attention. I got his info, took a photo, and left for my plans. Well, I got back and had a pretty threatening note from his dad when I got home that night. He called the police for me leaving the accident! I have time stamped and geolocation photos of my stopped and damaged car, plus the guy who hit me's info, so I clearly didn't hit and run. But I'm still beyond myself with stress. He acknowledged he hit me and gave me his info and now his dad who wasn't even there is making fake police reports?! Merry Christmas.

Your neighbor sounds like an asshole. 

WTF?  I hope this gets resolved and in your favor! What a hassle.

[melmel48]

High: I got Bruins tickets and a gift certificate to the local running store! Woot woot!

[sarapocalypse]

Highs: Spending Christmas with my family; My grandma saying it was one of her best Christmases ever; hanging out with my cousins; my sister getting a puppy the day after Christmas

Lows: DH and my dad getting into a huge argument Christmas morning; drama between my parents; not really having time to do our normal Christmas eve festivities as my mom was super stressed trying to pull everything together with minimal help from my dad