So I have been hosting Thanksgiving for my family for years. It has been my holiday, the family has come out to Iowa to see me during that time, and I cook the whole sch-bang the night always ends with spiced (heavily) cider and beer pong. Lately though my brothers fiance and now wife has been attempting to steal it from me. It started about 3 years ago when we had to push back the date of my thanksgiving because she could not get off work but yet she was able to cook for everyone on Thursday before coming out to Iowa on Friday night (after work) for mine on Saturday of course they had to leave again right away on Sunday morning because she had plans back home. Then the following year she could not make it at all with her work schedule so just my brother and mom came out on Friday night (again after work) but they all had Thursday (Thanksgiving day) dinner with Jessica first. I was really upset this year because my mom and I had plans to do a lot of shopping and around town on Sunday, I had taken then entire weekend off to spend with my family, but Saturday afternoon Jessica was already calling and wanting to know when my brother would be home so bright and early on Sunday morning 7am early my bother loads up the truck and takes him and my mom back to Illinois because Jessica was missing him and didn't like having to sleep with out him next to her! seriously I get a whooping 30 hours with my family!! Then this last year none of my family even bothered to come out. My mom was telling me about how she needed to stop at my bothers for their dinner before coming out to Iowa and she wasn't sure what time she was going to leave and if she was going to bring anyone with her for the drive (she likes her 15 safety zone and that's it) so I eventually just told her not to bother coming out at all. My youngest brother who lives in Texas drove up and surprised me but he was the only family that came to my Thanksgiving dinner that year. This year is the first time I will not cook a Thanksgiving dinner in nearly 12 years. I am going to Houston to spend the day with my dad and his family. I did invite my mom, brothers and sister in law down to Texas for the holiday (since its mine and all) but of course none of them could make it. I have finally decided to stop fighting it, if they don't want to see me that's fine I am not going to put in the effort.
Now don't get me wrong my family still means the world to me and I love them dearly but I am sick of being disappointed by them so I figure if I don't put myself out there to be let down there is less of a chance for them to hurt me. I have not seem my dad or his family in a long while as I barely saw them a the wedding last month and before that it had been years so it will be nice to catch up.'
So what about you all, what are your family holidays like? Your families?
Sláinte,
Kat
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