Who else isn't spending Xmas with parents/siblings because they're trash?

[Smylie]

Parents are rabid Trump supporters and have consistently ignored my wife's life-threatening food allergies, to the point where she feels unsafe around them. One brother is a literal white supremacist, and the other works for a law firm that specializes in defending men accused with #metoo offenses.

Fuck that, and fuck them. I'll be enjoying Xmas with my wife and kid and some friends, and a basement stocked with stouts and barleywines.

Who else has a garbage family that they're avoiding like the plague over the next week?

 

[Ushiromiya]

My family disowned me several years ago. I have not spoken to any of them in almost 3 years. I send them a christmas card and that's it.

I usually volunteer at the local soup kitchen for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I've been feeling extra down this year so I will probably just stay home.

 

[NSA]

How are they ignoring her food allergies? Are they purposefully putting out food they know she is allergic to? Trying to sneak stuff into other meals?

 

[Deleted member 8861]

I just want to wish everyone in this thread happy holidays

 

[Smylie]

How are they ignoring her food allergies? Are they purposefully putting out food they know she is allergic to? Trying to sneak into other meals?

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Overnighted us butter croissants from Williams Sonoma, hid milk chocolate throughout the house for our son to find Xmas morning, tried to play this game at the dinner table with this giant ball of cling wrap with dollar bills and milk chocolate randomly hidden inside.

Purposeful and intentional, and they don't give a fuck.

My family disowned me several years ago. I have not spoken to any of them in almost 3 years. I send them a christmas card and that's it.

I usually volunteer at the local soup kitchen for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I've been feeling extra down this year so I will probably just stay home.

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I'm sorry you had to go through that. I hope you have someone to hang out with who cares for you.

 

[Deleted member 47843]

Not the same reasons (family isn’t Trump supporters) but also not seeing family.

My dad is great, but my mom has gotten pretty crazy in old age, bailed on our wedding this spring and refuses to talk to my wife after we both gave her a hard time about it. So I’ve distanced myself from her for now. My brother is ok, we just were never that close and he’s had some mental health issues (panic attacks etc. and has been reclusive and out of touch for a couple of years. He also has a bunch of hellion kids that I hated being around anyway.

We’re just doing a little local trip to a cabin in the woods with another couple to get out of the city for a bit. Looking forward to some relaxation.

 

[Forearm_Star]

Bless your hearts. I hope you all have a safe, happy, and healthy holiday.

Seriously props to all of you

 

[PanickyFool]

I am trash and will not be spending holidays with my father.

 

[Threadkular]

I'm in a tough place with my family. I've gotten sober after a really tough period and my involvement in AA has really touched a nerve in the family. In an argument with my dad after I had six months of sobriety, he told me I "need to learn to control my drinking."

Since getting sober, I've since learned my paternal grandfather died of alcohol poisoning before I was born, recalled repressed memories of my dad beating my mom in drunken rages (confirmed by my mom), and remembering how my dad "switched" to wine and told me as a child that wine doesn't have the same effect liquor does. I think I even spread this as truth to my friends when I was a kid.

So anyway, I have no desire to see my dad these days. I'd be happy to talk to him about more serious stuff, but he has zero desire for that.