I've lost my holiday spirit
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| Sun, 12-03-2006 - 11:05am |
I found out yesterday when I asked my dd over here the weekend before her birthday that she wants us to come to her house to celebrate her birthday - and include her MIL. So that means she and her dh won't be at our house at all this holiday season. So that also means that no one will be at our house this Christmas/New Year season. We were supposed to decorate the house today, and I don't even want to. What's the point, when the only ones who'll see it are dh and me?
I just don't knwo what I did or said, or what's wrong with our house that dd and/or her dh no longer want to come here anymore. It's been months since they were here for a weekend! And in the past few months, every get together with them (at their house) includes dd's MIL. I like the woman, but I'd like to have some time where it's just us, too. But it doesn't look like that's going to happen in the foreseeable future. I guess dd's in laws are just more fun than dh and me.
Bah Humbug! I'll be over in the corner on the pity pot if you want me.




ann sweetie,,, don't look at it like that.
Well, It isn't that they want to be alonen - they want Christmas at their place this year.
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Sorry you're having such a tough time right now with the holiday spirit.
Can kind of understand how you feel (kind of)
It's not all bad that your DD wants to have Christmas at her house.
You could see it as you did good with her, LOL
My guess is you did nothing .. she is grown/ing up.
No way could the in laws be more fun than you & your DH .. not an option
It's suppose to be this way isn't it?
Where our kids start having the holidays at their place?
Try to look at it as a wonderful thing ..
Maybe you could have a few of your friends over so you will want to decorate?
Hang in there .. besides you never know things can change :)
hope you find your holiday spirit. i like suzan's idea of going & staying overnite in a nearby hotel room.it is better than being alone. i can also understand how she wants christmas at her house.go again for new years or invite friends over for a new years party.i don't think they look at it as you're not fun because she is an only child. i think they look at it as having the whole family together at once.
i'm sorry she hasn't visited in awhile,too. maybe you should talk to her and get it all out. maybe there is something she wants to say & is afraid. but you both need it.may be you and her just for an afternoon together to chat would be good.
for the last 7 years i have woke up alone at christmas as the boys were with their father.the fast few they have spent christmas eve there too and i go to church alone & go home alone. it is no fun and a depressing holiday for me. i have accepted with my older son that everything is for the father and we will never have a family get together. i will never be invited over if & when there is a family gathering there because the father is there. someday he will learn that was wrong.til then i'll keep spending the time with friends and pretend to be happy.
i hope you spend the holiday together.
Thanks, everyone for your kind thoughts and good ideas.
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