I'm the adult child of divorced parents. Every year, there is a weird psychological stand-off between my parents over who I spend Christmas with. This has been going on since I was 12.
My Dad has always won. I then spend Christmas, cooking Christmas dinner and everything else, and listening to how terrible my mother and her family are. I'm usually happy to then hide and do the washing up!
This upsets my mother.
I'm also getting a bit sick of it and would like to enjoy Christmas with relatives I actually like.
However, one person on my Dad's side is basically dying. This person is the leader in the constant remarks concerning my mother and my cooking (while scarfving down seconds I may add).
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StuckinTheMiddleWithYou2013 · 17/11/2013 16:54
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