It's my niece's first birthday party in a few weeks time - just before Christmas - and we have decided not to go, and I appear to have royally pissed off my family as a result.
We have six nieces and nephews between us, and three young DCs, and we have never, ever missed a bash. But I have had to decline this one because the DCs are frazzled after their first terms at school (two are in infants), I am frazzled after starting new job and I just want them all to chill before the all the Christmas Craziness. My brother and his family live two hours drive away, so it'll be a four-hour round trip and we cannot stay as they have no room.
We visited them two weeks ago, and will be seeing them again at Christmas. We have a lot of family commitments as both my DH and I have seven siblings between us and, tbh, we just need a weekend to ourselves!
Still, I feel like a total cow. My mum is making me feel very guilty and my brother is not talking to me.....
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MyRealNamesBernard · 01/12/2014 19:10
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