I just spent the weekend with a friend and their enormous family; siblings, parents, nephews, nieces, aunties etc etc. It was lovely but it made me feel a bit sad.
I have DH and 2 lovely grown up kids. Both my parents and in-laws have died in the last couple of years. My sister has estranged me since our parents died, she's married but has no kids. My brother in law is the other end of the country and divorced. And that's it. If anything happens to DH I'm on my own. And DH isn't the easiest DH either. I'm super grateful for my kids but I do feel a bit vulnerable. I've had a few people ask me what I'm 'doing' for Xmas, but it's just us 4 now - and even that's in jeopardy as the kids get older.
I'm very grateful for what I have but I feel jealous of people with family recently. Please reassure me I'm being stupid...