to have just had the most awful, terrible, heart-rending realisation?

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At some point in the not-so-distant future my babies might not want to be with me at Christmas.

Iliked I totally agree with the family dynamics you mention.
So many people on here seem to think that there is a battle for the son. Ie Mum vs wife.

My liver may need replacing but my heart is not rendered.

D1 just got home after her first term at university so for now all is well and both my babies are safe at home even if D1 is closeted upstairs with the boyfriend

Ds1 (5) told me that when he grows up, he is going to live in the next Street and have a wife and they will both work. When they have children he would like me to help look after them while they are at work. He will treat me to a meal in a happy eater and we can all spend the night in a travelodge watching TV.

He is 18 now, with a gf of 2 years but both off to separate universities next year, and he's also bisexual so might bring home a bloke at some point, and he's too big for the pull out travelodge beds!

He's luffly still though!

You have daughters op. Fear not.

I would never have my mum alone at Christmas and I adore my inlaws, they are always welcome. Sometimes they don't want to come, probably down to my dire cookery, having a ds doesn't mean never spending Christmas together.

We could probably do with a pair of live in livers though.