I am an only child of two only children. I have no siblings, no aunts or uncles, no cousins. I just have a mum. That’s it.
I have two very close friends; one I’ve known since I was 6 so for over 35 years and the other I went to university with and lived with in my 20s. They aren’t friends with each other especially, they know each other through me but aren’t close friends.
We are godmothers to each other’s children and I would count these friends as being like family I do not have.
Id like to pop and see them next weekend, probably one Saturday evening and one maybe for a coffee Christmas Eve morning or Boxing Day.
DH is saying no, Christmas is for family.
However he has 3 siblings, about 10 aunts and uncles and many cousins, several of which he’s close to. He has 9 nieces and nephews. Over Christmas we will see a lot of his family - because there are so many of them.
For me, it’s just my mum. I don’t think he appreciates that for me these friends who I’ve known for well over half of my life have become like family to me.
AIBU?