So with Christmas coming there will be an obligatory meal with the inlaws. Not on Christmas day thankfully but another day over the Christmas period. I avoid these people like the plague. Two of them in particular actually make me feel extremely anxious . However I have agreed to attend for husbands sake. But the closer it gets the more anxious I get. The stress is really getting me. Do I just have to suck it up for dh or do I refuse? Dh and our children would still attend either way.