She reached out to us with this message.<\/p>\n
I need your advice on a topic that has been bothering me these past few days. I host Christmas for my family every year. I spend weeks cleaning, planning, and cooking. This year, between work and kids, I just couldn\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n
I told my mom I wouldn\u2019t be hosting this time. She instantly got angry, \u201cI can\u2019t believe you\u2019d abandon your family like this!\u201d Frustrated, I hung up.<\/p>\n
The next day, I got a message from my aunt, \u201cYour mom is planning her own Christmas dinner and hasn\u2019t invited you.\u201d I\u2019m stunned. I never said I didn\u2019t want to celebrate; I just couldn\u2019t host.<\/p>\n
Now I\u2019m wondering if I should confront her or just let it go. Do I show up to her dinner uninvited or try to smooth things over before Christmas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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