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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 483100" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I understand the "all I wanted was...". </p><p></p><p>We had to give up entirely on the "family holiday" thing... the reunions at xmas/new-years/easter/etc., the weddings, and pretty much everything else... like, 10 or 12 years ago.</p><p></p><p>Of course, we're not popular at all. Family now prefers to pretend we don't exist.</p><p>But we just couldn't deal with the fall-out.</p><p>The kids are <em>starting</em> to understand why we spent our lives this way... (thank goodness).</p><p>And the kids are <em>starting</em> to get to the point where they can handle small bits of this stuff... but family doesn't understand "small bits" (like, a 3 or 4 hour "meal" situation)... with my crew, you're expected to show up no later than 7 a.m., and the day isn't over until past midnight (husband's crew expects a week, not quite so intense on any one day). We just can't do it. Any of it.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully, it will be different with US and the next generations...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 483100, member: 11791"] I understand the "all I wanted was...". We had to give up entirely on the "family holiday" thing... the reunions at xmas/new-years/easter/etc., the weddings, and pretty much everything else... like, 10 or 12 years ago. Of course, we're not popular at all. Family now prefers to pretend we don't exist. But we just couldn't deal with the fall-out. The kids are [I]starting[/I] to understand why we spent our lives this way... (thank goodness). And the kids are [I]starting[/I] to get to the point where they can handle small bits of this stuff... but family doesn't understand "small bits" (like, a 3 or 4 hour "meal" situation)... with my crew, you're expected to show up no later than 7 a.m., and the day isn't over until past midnight (husband's crew expects a week, not quite so intense on any one day). We just can't do it. Any of it. Hopefully, it will be different with US and the next generations... [/QUOTE]
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