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How Did Everyone Make It Through Christmas?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 571207" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We're still struggling with Christmas because here in the land of summer Christmas, celebrations continue until the end of January.</p><p></p><p>Our kids were fine. No hassles with them at all. Sis-in-law's kids were fine. No hassles. Sis-in-law arrived with luggage on Christmas Day looking healthy and sober. We had a lovely Christmas Day, no tantrums from anybody. </p><p></p><p>Since then it has gone downhill. Two days after Christmas the excrement hit the air conditioning. It took until yesterday for me and husband to find out why - we found some of sis-in-law's stash of booze. I've made it clear to husband (can't talk to mother in law about this, sis-in-law is always around and will make everybody's life purgatory if anyone 'outs' her as a drinker) that I will not be around sis-in-law unless he is there, plus I need my own way to get out of there and home fast. And that if I say, "I'm going home now," it means sis-in-law has been badly inappropriate again.</p><p></p><p>I've even been trying to find a way to get out of the city until sis-in-law goes home in a few weeks. </p><p></p><p>So in one way this has been good news - MY kids weren't the problem. The elephant in the room (or difficult child) is an adult over whom we have zero control. It's also a really useful object lesson for my kids, the ones who at times drink too much - they don't want to end up like their relative.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 571207, member: 1991"] We're still struggling with Christmas because here in the land of summer Christmas, celebrations continue until the end of January. Our kids were fine. No hassles with them at all. Sis-in-law's kids were fine. No hassles. Sis-in-law arrived with luggage on Christmas Day looking healthy and sober. We had a lovely Christmas Day, no tantrums from anybody. Since then it has gone downhill. Two days after Christmas the excrement hit the air conditioning. It took until yesterday for me and husband to find out why - we found some of sis-in-law's stash of booze. I've made it clear to husband (can't talk to mother in law about this, sis-in-law is always around and will make everybody's life purgatory if anyone 'outs' her as a drinker) that I will not be around sis-in-law unless he is there, plus I need my own way to get out of there and home fast. And that if I say, "I'm going home now," it means sis-in-law has been badly inappropriate again. I've even been trying to find a way to get out of the city until sis-in-law goes home in a few weeks. So in one way this has been good news - MY kids weren't the problem. The elephant in the room (or difficult child) is an adult over whom we have zero control. It's also a really useful object lesson for my kids, the ones who at times drink too much - they don't want to end up like their relative. Marg [/QUOTE]
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