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My H tries to ruin the holidays for me~
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 390771" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">The only part of it he seems to enjoy is hanging the roping and lights and eating the cookies. Other than that, when I ask him to help with anything or ask him if he'd like to join in any way, he balks! </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I will add that based on his family's behavior around holidays and birthdays, I do not think they were raised with much fanfare and festivity! I mean, no one even called him for his birthday last week not even his parents. And when his parents were here for Christmas one year, we had to pull his mom from her room to join us. The girls were little and just about jumping out of their skin waiting for her to get out so they could open their gifts! LOL. And afterwards, she sent me a 10 page mimeographed newsletter about eating healthy. She said we were too indulgent with foodstuffs when in fact, I went way out of my way to make sure everything I prepared was diabetic friendly just for her. WTH? I just don't think they are into that warm and fuzzy Christmas thing, which is fine - it's not for everyone. But I am and H used to be, but somewhere along the way he's become disenchanted by it all. He even asked if "now that the girls are adults if we still had to do all that koi?" OMG. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 390771, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]The only part of it he seems to enjoy is hanging the roping and lights and eating the cookies. Other than that, when I ask him to help with anything or ask him if he'd like to join in any way, he balks! [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I will add that based on his family's behavior around holidays and birthdays, I do not think they were raised with much fanfare and festivity! I mean, no one even called him for his birthday last week not even his parents. And when his parents were here for Christmas one year, we had to pull his mom from her room to join us. The girls were little and just about jumping out of their skin waiting for her to get out so they could open their gifts! LOL. And afterwards, she sent me a 10 page mimeographed newsletter about eating healthy. She said we were too indulgent with foodstuffs when in fact, I went way out of my way to make sure everything I prepared was diabetic friendly just for her. WTH? I just don't think they are into that warm and fuzzy Christmas thing, which is fine - it's not for everyone. But I am and H used to be, but somewhere along the way he's become disenchanted by it all. He even asked if "now that the girls are adults if we still had to do all that koi?" OMG. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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