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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 744838" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>Thanks SWOT. I think E does feel a bit forced and overwhelmed by it all. And I hope I’m wrong about this turning into a pattern of their family dominating all holidays, vacation time and other bonding moments. All three sons just seem to be holding onto the apron strings very tightly, and I don’t see any loosening in the parents core assumption that they’ll continue to have everyone together for all vacations and family events in the future. I can handle moving Christmas - it’s just a day on the calendar. And I’m not jealous of their money. I’m not a fancy person and wouldn’t know what to do with it if I had it. (Start an animal rescue, probably.) I just resent what I see as a pattern of them using their money to control and dominate their sons and sons’ wives as they get married (E and her husband were the first.). And they do not hide their homophobia well at all, which makes mixed events pretty much a no go for me and R here. I guess Christmas is just a symptom here of the whole thing for me. </p><p></p><p>I hope one day when there are grandkids they’ll still think grandma Elsi and granny R are fun to be around even if we don’t take them to Paris and Vale and Hawaii every year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 744838, member: 23349"] Thanks SWOT. I think E does feel a bit forced and overwhelmed by it all. And I hope I’m wrong about this turning into a pattern of their family dominating all holidays, vacation time and other bonding moments. All three sons just seem to be holding onto the apron strings very tightly, and I don’t see any loosening in the parents core assumption that they’ll continue to have everyone together for all vacations and family events in the future. I can handle moving Christmas - it’s just a day on the calendar. And I’m not jealous of their money. I’m not a fancy person and wouldn’t know what to do with it if I had it. (Start an animal rescue, probably.) I just resent what I see as a pattern of them using their money to control and dominate their sons and sons’ wives as they get married (E and her husband were the first.). And they do not hide their homophobia well at all, which makes mixed events pretty much a no go for me and R here. I guess Christmas is just a symptom here of the whole thing for me. I hope one day when there are grandkids they’ll still think grandma Elsi and granny R are fun to be around even if we don’t take them to Paris and Vale and Hawaii every year. [/QUOTE]
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