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<blockquote data-quote="KFld" data-source="post: 31327" data-attributes="member: 2442"><p>As my children get older and most of my family seems to move further away, I need some good suggestions on how to enjoy the holidays and not let them get me down. </p><p></p><p>My difficult child who just turned 20, never liked the holidays and can't stand sitting with family and having dinner, and yesterday 17 year old easy child daughter informed me that her boyfriend invited her to dinner at his aunts house for Easter. I didn't want to tell her no, as I knew this would happen someday, but this pretty much leaves me and husband and a much too quiet holiday and I don't like that. I miss when the kids were little, my parents and husband's parents lived here and all the kids were together for the holidays and they were fun. I know I have a lot to be thankful for as today is difficult child's 6 months clean anniversary and I have a wonderful easy child daughter, but family is so important to me on the holidays and my family gets smaller and smaller for the holidays.</p><p></p><p>I think we'll have a big Easter breakfast, then maybe husband and I will go out to dinner and a movie or something. I refuse to just sit home, the 2 of us, and watch t.v. or something. </p><p></p><p>Maybe one of our friends will take pity on us and invite us to their house for dinner :smile:</p><p></p><p>Any suggestions??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KFld, post: 31327, member: 2442"] As my children get older and most of my family seems to move further away, I need some good suggestions on how to enjoy the holidays and not let them get me down. My difficult child who just turned 20, never liked the holidays and can't stand sitting with family and having dinner, and yesterday 17 year old easy child daughter informed me that her boyfriend invited her to dinner at his aunts house for Easter. I didn't want to tell her no, as I knew this would happen someday, but this pretty much leaves me and husband and a much too quiet holiday and I don't like that. I miss when the kids were little, my parents and husband's parents lived here and all the kids were together for the holidays and they were fun. I know I have a lot to be thankful for as today is difficult child's 6 months clean anniversary and I have a wonderful easy child daughter, but family is so important to me on the holidays and my family gets smaller and smaller for the holidays. I think we'll have a big Easter breakfast, then maybe husband and I will go out to dinner and a movie or something. I refuse to just sit home, the 2 of us, and watch t.v. or something. Maybe one of our friends will take pity on us and invite us to their house for dinner [img]:smile:[/img] Any suggestions?? [/QUOTE]
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