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How to Handle Holidays During Ugly Separation
Asked by T.P. from Richmond
on November 22, 2006
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I am at a loss. My husband and I have been separated for over a year and a half. My family is in town and wants to spend holidays with myself and my children. My hu...
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- T., Girl I know exactly what your talking about. I've been divorced since last December after 2 long years of arguing, restraining orders, court rooms. He did the sam...
- Been there- As much as think you are alone, you're not. Don't ever let him know he's in control. Show no reaction to his controlling ways and you'll finally succeed....
- well if reconciliation is not an option, which is sounds like it is not, then you need to go ahead and file for divorce and get a good attorney who will fight for your...
Thanksgiving Break at School- What's Your Norm?
Asked by K.S. from Detroit
on November 20, 2011
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At our school district, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is a day off, officially as a compensation day for parent-teacher conferences It has become a GREAT day to ha...
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- We have the whole week off, too, and the week before that they get dismissed at 12 for parent teacher conferences-PAINFULL!
- Well... KINDA on topic... My professor says that any college that has school on the Wed before Thanksgiving has it's head up it's... er...bum. So she will "show a m...
- Ours have off, well at least the elementary kids do. That's when we do the parent/teacher's conferences. I HATE days off from school. We ALL benefit when our son is...
On a Scale from 1 to 10, How Rude Is This?
Asked by R.D. from Richmond
on November 2, 2011
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My brothers and my husband and I are ALL sick and tired of our family's feuding over the holidays. I'm super laid back; the girls spend every other holiday with their ...
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- I finally bowed out of family Thanksgiving b/c of the drama. I host my inlaws and see my family at my aunt's house on Christmas. We hold in-law Christmas whenever is c...
- No, offering to host a holiday open house is not rude. It sounds like a wonderful idea to me. In my opinion, when you have young kids especially, it is important to ...
- The open house was going to be my suggestion before I read that was what you were thinking. If you family doesn't like it, tough, and if it's rude, than I'm rude too ...
Lost Christmas Spirit
Asked by M.L. from Charlotte
on November 21, 2006
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I have an issue, I used to love Christmas. It was my favorite holiday of the year. I always went all out in decorating, shopping, sending out christmas cards. The whol...
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- I'm sorry that you going through this. I had a family that was not enjoyable to go to for the holidays and that was fixed with the divorse though the kids are still no...
- Hi M.! Forgetting the past can sometimes be hard, but in the mist of mulling over the past we are missing our present blessings and our bright future. Until we let go ...
- Call a close girlfriend setup a date for the Saturday afternoon and evening after Tahnksgiving if possible. Go get some good food where they have great music, and cat...
Need Any Wisdom on the Challenges of Overbearing In-laws
Asked by D.T. from Sarasota
on August 23, 2006
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Need suggestions on the challenges of extended family. I truly believe that grandparents are so important for a child to have...with that said, we do have very challen...
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- There's are some wonderful books by Townsend & Cloud that deal with setting boundries that might be useful. My personal favorite is entitled "Safe People." You are to ...
- Your not real specific in your question as to what the concerns and problems are so I can not give any direct advice. However, I also have VERY difficult inlaws and m...
- Hi D.: We don't have overbearing parents; we have well intended parents that may overstep boundaries. We learned that we needed to set boundaries. Very hard at f...
How Often Do Your Parents or In-laws See Your Kids?
Asked by I.*. from Columbus
on February 27, 2012
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How often do your parents or in-laws see your kids? My MIL tries to keep all of her grandkids once a month but our kids rarely see her outside of that unless there’s...
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- My parents live 4 hours away and haven't seen us since New Years - I had invited them (about 2 months ago) for this past weekend as there was a big auction/fun fair to...
- My in-laws live in Florida so they see my son 2x per year maybe 3 and depends if someones graduating or getting married. my parents live 10 mins away and he doesn't s...
- You sure got a lot of responses. It seems like every family is different. Growing up, both sets of my grandparents lived on the same street as us so we saw them ALL th...
Hands off In-laws
Asked by J.K. from Sacramento
on April 15, 2008
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HI All,
Just seeking some advice, which seems like a common subject... in-laws!! My husband and I have been together for about 18 years and married for 5. We have a 2...
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- Ohhh, the In-laws. First of all, I think if you have the small children, then all adults should come to you. Especially if there is a place for them to stay. I thin...
- i realize this is so frustrating.....just set the boundaries for what works for u and your kids.. (ie; stick 2 ur kids schedules,dont stay at a place that cant accomo...
- I can completely relate. My husband and I have the only 2 grandchildren on his side of the family. She was/is a doting mom, and I anticipated the worst of conflicts be...
The Holidays and H1N1
Asked by M.S. from Omaha
on November 11, 2009
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We are going to visit my in-laws for Thanksgiving. My daughters 4 yrs and 10 months have both had the H1N1 shot series. My husband has a really big extended family of ...
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- First, the H1N1 vaccine is as effective as any flu vaccine. Second, anytime your children have contact with other people (through you and their father coming home from...
- shot or no shot, family get togethers are a recipe for illness. two HUGE reasons why are the fact that there are large groups of people together all bringing "bugs" to...
- First of all, you've had the vaccine, and most people haven't, at least in MN, so you're better off than a lot of people. Second, my whole family (all four of us) had ...
MIL Visit + Twin Delivery = Nightmare
Asked by S.S. from Phoenix
on March 23, 2010
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I'm delivering twins via scheduled c-section - I need to be at the hospital at 10am and deliver around noon. MIL has booked a flight to arrive at 11:15 am the day of ...
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- I have a crazy mil too~!! You do what is right for YOU!!!! He will get over it and she will just have to deal with it.
- It will all work out. But, your hubby does need to be with you at the hospital and not picking people up at the airport. If the flight comes in around 11:15, luggage...
- 1. hire a driver to $25 to pick you MIL up from th airport at whatever time she wante (give her the phonew # and tell her it is prepaid) Money is spent- she can't argu...
M-i-l Problems
Asked by R.K. from Reno
on March 8, 2008
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We have mother - in law problems, and I am not sure what to do about them. We decided to move across the street (over a year ago) so that the kids could see their gra...
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- hi R.- it sounds like you and your mom have different expectations of your relationship and the relationship she has with the kids-- if you set yourself up to think t...
- Hi R., I'm sorry if this is a repeat answer but is there any type of psychological or physical problems that you may not know about? Perhaps this is afffecting her at...
- Hi R.! I can sympathize that you're not able to see eye to eye about this, is your mother just not listening to you? I think it's important for her to know that she...
