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- From: riggle@adobe.com (Kathleen Riggle)
- Subject: Re: WRAP UP:"I don't want to be a scrooge"
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.053259.28594@adobe.com>
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- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
- References: <gfBVV9W00iV4A31mMb@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:32:59 GMT
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- In article <gfBVV9W00iV4A31mMb@andrew.cmu.edu> jm5p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Judi Mancuso) writes:
- >
- >Hi.
- >Many of you may recall my post of a few weeks ago regarding my MIL and
- >her demands on our Xmas schedules and my husband's "hate" for the
- >holiday season and our son's anticipation of our own traditions. The
- >response from this group reached the triple digits--about 150 in all!
- >
- [most of post deleted]
-
- >Anyway, after some discusson on this
- >topic we realized that I never asked him what HE wanted to do--and I was
- >pretty suprised by his response. Because he works 1/2 day on Xmas Eve,
- >he wants to be able to come home, hang out with the kids, put the baby
- >down for a nap, send our oldest off to do something quiet and then he
- >and I can enjoy a holiday drink together, quietly (maybe listen to
- >music, watch the tree)---his rationale is that things are just TOOOOO
- >hectic and he needs some "quiet and peace" in order not to "loose it"
- >later on. Then, he wants to go to his mother's for an early dinner
- >(maybe at 5:30) and enjoy HIS family instead of "hear about everyone's
- >schedules" then open gifts and return home by 8:30 so that we can
- >unwind, settle the baby and get ready for the wave that will hit the
- >house at 10 p.m.(our annual Xmas Eve celebration). He says that the
- >reason why he just hates this whole thing is that he wants to enjoy his
- >holidays but he isn't "allowed" because everyone is "in his face" about
- >what they want/need/have to do /where they have to be or whatever. He
-
-
- >Since he never really told me what HE wanted to
- >do---and how he feels that if he has this "quiet" time instead of a
- >constant whirlwind, he will be happier and enjoy the holidays instead of
- >hate them--and I think his agenda is a nice comprimise, I told him to
-
- I'm glad you and your husband (and family) reached a compromise. What
- you said about your husband feeling that he doesn't get a say is
- interesting. I'm reading a book now called "Unplug the Christmas
- Machine: A Complete Guide to Putting Love and Joy Back into the Season
- by Jo Robinson and Jean Coppock Staeheli. I haven't finished it, but
- there is an entire chapter on how men are usually left out of the
- preparations and if they are included, it's only to be ordered to
- do this and go there and get that. It mentioned that men can be
- interested in the season, but they wish it to be simpler and less
- expensive.
-
- It's an interesting book to read if your Christmas has become too
- hectic.
-
- Kathie
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