Most of my household lives in the identical city as me. My dad and mom dwell 5 (4 if visitors is nice) hours away. The plan this 12 months was for thanksgiving to occur within the city most of us dwell in. As a result of I wouldn’t should journey, I signed up for a piece mission for finish of November as a result of more money by no means hurts (usually I’m furloughed throughout this time). Two weeks in the past, I came upon that everybody else had modified the plan a month in the past and everyone seems to be now going to journey to the place my dad and mom dwell. By the point they informed me (which solely occurred by chance, in any other case I wouldn’t have came upon till a couple of days in the past), it was far too late for me to again out of the work mission (and too late to get a pet sitter).
So I informed them sorry, I can’t come as a result of I’ve to work this week and the day after thanksgiving. And thus began two weeks of blackmail, emotional BS, scolding, and a litany of the reason why my job isn’t essential sufficient to skip thanksgiving, together with each conceivable methodology they might discover to get me to go to. They’re “dissatisfied” in me for staying house. I must take off work early Wednesday to make the drive, then drive again Thursday afternoon if I used to be going. I assumed the group exercise could possibly be a superb compromise as a result of everybody had been speaking about doing one thing like that for years. Certain, I’d be worn out from driving and it might make work the following day hellish, however it might be value it to maintain the peace. However form of pointless if nobody else will likely be there so I mentioned sorry, appears prefer it gained’t work out.
So no, I didn’t begin Machiavellian manipulation. I attempted to discover a method, regardless of a number of different the reason why me touring to my dad and mom is a foul concept. However it simply isn’t going to work.
No cause is nice sufficient for my household as a result of they’re bananapants. They modified plans, didn’t even inform me they had been contemplating it, after which sat on the modified plans data for weeks till it was too late for me to regulate, however I’m the unhealthy man. I haven’t even heard from anybody since Monday.
I posted about this earlier however I understand not everybody would have seen it. I used to be making an attempt to keep away from an extended backstory about why I usually hate thanksgiving as a result of it’s like this each time.
