That used to be me.
 

Happy Christmas guys!

Well, I had a nice Christmas.

I arrived home on Christmas Eve. My mom, Dad, brother and I were chatting at the kitchen table. I made some remark that I have work on January 2nd, and my mom said "great! I'm glad you are acting like a normal person". See, it's little remarks that really get on my nerves, and I could see my brother's eyebrows shoot up, but I just ignored it and carried on talking. Everytime my mom started with her comments, I just raised my hand and said "I don't want to hear it at Christmas" and she actually shut up! Even my dad said he is proud at the way I am learning to deal with her.

And we did have a nice day. I got some lovely gifts...gloves, perfume and a camera, because I am thinking of taking up photography as a hobby in the New Year.

I felt bad for my aunt though. She kind of has a drinking problem too, but if she is as bad as I was, I don't know. She left the room at around 6 pm and didn't return. It turns out she had gone to bed. What a way to spend Christmas night...in bed. I said to my brother that I didn't think she had that much to drink. My brother replied "oh she did. She slyly topped up her glass at the table, without people noticing, and I know she had a few sly ones in the kitchen, when I walked through to put dishes in the dishwasher". I felt really bad for her. I have been there, and she missed the best part of the evening - our family card game. If I had been drinking, I would have missed out on all the fun.

The next thing is the wedding on New Year's Eve. My brother seems a bit stressed. We were up late talking last night and he said to me ""what will I do if there is some tension between family members at the wedding"? So I said "don't worry bro, I'll make sure nobody spoils your big day". At this point he burst out laughing and said "MY big day?!! MY big day my ******* ass"!!! Says it all really...

I am very happy that I am not drinking. And Happy Christmas to all of you xx

Well done you! Hope things get better, sounds like you are going through it. Also feel sorry for your aunt. Well done you for staying sober! Merry Xmas!

Hola Tetra:

I love hearing this from you. You have come a long way and I am proud of you. Our mom's are something hard to deal with... I feel ya sistah!

Good job and keep up the good work. It will be even better tomorrow when you wake up and feel great!

Tetra, I'm glad you had a good Christmas and that you are learning to stand up for yourself.

Way to go Tetra sorry about your mums 'comments'

I think your amazing merry christmas/boxing day

Happy Christmas Tetra!! :)

Thank you all very much :)

Cisco was surprisingly relaxed during our loud card game :) there may have been a small amount of money involved...we were playing best out of 3 games, but it went on for a long time, and nobody won yet..second half is planned for tomorrow, when we go over to eat the leftovers. My aunts are surprisingly competitive :)

Glad you had a good time, Tetra.

Happy for you :grouphug:

Sounds like you are changing your role in the family--
I'm glad you had a good Christmas and I hope the wedding goes very well too.

Be careful about catching the bouquet ;)

How was "The Hobbit" by the way . . .

The happiest of holidays, Tetra. Keep politely shutting your mother down, and hopefully she'll change the way she interacts with you.

Glad you had a nice Christmas. Best wishes! :)