HM
Originally Posted By: hoosiermama
D13 is also spending Thanksgiving with exH and OW--she's taken my place at the family gathering.
FWIW, when STBXW and I got married we switched family-gathering Thanksgiving to Friday. None of us had "which-parent-this-holiday-stress", STBXW and I felt almost like we had two days of Thanksgiving, and had the bonus of an extra day to prepare (at a non-crazy pace, to boot).

Re your D,13: At 13, isn't she entitled to have a say, a "no," sometimes?

Gardener, chiming in on the forum he'll be joining officially on December 23.

Last edited by Gardener; 11/23/09 07:04 PM.
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