Christmas Eve is usually hosted at our house, and I will be bowing out in similar fashion. I did the same for Thanksgiving. The only thing I regret is that I won't share these meals with the boys like I used to.

W seemed somewhat surprised that I didn't choose to attend Thanksgiving. For Christmas Eve, she informed me that she would do the dinner as usual, but said, "I don't know if it will be uncomfortable for you with my parents there."

Of course, this is the main reason I won't attend. Mentally, I was thinking, "Your parents have stopped acknowledging that I am alive and are treating your AP like a son-in-law. Why on earth should I be uncomfortable with that?"

Me 59 W 47
T 26 M 23
S18, S14
BD May 2023
D filed June 2023
OM1 confirmed: December 2023
OM2 confirmed: October 2023