Reply #6: Mine asked if they could come on our anniversary instead.

[Pathwalker]

It's the day AFTER Xmas. I said no, because they all know my husband and I have spent that day only with each other for the last 31 years. So, now they're only coming for dinner and gift giving, then leaving. They weren't exactly prepared for my enthusiastic agreement with that proposal.

Aren't families "fun"? Sometimes. Other times, not so much. :hi:

We had other family members who kept insisting that we meet on another date, like your relatives - now we just don't bother celebrating the holidays with them at all. Of course, I was expected to prepare another holiday meal with all the fixings. That got old real quick.