Atreyu wrote to Sean Dennis:

A> I haven't been through exactly that level of personal hardship... Just 
A> certain
A> family members who "pulled stunts" with me just prior to Christmas then
A> expecting all to be forgiven / ignored / put-on-pause because its 
A> Christmas.

That's happened to me before with in-laws.

A> Same with Thanksgiving, same drama. One year I slaved away in the kitchen 
A> and
A> cooked a nice turkey dinner, all to have my wonderful offspring pile up a 
A> plate of food and took off to her bedroom, to go camp out on the Internet.

I haven't had that happen, but I've just been "forgotten"...but that's okay. 
I take myself out to Golden Corral the weekend after Thanksgiving and enjoy
my own meal or just cook at home.

In your case, it's the "hasn't matured yet" issue, sadly.

-- digi <8D~

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