He Didn’t Hang His Daughter’s Christmas Stocking Up This Year Because She Has Not Been Home For The Holidays In Years, And When She Noticed, She Got So Upset
This man has 2 daughters; a 28-year-old from his first marriage and a 23-year-old from his second marriage.
His 23-year-old daughter still lives at home with him and his wife, but his older daughter moved out of the house a couple of years back.
Since his oldest left home, she rarely comes back to visit. Sometimes, she’ll come home for a family dinner, but that’s not so common.
His oldest daughter loves privacy and having her own space, and she’s also a total introvert.
“I’m not sure if it’s because of the fact that she’s on the autism spectrum, but I still love her dearly nonetheless and support her,” he explained.
“The last three Christmases she spent with her ex-boyfriend at his house (they eventually broke up).”
“We invited her to spend this Christmas with us again. She has a new boyfriend now but said she probably will spend it with us this year. Recently we invited her over for a family dinner. She noticed there were 5 stockings hanging up. Mine, my wife’s, my youngest daughter, the dog’s, and the cat’s.”
The stocking for his oldest daughter was not hanging up. They used to hang it up along with everyone else’s, but when she moved out of the house and no longer came home for Christmas, that’s when they stopped putting it up.
This year, it slipped their mind to hang her stocking up since she had not been home for the holidays in some time.
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As soon as his daughter realized her stocking wasn’t hanging up with the rest of them, she got really upset and ended up leaving after dinner was finished.
“I tried to explain to her that it was NOT intentional, and I reminded her how much we all love her,” he said.
“We thought she would be spending another Christmas away from the family like the past three years (except this time with her new boyfriend instead of ex). From what she told me, her relationship with him is too new to be spending over there on big holidays, so that’s why she agreed to spend it here. The no stocking was out of sheer habit because we were so used to her not spending Christmas here ever since she moved out.”
“She’s almost 30 and is very upset with me and has been crying. I feel like she’s overreacting, and not sure how to calm her down. The name stockings are only for decoration. There’s no gifts in them. I already bought a nice gift for her and will be making one of her favorite foods for Christmas dinner.”
He’s left wondering if it was mean of him to forget to stop hanging up his daughter’s stocking when she stopped coming home for Christmas.
What do you think?
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