Her Estranged Sister Saw Her Elaborate Christmas Decorations On Social Media And Tried To Invite Their Family Over For Christmas Day, But She Said That Neither Her Sister Nor Her Sister’s Family Was Welcome To Celebrate The Holiday With Her
This thirty-two-year-old woman honestly does not get along with her family at all. In fact, she has actually been no contact with her parents for over ten years now.
And at this point in her life, she is not focused on the past but rather on building her and her family a better life.
She has since gotten married to her husband, who is thirty-five, and they have two children together– a daughter who is five and a son who is two.
Her husband also grew up in the foster care system his entire childhood, so neither of them had a great upbringing.
So, once they finally started to get serious, they dreamed of creating that “picture-perfect family” they always envisioned but never had growing up.
And for her, a part of having a happy little family is celebrating the Christmas season to its fullest. So, she has been doing literally everything within her power to make the holiday feel especially magical for herself, her husband, and her kids.
She has decorated every single room in her house, including the bathrooms, and has put up elaborate Christmas decorations and twinkly lights on the exterior of her home.
“I stuff advent calendars, make cookies almost every day, have matching pajamas, send postcards for our friends, etc. Also, we go all out on gifts for our kids,” she said.
Just last year, though, she reconnected with her sister. They primarily speak online but did have one in-person meeting when her sister came to town.
Tijana – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
And her sister is honestly not in the best financial position. Apparently, her sister is also married to a man who is unemployed, and they had three children together, who are all under the age of twelve. On top of that, her sister works in retail and has a bunch of medical debt.
Anyway, it appears that her sister was going through her social media accounts recently and saw how elaborately she and her family celebrate Christmas at her house. Then, her sister reached out and made small talk for a little while.
Just a few minutes later, though, her sister apparently claimed that as her family’s “gift,” her sister’s family was planning to spend Christmas at her house.
And she was not just shocked by her sister inviting herself over, but honestly just did not want anyone else to be at her holiday celebration.
So, she ended up telling her sister that while she appreciated the gesture, Christmas at her house was really just for her small family.
In turn, they would like to celebrate alone and do not want to include any extended family.
Unsurprisingly, though, her sister did not take no for an answer. In fact, her sister just kept insisting that it would be “fun” and that her kids would “absolutely love to celebrate with their cousins”– even though she revealed that her kids have never even met their cousins!
So, she was forced to keep insisting that a Christmas gathering with their two families just would not be possible.
And at that point, her sister reportedly “switched tones.”
“She started telling me that they couldn’t afford Christmas for their kids and that they just wanted the kids to have a fun holiday for once,” she recalled.
Despite sympathizing with her sister, though, she still refused to have any additional family over at her house for the holiday.
Regardless, though, her sister was not quitting– because afterward, her sister just started asking if she could help them out with money for Christmas expenses.
To be honest, though, she is not exactly swimming in cash despite how it may look on social media– so she told her sister that they did not have any extra funds this month.
However, she and her husband did budget one hundred dollars toward gifts for her sister’s family– so she offered to just send that over instead.
But rather than being grateful for that, her sister just asked for more money. And she was forced to turn her sister down yet again.
So, according to her, that was the moment her sister became seriously furious at her.
In fact, she actually got accused of being a selfish jerk, and her sister claimed it was not fair her kids would not get to celebrate Christmas; meanwhile, she was “throwing money out the window” to spend on her “vanity project of a house.” Yikes!
Understandably, she decided to just hang up the phone after those comments. And afterward, she sent her sister a pretty firm text message.
“I am sorry that you and your family are struggling, but I will not be sacrificing our family traditions for your ease. I will be sending you one hundred dollars as a gift for the kids, but neither you nor your family is welcome to our family Christmas,” she texted.
“And I will expect an apology when you cool down; otherwise, don’t bother contacting me again.”
Now, she does stand behind her decision to bar her sister’s family from celebrating Christmas with her family.
In reflecting on the situation, though, she has started to question some of the wording in her text message.
So, she has been left wondering whether saying, “You nor your family are welcome at our family Christmas” was a jerky way to put her sister in her place or not.
Doesn’t it seem like her sister just wanted to mooch off of her family’s Christmas experience, not really spend quality time together over the holiday? Is it understandable why she would want to keep her family’s Christmas celebration intimate, especially after barely seeing her sister over recent years? Was her text to her sister too harsh or not? What would you have said had you been in her shoes?
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