He’s Refusing To Host An Annual Christmas Party At His House Again This Season Because Last Year, His Wife’s Family Left His Home A Disaster
Every year, this 38-year-old guy and his wife, who is 39, host a Christmas party at their home for both sides of their family.
The reason why the gathering is usually held at their place is that they just own a much bigger home than the rest of their family members.
However, after the party ended and all of their guests left last year, he realized that he and his wife were left with a horrible mess to clean up.
“I usually expect a mess since all of us total to about 20 to 30 people,” he noted. “But that time, it was atrocious.”
Apparently, he found cookies on their carpet and pizza slices stuffed under chairs. There was even sticky soda stuck on his floor.
So, he was forced to spend nearly five whole days cleaning up after the gathering. He also claimed that it was the first time their house had ever been so trashed following an event.
That’s why he came to think that their family members were just getting too comfortable in their home.
He also knew that it was primarily his wife’s side of the family who created such a disaster.
“Because on my side, about five to seven can make it every year since most of my family lives outside the country,” he explained.
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“So, my wife’s family makes up the other 15 to 23 people. Also, my wife’s side has a lot of kids, mostly under the age of 10.”
This left him with a really bad taste in his mouth, too. And when his wife brought up hosting Christmas at their house this year, he immediately shot down the idea. His wife asked why he was so opposed to hosting Christmas again, too.
“And I told her that if the get-together was going to happen, it wasn’t going to be at our house,” he recalled.
She did try to reason with him and get him to give in. However, he refused and simply said the holiday party wasn’t going to happen. Well, he came to find out that his wife had already sent out the invitations.
“I personally think this is where I messed up because I should have told her way beforehand,” he vented.
Instead, he didn’t, and now his wife will have to be the “bearer of bad news” and tell her whole family that they’re no longer welcome for Christmas.
So now, this has left him wondering if refusing to host their annual holiday party is justified after what happened last year or just makes him a jerk.
Can you understand why he was so frustrated after last year’s party? Even so, do you think he should’ve brought up the issue a long time ago? Is it fair to make his wife rescind all of the invitations now? What would you do in his shoes?
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