My sister is planning Christmas in July because apparently regular Christmas was not enough.
She sent everyone a link to matching pajamas. They are forty eight dollars per person.
There are five people in my house. I am not spending nearly two hundred fifty dollars so we can look like a catalog family for nine minutes.
I told her we would wear red shirts instead.
She said that would ruin the photo and asked why I never participate.
I participate. I just do not enjoy being assigned a costume by text message.
Now she says I am making it about money. It is about money. The pajamas cost money.
Was I too blunt?
Family tradition is usually one woman doing labor while everybody else takes pictures.
No invitation is worth spending the entire night bracing for impact.
Say it once, gently. After that, let the custom wall letters happen.
There is no medal for attending every family function while miserable.
Some relatives are best enjoyed in small doses with an exit nearby.
The baby name issue is tricky, but somebody should love that child enough to be honest.
Mija, do not spend $250 to look coordinated with people who irritate you.
I come from a big family. We survive by lying about prior commitments.
A reunion in July is already disrespectful before anybody says a word.