MartinC wrote:members of my family that I hate pretend that they get on with me because it's Christmas.
I agree wholeheartedly!!!
When i was married, my wife used to start shopping about september, buying things for all the extended family (i have 4 step brothers and 2 stepsisters, with a total of 14 kids between them) none of who i see or care if i see again!!! We had ti buy selection boxes for all these kids, and them for our kids. What a waste of money!!! When i became single, i just never even sent a card to all of them, only spending money on the members of my family i see regularly and whm i like. The rest could all fuck off. 3 christmas's later they got the message, and i can now spend extra on my own kids. One of my stepsisters has really fat kids too (just like her) so i am doing them a favour really, fat little bastards