Most of my household lives in the identical city as me. My dad and mom stay 5 (4 if site visitors is sweet) hours away. The plan this yr was for thanksgiving to occur within the city most of us stay in. As a result of I wouldn’t should journey, I signed up for a piece venture for finish of November as a result of extra cash by no means hurts (usually I’m furloughed throughout this time). Two weeks in the past, I came upon that everybody else had modified the plan a month in the past and everyone seems to be now going to journey to the place my dad and mom stay. By the point they instructed me (which solely occurred accidentally, in any other case I wouldn’t have came upon till a couple of days in the past), it was far too late for me to again out of the work venture (and too late to get a pet sitter).
So I instructed them sorry, I can’t come as a result of I’ve to work this week and the day after thanksgiving. And thus began two weeks of blackmail, emotional BS, scolding, and a litany of the reason why my job isn’t essential sufficient to skip thanksgiving, together with each conceivable technique they might discover to get me to go to. They’re “disenchanted” in me for staying dwelling. I must take off work early Wednesday to make the drive, then drive again Thursday afternoon if I used to be going. I assumed the group exercise may very well be compromise as a result of everybody had been speaking about doing one thing like that for years. Positive, I’d be worn out from driving and it will make work the subsequent day hellish, however it will be value it to maintain the peace. However form of pointless if nobody else might be there so I stated sorry, appears to be like prefer it gained’t work out.
So no, I didn’t begin Machiavellian manipulation. I attempted to discover a method, regardless of a bunch of different the reason why me touring to my dad and mom is a foul concept. However it simply isn’t going to work.
No cause is sweet sufficient for my household as a result of they’re bananapants. They modified plans, didn’t even inform me they have been contemplating it, after which sat on the modified plans information for weeks till it was too late for me to regulate, however I’m the dangerous man. I haven’t even heard from anybody since Monday.
I posted about this earlier however I notice not everybody would have seen it. I used to be attempting to keep away from an extended backstory about why I usually hate thanksgiving as a result of it’s like this each time.