Where to go for the Holidays...
My SO and I have been together a little over 5 years. My mom lives in GA (we’re in Florida, so only about 4-4.5 hours away), and in those 5 years, we’ve gone to see her TOGETHER (I’ve gone a few times on my own) twice. Max. I think he’s only been once, but he insists twice. Anyway, this year my brother is going up for Thanksgiving, as well as my uncles family (my moms sister and her husband live up there too, as well as both of my moms parents -my grandparents), so for ALL of us to get together would be awesome. I’m going to deliver no later than 37 weeks due to complications, which would put the baby at a little over 11 weeks at Thanksgiving. He is telling me we have so much more family here (his parents -who live 5 minutes away, and we see multiple times a week-, and my dad, who will be working on Thanksgiving), and he ‘doesnt like it up there because it’s boring’... yes, the live in the country off dirt roads, but that’s what I LOVE about it. Anyway, I’m not saying he has to go, just letting him know I’m going, especially since it’s my last week of maternity leave. Man tells me NO! Says I’m not taking the baby from him, but I can leave the baby and go alone... um, 1, I didn’t know men were capable of breast feeding, and 2, bitch, say what?! Then I said okay, then come! And he said he can’t because he’ll lose his OT pay.. then I said well if you’re working, why would I stay anyway, and I’m not leaving the baby just so he can work and his mom can watch him, and then he says he gets 3 days off for holidays..?! Okay, so come then! But we’ve been together 5 years, and he’s never had days off on holidays before?! I’m literally going insane! We’re here EVERY holiday! Now that I’m having the baby, it’s a HUGE problem if I want to change the plans and see my family for once?! Am I crazy to be mad right now?! I go up to see my mom once, maybe twice a year. She comes here when we see her. We go to his family’s house for EVERY holiday, and see them SO much. My mom comes down for Christmas, and she always has to work around their schedule since they celebrate Christmas eve and Christmas Day (they’re Peruvian). It’s bullshit! Right?! I need opinions!
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