I wasn’t asking anyone else to abandon their traditions. I was simply setting a boundary around what I would buy and what I could reasonably manage.
That distinction mattered.
I wasn’t telling my family how to celebrate Christmas. I was telling them what I could do going forward.
What happened
One family member didn’t want to discuss the announcement in the group chat.
My phone rang, and I immediately felt that familiar knot in my stomach.
I wondered whether I’d offended someone. I wondered whether the conversation would turn into
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