Christmas time is a rat race with both my wife’s parents and mine divorced. We end up trying to do 4 Christmases. We rotate Thanksgiving and Easter. We do it, but it’s not easy.
I think Reese and Vince made a movie about that. I think I nearly died laughing at it.
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Blaming the government is a poor excuse. I like what the great Cameron Hanes said, "Nobody cares, work harder". The government does not dictate my life. Both of my parents worked, and both of my wife's parents worked. Why? They like money. My wife chooses to be a stay at home mom to our 4 kids. I have a good job but nothing that pays a lot. Just barely enough to do what we want to do. We make the sacrifices needed to live the way we do.
You really need to change a lot about they way you think man. I get it that things are bad with our government, but you can't blame them for everything. We are still the most free country in the world, with the most privileges. Stop looking to blame the government for everything...getting ridiculous...The government makes it easier to destroy families, and families choose to be destroyed.
I agree. We have a couple of friends who own two restaurants, and they're not open on Sundays. It's not even a conversation. They simply believe Sundays are for family and rest. They don't shout it from the rooftops, they simply are not open. We admire that very much.
Similarly, my parents both worked, my wife's parents both worked. My wife and I both work (because we like to live comfortably). We could survive, even with three kids, on one income, but we choose to both work because we enjoy what we do, and what it affords us.
And yet we still take family vacations. We still go camping (not as much as we'd like, but we missed a couple trips this past summer for weddings and family gatherings, ironically..). Going to my brother's place next weekend, for a nice four-day mini-vacation. Looking forward to it greatly.
If you'll notice, in the above comments, I only said "I" a couple of times. That might be key.
Jaykay