US EditionAsking Eric: We’re No Longer Invited to Shared Family Holiday Meals. What Should We Do About Upcoming Wedding?
The family faces uncertainty about exclusion from holiday celebrations despite recent invitations; upcoming wedding expenses add complexity to family dynamics.
- The speaker experienced a serious car accident and was hospitalized unconscious for two weeks before waking in the hospital with pain management issues.
- During hospitalization, miscommunication occurred when a nurse described the speaker as a 'tough guy' refusing pain meds, amid known undertreatment trends impacting vulnerable groups.
- The speaker reached out in 2023 to their cousin after invitations abruptly stopped, learning the lack of hosting related to COVID and the cousin's mother's recent death.
- The upcoming wedding in October 2026 is seen as an opportunity to reconnect family despite the financial and hosting challenges of inviting 12 people 'per plate.'
- The speaker reflects that hosting family traditionally falls to their father's side and recognizes the need for empathy, direct invitation, and shared responsibility to rebuild connections.
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ASKING ERIC: Family invites to shared holidays stopped coming abruptly
Dear Eric: My father's side has always hosted holiday meals. We are all in our 60s and 70s. My parents are gone, and kids are in their 20s and 30s. My cousin has taken over and puts on a great…
Asking Eric: We’re no longer invited to shared family holiday meals. What should we do about upcoming wedding?
Dear Eric: My father’s side has always hosted holiday meals. We are all in our 60s and 70s. My parents are gone, and kids are in their 20s and 30s. My cousin has taken over and puts on a great celebration. With Covid and the death of her mother she did not host/invite us, which hurt our feelings because we enjoyed the time to see everyone.
Asking Eric: My feelings get hurt when cousin doesn’t invite us to a big holiday meal
Dear Eric: My father’s side has always hosted holiday meals. We are all in our 60s and 70s. My parents are gone, and kids are in their 20s and 30s. My cousin has taken over and puts on a great celebration. With COVID and the death of her mother, she did not host/invite us, which hurt our feelings because we enjoyed the time to see everyone.I reached out in 2023 to see if we offended someone, she said no and invited us all over. She did not in 20…
Asking Eric: Should we invite 12 relatives to wedding after holiday party snubs?
Dear Eric: My father’s side has always hosted holiday meals. We are all in our 60s and 70s. My parents are gone, and kids are in their 20s and 30s. My cousin has taken over and puts on a great celebration. With Covid and the death of her mother she did not host/invite us, which hurt our feelings because we enjoyed the time to see everyone.
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