Dan the man

So many, but it was also a different time in the world, families were much closer back then. We had friends from the neighborhood, from school and we were all very social. My parents loved Sunday dinner and we all had to be there which for me sucked big time. I have 3 brothers with wives so 3 sister in-laws who seemed to be vying for the top tier for my mother and father. None of them got along with each other or my wife, so for me it was a shit show every Sunday. I also worked for my dad with one of my brothers and that brought a lot of difficulties to the table. My parents loved Christmas and that was a mandatory be there holiday. When I moved away my dad said always be home for Christmas and I did until he was gone. When we had kids we tried to create traditions, but divorce put an end to that as well as parents who couldn’t get along at all. For me traditions keep you locked into an old behavior and belief, kind of like ground hog day. After awhile the excitement wears off and it becomes a pain in the ass chore that you only do because you’ve been doing for so long. There’s more to life than that and it’s different for everyone, the Sunday dinners ended and I don’t think anyone was heartbroken the same with Christmas, at some point you move forward on your own.