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When family events become battlegrounds over time expectations

My family gatherings have become tense because some of us arrive exactly when invited and expect dinner to be served on schedule, while others drift in over hours and want to catch up first, and nobody talks about it but everyone feels judged.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Unspoken assumptions about how time should work in gatherings are creating distance where there should be connection.

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