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When family traditions become burdens for the default host

Our extended family always gathers at my house for holidays because I'm the one who inherited the big dining room table, but I'm exhausted by hosting and when I mentioned it last Christmas, everyone acted like I was being dramatic instead of actually problem-solving with me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Someone is carrying invisible labor that the group has collectively decided not to see, and resentment is quietly poisoning what should be joyful.

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