Most of us spend Christmas day with our family or friends but one woman was left fuming when her mother said that she wanted to come over and spend the most festive day of the year with her.
Taking to Mumsnet, the unnamed woman said she wants to be completely alone as she already made solo plans to have a ‘nice quiet day where I can eat c**p foods and drink wine.’
“This year is the first year I’ve been alone at Christmas in maybe four years,” she said.
“My partner is working and the children are with their dad (last year was difficult because of Covid and the year before my youngest child broke his collarbone),” she explained.
“I’m SO looking forward to it, I’m looking forward to having a bit of a lie-in then a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea.
“I’m honestly awaiting the 25th, I’m going to binge-watch a show I’ve had my eye on forever, and see how much I can watch in a day and a half.”
But her problem is that her mother wants to visit as Christmas has always been a big thing for her.
“I don’t like it,” she expressed. “I never liked it as a child either, too much in one day always burned me out.”
The woman also said that she’d happily have her dad and stepmother over but they are going somewhere else.
“Before anyone asks: No. I won’t be lonely, Christmas is just like any other day for me. And yes my Mum is like this all the time. I’ve lived alone since I was 18 but she refuses to see me as an adult – Part of the reason I went low contact,” she added.
She is now asking if she’s being unreasonable for telling her mother to back off.
One Mumsnet user wrote: “Tell her you already have plans.”
Another said: “You are not being unreasonable. You have the perfect day planned, don’t ruin it for yourself.”
A third added: “I think you need to tell her you have plans for Christmas day, and perhaps arrange to meet up for a coffee before the 25th or a walk/coffee after.”
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