Planning Family Events

     This year, I've taken on a lot more responsibility in my family regarding events. From Easter, to Christmas, I've had to manage communication, decorating, and hosting. This is very stressful, especially in a family where not everyone gets along. With some aunts and uncles passionately defending their opinions, alongside others that will quietly stew if their unspoken expectations are not met. This has led me to think about the consequences of being the head of a family.

    Something I'm already struggling with as my pseudo matriarch position becomes more and more demanding, is that being the head of a family means hours and hours of phone calls and texts. Everyone in the family looks to the head as the person with all the answers, even if that person doesn't actually have any answers for them. Another consequence of being the head of the family is the stress of trying to please as many people as possible. No one wants to ruin another person's holiday, and hosting means placing that burden on your shoulders, which becomes increasingly stressful around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Furthermore, being the head of the family causes your house to be the epicenter of holiday cheer, meaning it requires so much more upkeep. With people coming in and out freely, everything becomes messier, and decorating becomes more important.

    If we could think more about the effects being the head of a family has on a person, we might appreciate everything that different hosts have done for us over the years more than we had previously.



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