Bailing on the Family Christmas Party

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Star one L five point seven. We are West Michigan's
official Christmas station. Good morning, It's schmitty, and with just
ten days to go until Christmas, I can't wait to
see how split the responses are on this because I think,
I don't know, maybe it's more of a generational kind
of thing, the feeling that the holidays need to be

(00:20):
spent with your family, and when your plans change or
deviate from that, it is a very visceral and oftentimes
emotional response. So that's what's going on here. Abby sent
me a talk back about her and her boyfriend deciding
to skip the family Christmas, and I'm curious about how

(00:40):
you would handle this, whether you're like a sibling or
maybe mom or dad right inside her. iHeartRadio app. By
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Speaker 2 (00:50):
My boyfriend and I we got ticket to kan Kun
for Christmas and we're skipping it.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
So my mom's upset.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
I've got some cousins to her little bums, but like,
we just don't want to deal with it, and I
don't want to spend so much money to I don't know,
to deal with Christmas when we could go to a
really nice trip to Mexico. So that's what we did.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
I mean, I gotta be honest, I'm very much a
family first kind of woman. I adore spending Christmas with
my family. That said, I also know that people's relationships
with their family and certain members of their family can
sometimes be very complicated and there is, you know, stress
that comes along with the holidays. It's just what it is.

(01:35):
So maybe they would rather have their toes in the
sand with a little coconut drink that's got an umbrella
in rather than you know, mom and Dad's house. I
think that it is killing her parents clearly by what
she said, and then some of the other family members
coming out too. What would you say?

Speaker 2 (01:52):
What would you do?

Speaker 1 (01:54):
Like put yourself in her shoes? Are you skipping family
Christmas for a vacation? Are you saying peace outs or
a I'm not going to be there this year? Six one, six, four, five,
eight one out five seven? How would you react to
someone bailing on family Christmas? Hey, Veronica, good morning.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
I don't think she's a jerk if she goes off
to Kancun with a boyfriend. I mean, they want to
do their own thing. It's fine, Like the family's got
to realize that, you know, we're independent people and we
can't just like pink our fingers into each other's lives,
Like you gotta just go do your own things.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
I don't know. Do you think there's like maybe a
slight responsibility to like owning it for your family? Is there?
You know that feels like maybe it's a higher priority
than your vacation. Can you vak another time? I'm not sure.
This is very interesting and I guarantee we're gonna get
some mixed responses. Give me a call six one six
four five eight one oh five seven, or you can

(02:50):
drop me a DM at West Michigan. Star, you're bailing
on Christmas for a vaka? How would you react?

Speaker 3 (02:56):
Star?

Speaker 1 (02:56):
One O five point seven told you we'd get some responses.
What would you think about bailing on Christmas for a vacation?

Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yeah, like you're ditching your family. I don't get it,
like going alone, going with friends. That's why would you
want to do that? The holiday is a whole premise
around it is spending time of family.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
So you're feeling like Christmas is one time a year
work the vacation around it, but you know these are
your family members that really want to see you for
the holidays.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah, keep the tradition, make it about family. Cancun can wait,
and I just think holiday should be that with family.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
All right, You let me know