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Her husband, having kept his composure, simply replied, 'I have nothing to say to that,' and drove off. Moments later, her dad called and unleashed his anger directly at her. 'I answered and immediately got screamed at,' she writes. 'Something to the effect of 'Do I really hate my brother this much?' And how I 'need to grow the F up.' ' She adds that she hung up, unable to tolerate being yelled at for a parenting decision she had clearly communicated in advance. 'We talked about this exact scenario… and followed through with what we told them," she adds. Despite the drama, she and her husband had still planned to host Thanksgiving the next day. They even smoked a 25-lb. turkey overnight in preparation for the gathering, expecting up to eight people, including her brother and his girlfriend. But plans quickly unraveled. 'I got a call from my mom around 9AM that she and my dad were no longer coming because they 'didn't want to start anything.' ' She says their absence turned the holiday into a confusing, awkward day for their daughter. 'We were left answering questions from our daughter about why grandpa was so mad at daddy and why her grandparents weren't spending Thanksgiving with us.' Since then, the woman says they haven't shared a dinner with her parents. While they've had them over for brunch on Christmas and Easter, it's clear the dynamic hasn't returned to normal. Her mom even made a comment that stung. 'She asked me if we would ever 'eat a real meal' with them again,' she says, despite the fact that she had cooked made-to-order omelets, bacon, sausage, pancakes, and hash browns for everyone. She also reveals that the rift feels especially personal for her husband, whose own parents are gone. 'My parents forgot his birthday last year (before all this drama happened),' she writes, adding that it feels like her parents 'treat us like dirt and we'll just take it happily.' 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"Tell your parents when they sincerely apologize you will consider resuming a relationship again. I wouldn't allow my daughter around them. Saying such hateful things to her dad is unacceptable." Adds another, "At some point you actually have to address the elephant in the room and TALK to your parents about the day before T'Day and find out exactly what it meant to all parties involved and why. If you cannot do that, maybe you should signup for a few therapy sessions to learn how to effectively communicate with your family, especially your parents." Read the original article on People
