Let them have their opinions.

Let them have their disappointment.

Let them not understand my dreams.

Let them not be as supportive as I would like them to be.

Let them be a little cold to the person that I'm dating.

Let them, let them, let them, let them.

You're creating this beautiful space where you're operating from compassion and acceptance.

I'm Kyra Blackwell.

I'm Rosie Garron, and you're listening to The Wirecutter Show. Hey, Kaira. Hi, Rosie.

Tomorrow's Thanksgiving.

Yes, it is.

I think of it as the kickoff to the holiday season and kind of a favorite time of the year on this show.

We so far have covered how to prep for holiday cooking. We're about to

publish an entire series on holiday gifting. Wirecutter itself provides a ton of practical

advice about these sort of tactical elements of the holidays. But in my experience, along with

preparing big holiday meals, giving receiving gifts, there can come a host of,

let's call them, big feelings, big emotions.

The intangible ones, that is.

The intangibles.

Yeah.

Oftentimes it's important for our own sanity to set some boundaries around some of this stuff,

particularly with family, close friends, and folks you don't get to see.

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