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which comes from Mother Nerd and says, I-25 female, I'm expected to take my husband and son

to my father's family Christmas party tonight. My mother makes me miserable every year during

this party. For whatever reason, my mother has always felt the need to show off in front of my father's family.

This frequently results in her throw me under the

bus if it will make her look better or more important. She constantly talks over me or

pull me in front of them, takes things out of my hands, lies about things I have or have not done,

etc. This got significantly worse after the birth of my son.

During the annual Christmas party, she has ripped him out of my hands, pushed me to decide

when he's gotten upset for any reason, undermines me if I need to discipline him while

there, etc.

She prepared his plates of food, changed his diapers, etc.

Now my husband and I own our own house, pay our own bills and

raise our son together. Yet my father's side of the family believes that I am a deadbeat mother

that doesn't take care of their child because of the show my own mother puts on every year.

My father's side of the family has very little to do with me because of this and I only see them during the holidays.

I do not want to go and live through this again this year. My anxiety is through the roof, stressing out over it and all I've heard for the past several days from my own mother is that my father will be crushed if I refuse to spend time with his family.

I love my father and don't want to

hurt or disappoint him, but every year I leave the party on the verge of tears from anger and humiliation

at the hands of my mother. My mother has also been talking it up to my son and getting him excited

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