Fun is fun so long as it's fun

[nightengalesknd]

One working definition of adulthood, for me, is that no one can make me watch fireworks for the Fourth of July anymore

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[lilituc]

Wow. It seems we do have a lot of things in common. I dislike the whole Fourth of July rigmarole. New Years also. Okay, most holidays. They're not "fun" for me. My husband and I like to stay in on holidays

[nightengalesknd]

I actually love holidays. Of course, I celebrate them my way. Special clothes perhaps, and a nice meal, eaten indoors.

My parents meant well, but they love travel and cookouts and fireworks. And they wanted to enjoy these things together as a family. Which included me. Whether or not I was enjoying myself. I would have been at least somewhat more open to such activities if they were presented as something I had to do rather than something I was supposed to enjoy.

I used to try to spend family vacations sitting in the car reading books. Often books I had read before. Of course as a kid, that wasn't an option. I still joke that my favorite family vacation was the first one I didn't go on. I was in college, although on Spring Break and theoretically could have joined them. Instead, I stayed at my familiar school and they sent me postcards. What a great trip!

[lilituc]

I actually love holidays. Of course, I celebrate them my way.

Oh, me, too. I meant more that I don't enjoy societal prescriptivism about how holidays should be celebrated, and the overly commercial aspects.

What a great trip!

That does sound great!