It’s An Invitation, Not a Summons. Why Holiday Parties Are Not Required.
The holiday season is here! And with it, invites to holiday parties. Not unlike the one above, which I made up. But the message is still the same, that undercurrent of you must attend or else!!
For the past three years, those of us not wanting to get sick, whether it’s Covid, flu, etc., have been able to ignore invitations and gracefully RSVP no. And now there is a new (old?) pneumonia called White Lung that has popped up in China and Ohio-
So how do we fight back against these invitations encroaching on OUR rights?
No is a complete sentence
For those who have stubborn in-laws/family/friends, this will be a hard one for them to swallow. It’s best to be upfront about not attending, like now, before emotions get high before the holidays. If you can’t stomach a big family gathering and say no. That’s it.
