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A woman was invited to spend Thanksgiving with her husband’s family

She felt hesitant about attending, knowing that they had a history of being careless about illnesses

With plans to travel shortly after the holiday, she faced the difficult decision of whether or not to go

Thanksgiving is meant to be a time for family, but for some, it comes with unexpected stress.

For one couple preparing for the holiday, a history of relatives being “careless about illnesses” created a dilemma that felt increasingly hard to navigate.

A Reddit poster explained that her husband’s extended family has a pattern of minimizing sickness, even when symptoms are recent or serious.

The woman recalled a past Thanksgiving when they “threw a party at their house when my [father-in-law] was sick

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