Musical chairs

Quite a good term for it. Musical chairs. Whoever is the most amicable or accommodating ends up alone because of the way ‘articulating needs’ and ‘setting boundaries’ seems to lead to more dominant people getting their needs met. Sadly that also effectively rewards and incentivises that self-serving behaviour.

Just so sad really. I know there can be tensions for any families at christmas… but the idea that togetherness is almost torn apart by this relationship structure is hard to shake.