{"id":4110,"date":"2018-12-01T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T19:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.pages.roanoke.edu\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2018-12-01T14:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T19:30:23","slug":"bringing-babe-home-for-the-holidays-holly-jolly-or-ho-ho-hopeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4110","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Babe Home For the Holidays: Holly Jolly or Ho-Ho-Hopeless?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Caisi Calandra<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s that time of year again! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, \u014cmisoka — anything, really — the holidays are meant for recharging after a busy and stressful semester. A lot can change after the fall semester, especially if you\u2019re a freshman.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Relationships between old friends change as you make new ones, hopefully, with the people you\u2019re spending so much time with in classes (and at college in general). If you weren\u2019t dating before you left high school, and you are now, you might be in for a surprise during the holidays with your newly acquired cuffee.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re lucky enough to live in adjacent states (or in the same one), traveling to see each other over the month-long break might seem worth it. Even if you don\u2019t live close, you might think a plane ride is necessary. Besides travel, the one thing that life doesn\u2019t prepare you for is bringing your SO home for winter break to meet the fam.<\/span>
\n<\/span>One of the most important things to remember to address before bringing your SO back home for winter break are your fears and expectations. If your family is usually wack, which is unfortunate, then they\u2019re probably going to continue to be wack during winter break, and thus make your winter break with your SO wack. If your family is supportive of you and prepared for your SO, they\u2019re probably going to be fine. <\/span><\/p>\n

You shouldn\u2019t let your fears or expectations hold you back, though. If you\u2019re fearful of a poor outcome, but you already figured it would happen, then you can\u2019t control the way your family reacts to your SO. It sucks, but it doesn\u2019t hurt to remember that you can\u2019t control how others perceive you, and that goes for how they perceive everyone else, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next important thing would be to remember to tell your SO how your family behaves, and vice versa. It\u2019s kind of like when you wanted your mom to let one of your friends sleep over, and she had to know all the details before she even considered it. The same goes for the boy and\/or girl your bringing home for the holidays. The more you let your family know about your SO, the more likely they\u2019ll be ready to receive them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, if you let your SO know who to talk to and who to avoid in your family over the holidays, it\u2019ll make for a much, much smoother affair.<\/span>
\n<\/span>At the end of the day, though, bringing your SO home is like giant stress ball of a test. You shouldn\u2019t have to deal with it, but if you think it\u2019s time for the SO to meet your mom and pops, then it\u2019s time! You might be able to see your SO in a new light (hopefully not a negative one), and you\u2019ll probably get the 411 from your parents. Even if it\u2019s negative, it all comes down to your love for your SO and vice versa. Remember, how your family perceives you and your SO is out of your control, so, with that in mind, try to enjoy the holidays to the best of your ability!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Caisi Calandra It\u2019s that time of year again! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, \u014cmisoka — anything, really — the holidays are meant for recharging after a busy and stressful semester. A lot can change after the fall semester, especially if you\u2019re a freshman. Relationships between old friends change as you make new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":4107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-2.26.40-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}