I must be a crabby old SOB

When I was growing up, and the holidays came we celebrated with just the immediate family, Mom, Dad, my Brother, and maybe a few close friends would visit. Since we have been married (18yrs now), every xmas is a fiasco dealing with the inlaws. I'd rather not. Does that make me a bad guy, or a scrooge of sorts ?

The wife finally figured it out after going through the estate of her parents and dealing with her siblings (3 younger brothers) that they for the most part don't care about her or us. Too bad it had to happen that way but its made our relationship alot stronger. I always knew what was going on but she put a blind eye to it.

Anybody else think about this kind of stuff ?