Adapt or forever clash

People grow up. People change. If these two facts can be taken for granted, then it's easy to accept that families change too. This Christmas mine is facing a new dinamic. I live far away and I now have a boyfriend and a second family to consider. And it's hard. But that's the way it has to be. And people have to be willing to adapt. If not, if everyone decides to bury their head in the sand, shove their fingers in their ears and keep on with their lives without consulting the rest of the family, then clash is bound to happen. And in our case someone is bound to get hurt. And it would all be so much easier if people just talked it out with each other. I get so frustrated over this! It really enfuriates me... Stupid status quo...