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The runner’s reaction to classic stressful holiday situations as told through GIFS

Your reaction to stressful holiday situations as told through GIFS

The holidays aren’t always all they’re chalked up to be. While this season is praised as being “the most wonderful time of the year,” that’s simply not the case for all. Actually, the days from now until New Year’s Day can be quite stressful for the masses. Whether it’s long-lasting grudges or unresolved family drama that has the annual get-together and holiday feasting feeling less merry, there’s a solution. You guessed it: running is the antidote when encountering the bumps along the road during this time of year. Below, a few classic examples and your reaction as told through GIFS. 

The number in your bank account dropped and the number of the scale shot up.

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Your brother’s wife is casually insulting your cooking. 

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Your mom and aunt have begun their annual bicker-fest. 

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Your uncle is telling awkwardly inappropriate jokes… again. 

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Your sister’s kids are screaming endlessly for no apparent reason. 

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Your nosy relative has begun to bombard you and your brother with questions about your religious practices (or lack thereof).

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You and your sister just got in a heated argument about cranberry sauce but it’s not even about the sauce… 

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The holidays made you pathetically broke.

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When you get asked to babysit but the children are throwing a fit over their gifts.

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Your niece is being impressively bratty because she didn’t get an iPad Pro. 

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Your husband made you hang out with his mom all afternoon and she’s asking why you don’t have kids yet. 

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