Americans Can’t Stand Four Hours With Family On Holidays

Do you find yourself in need of a minute alone when you’re with family during the holidays? Most of us do, according to new research. A survey of 2-thousand Americans who are traveling to visit relatives for the holidays reveals that they can only spend an average of three hours and 54 minutes with their family before needing a moment to themselves.

The poll also finds:

• Three in four respondents will hit a point when they need time away from the crowd.
• People can get pretty creative in how they escape, with 25% admitting they’ve hidden in a relative’s house to get a moment alone and 37% say they’ve even made up an excuse to leave the house alone.
• Two in five of those surveyed say that staying with family can be a stressful experience.
• Top concerns when staying with relatives include a lack of privacy (22%), family getting on your nerves (20%), drama between family members (20%), feeling like they’re imposing (19%) and having the house be too loud or busy (18%).
• The average respondent is planning to stay with relatives for three and a half days this holiday season.
• 40% say sleeping arrangements are the most stressful parts of hosting family members and that may be because an average of two people will end up sleeping on something other than a bed as a guest during the holidays.
• Despite all of that, 95% of those surveyed believe it’s important to spend the holidays with family.

Read the full story at The Hill