The holidays really dog me down

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

<p>I've spent the last 3 Thanksgivings and Christmases alone. This year I promised myself i wouldn't get up set about it. I have Thursday planned out-- watching DVDs, writing out Christmas cards, having dinner, but I can't shake this empty feeling. I feel like I'm in an odd position. I don't feel right asking my friends what they're doing since they have families of their own. I've volunteered at Soup kitchens but I come back to my apt still feeling empty.</p><p>I just needed to vent. I thought this year would be easier to handle but the same feeling comes creeping back. &nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[spoon]

That really blows.&nbsp; I think you should lean on some good friends a little.&nbsp; I have a friend growing up a kid who we always had over for big dinners bc his fam was a mess and they really never got their shit together.&nbsp; He was the brother I never had and was the only kid out of 5 who grew up to make something with his life.&nbsp; I have to credit my parents on that since it was ultimately up to them and was originally my mother's idea.&nbsp; Still my best friend to this day.&nbsp;

[feralBoy]

I have never met any family that wasn't more than willing to have friends over for thanksgiving.&nbsp; My family is pretty small so we always wanted extra people to come over for thanksgiving.&nbsp; I'm sure if you asked your friends, they would definitely invite you over.&nbsp; Nobody should ever spend thanksgiving alone.&nbsp;

[Don Stugots]

<p>Fuzzy, you are welcome to come to my family's house for dinner.&nbsp; i dont know how much you will enjoy it, but after an hour or two of the bikkering that you will hear, i know you will be looking for the door. &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Yerdaddy]

<p>Will somebody please go over and stuff this girl's turkey already! </p>

[spoon]

<strong>STUGOTS1</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Fuzzy, you are welcome to come to my family's house for dinner.&nbsp; i dont know how much you will enjoy it, but after an hour or two of the bikkering that you will hear, i know you will be looking for the door. &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What a guy this Stugots!&nbsp; And hell, after you experience a true family Thanksgiving like he mentioned, you'll long for the old days away from&nbsp;crazy fucking family get-togthers like ours.&nbsp; There's a golden rule at my house, keep the knife away from grandma.&nbsp; Keep them all away from grandma.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by spoon on 11-21-06 @ 8:52 AM</span>

[Poochie]

<p>You could hang out with me, wanna come to Wisconsin?? I too am usually alone for the holidays. I really think spending it with friends would help alot. I never wanted to tell them I sit at home by myself out of pure dignity, but I know, as I am sure you do, that if your friends knew you were spending the holidays alone, they wouldn't stand that for a second. i know i am new, but i will be around if you feel like chatting when the days roll around.</p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>spoon</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>STUGOTS1</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Fuzzy, you are welcome to come to my family's house for dinner. i dont know how much you will enjoy it, but after an hour or two of the bikkering that you will hear, i know you will be looking for the door. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What a guy this Stugots! And hell, after you experience a true family Thanksgiving like he mentioned, you'll long for the old days away from crazy fucking family get-togthers like ours. There's a golden rule at my house, keep the knife away from grandma. Keep them all away from grandma.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>EDIT: of course that is all not true. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <span class="post_edited"></span>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by STUGOTS1 on 11-21-06 @ 9:22 AM</span>

[grlNIN]

<p>You can have my family over for Thanksgiving.</p><p>Feel free to keep them.&nbsp;</p>

[PhishHead]

<p>I recently moved back to NJ, all my family has moved to Michigan(dont ask why), so i would have been alone on Thanksgiving, but my best friends parents invitied me over.&nbsp; </p><p>I would think your friends would invite you over as well. &nbsp;</p>

[reeshy]

I'll be on the board Thursday watching my ham bake.....we can cook together!!!!!

[ShelleBink]

<p>I was planning on spending Thanksgiving with my cousins &amp; neighbors, but those plans didn't work out. So, I'm spending it with my family... should be okay, and if its not, I'm spending most of the day at my brother's house playing video games and hanging out with my dog.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But Fuzzy, you got ur kitties to keep you happy, right? :o)</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by ShelleBink on 11-21-06 @ 9:58 AM</span>

[Hottub]

<p>Alice, I would have no problem inviting you over for Thanksgiving, but I don't thing you would enjoy the noise and childish behavior.</p><p>I'm not talking about my kids either. It's my 40 year old brother in law who is the problem.</p>

[AKA]

<p>I feel for ya! You know if we lived closer, you'd be sick of me and my stories, you'd be longing for that alone time! Just look at the day as a time to be thankful that we live in a world where Peter Murphy still makes music!</p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" width="18" height="18" /></p><p>I always forsee Thanksgiving as being a problem, since my family moved away. I just try and be pro-active and make plans well in advance. Last year I spent the week with friends in Ohio. I was going to do the same this year, but between an unreliable car (just had the radiator replaced) and an unreliable arm (just got knocked out of socket last month), I decided to stay closer to home. Thankfully, some old friends, who use to have the tradition of making a thanksgiving feast for the area &quot;orphans&quot; are doing it again, but just with a few of us - it's very cool, since it's kind of close and it is a small group and there are no kids and I haven't hung out with them in a long time.</p><p>I must be on peep's radar, tho, because I did get random invites from two other groups of friends, which is good, i suppose. The absolute truth is&nbsp;I really miss having my family here, so I had the reassurance that there was something to go to, and I could still leave&nbsp;when I want to,&nbsp;because ultimately - I love my time alone. </p><p>Christmas is covered, simply because I'm making the trek out to Kansas again. I really wanted to get the folks back here this year, but they balked at traveling this time of year! arrgh!</p><p>Side note - this week marks the 10th anniversary of my un-wedding! For whatever sick reason, my then girlfriend and I picked the Saturday after Thanksgiving as a wedding day (this, after giving her brother shit for getting married the day before Easter). Why we thought the busiest travel weekend of the year was a good idea to convince family and friends to make the trek to see this unholy union is beyond me, but I'm sure in 1996 there was a good reason. Thankfully we pulled the plug on the wedding and the relationship a few months before we made that mistake, and even eventually we were able to get back to being friends again. She would later&nbsp;marry the rebound guy, but is now going through an ugly divorce. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by AKA on 11-21-06 @ 11:15 AM</span>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>STUGOTS1</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>spoon</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>STUGOTS1</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Fuzzy, you are welcome to come to my family's house for dinner. i dont know how much you will enjoy it, but after an hour or two of the bikkering that you will hear, i know you will be looking for the door. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What a guy this Stugots! And hell, after you experience a true family Thanksgiving like he mentioned, you'll long for the old days away from crazy fucking family get-togthers like ours. There's a golden rule at my house, keep the knife away from grandma. Keep them all away from grandma.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>EDIT: of course that is all not true. </p> <span class="post_edited"></span> <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by STUGOTS1 on 11-21-06 @ 9:22 AM</span><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>hey i just noticed that nothing i type posted.&nbsp; sumbitch.&nbsp;</p>

[Bill From Yorktown]

<font size="3">I so feel for you guys (no homo) about this.&nbsp; Divorced (well separated, waiting for the courts...).&nbsp; My ex has our son for Thanksgiving.&nbsp; I eventually&nbsp;caved in&nbsp;on her offer to come over - at least I get to see my son for a while, even though I think it'll be a little painful.&nbsp; I guess it'll be better than sitting at home alone feeling sorry for myself.&nbsp; Barely.</font>

[Don Stugots]

edit, i am stupid and exhausted.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by STUGOTS1 on 11-21-06 @ 1:00 PM</span>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>We Luv Ya Fuzzy! It's only a couple days a year and&nbsp;i'm sure&nbsp;more than half the people will be glad when they're over for one reason or another...</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[johnniewalker]

Want to come to nebraska?

[SatCam]

want to come to work with me?

[lindak]

Holidays are only fun and exciting if you're a kid.&nbsp; The older you get the more stressful they become and it is now&nbsp;a &quot;must do&quot; instead of a &quot;want to do&quot;.&nbsp; My family has dwindled greatly with deaths and some not speaking so it just isnt the same anymore.&nbsp; I wish I could go away and pretend like it is just another day and not have to force being nice to anyone.

[spoon]

<strong>STUGOTS1</strong> wrote:<br />edit, i am stupid and exhausted. <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by STUGOTS1 on 11-21-06 @ 1:00 PM</span> <p>Wow that's like three times in a row congrats!&nbsp; Now I really want to know what the hell you were going to say Stu.&nbsp; You should go into marketing baby!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Here's my tagline for Stugots:</p><p>Stu, One hell of a guy, and blissfully retarded.&nbsp; <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" width="18" height="18" /></p>

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

<p><em><span class="postbody">But Fuzzy, you got ur kitties to keep you happy, right?</span></em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oh, THEM. I can see it now. I fall unconscious and three days later the EMTs break the door down to find my face eaten off. &nbsp;</p><p>Why the face? Why do they always go for the face?&nbsp;</p><p>And no, Stu, you can't have my stuff.&nbsp;</p>

[UnknownPD]

<p><font size="2">Christmas is never really a problem for me because its a &quot;week&quot; and I get to see the family quickly and go wherever...this year Vegas. </font></p><p><font size="2">But, Thanksgiving sucks! There will only be six of us. My mother her piece of shit evil boyfriend, my sister, her husband my niece and me. My Brother is not talking to my mother so his wife and two kids won't be there and any conversation related to him will be avoided. My other sister lives in Cleveland is currently fighting breast cancer and also not talking to mom another topic not mentioned. My mom at 75 is no spring chicken and her health is rapidly failing, but her pig headed attitude has remained strong. She'll die before she makes up. ...ah I could go on, but what's the point? I go out of a sense of obligation...and support of my sister.</font></p><p><font size="2">Anyway...is there anyone that wants to get together thanksgiving evening for a few drinks and some laughs here in Manhattan?</font></p>

[BYOBKenobi]

<p>I hate this time of year.&nbsp; Thanksgiving, my birthday, christmas, and new years are all times when I sit and evalutate where I've gone and where I'm going and it's never good.&nbsp; I've been at the bottom for so long that I can remember having the same thoughts 5 years ago.&nbsp; It REALLY wears me down.&nbsp; </p><p>I'm sorry to hear about you being alone for thanksgiving.&nbsp; One thing I've learned is that if you don't let people know about your problems they won't help you.&nbsp; I'm not saying to force your problems on other people, but if don't say you lack plans for thanksgiving, nobody will know to invite you.</p>

[tele7]

<p>Good morning,</p><p>Just wanted to drop a late night/early morning post to&nbsp;wish you a&nbsp;happy Thanksgiving.&nbsp; I hope you have a great day.</p><p>Best Regards, Tom</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[PapaBear]

<p>Thanks Tele(Tom)! Best wishes to you, too.</p><p>Best regards... Paul</p>

[fleshysilo]

<strong><font size="2">HOLIDAYS :&nbsp; </font><font size="4">BA'FUCKIN'HUMBUGG!!!</font></strong>

[undressa]

<p>I make it a point to try to work, even a little on the holidays, my dad left xmas eve when I was 9, grandpa died two days before turkey day and my nanny ( mums, mum) died 2 weeks before xmas.&nbsp; I would like to jump from holloween to january 2, whose with me?</p><p>BTW this did not happen in the same year, this was spread over 15 years.</p><p>Fuzzytush, I feel your pain</p><p>maybe make a tradtion for yourself</p><p>get your fav foozen eats ( I love stoffers huge mac and cheese and burn the edges) and a bottle of really great champagne ( the kind you save up for) and watch old bad good movies</p><p>sayanything</p><p>view from the top</p><p>maid in manhattan</p><p>this is my feb 14 thing but I think it could work for anyday that sucks!!!</p><p>big kiss and chin up</p>

[reeshy]

<p>Fuzzy,</p><p>what glaze should I use for this HUGE polish ham that I'm getting ready to throw in the oven????????????????????????&nbsp;</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<strong>reeshy</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Fuzzy,</p><p>what glaze should I use for this HUGE polish ham that I'm getting ready to throw in the oven????????????????????????&nbsp;</p><p>Ewwwwww</p>