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In reply to the discussion: Anybody else have a lousy fucking Christmas? [View all]calimary
(81,238 posts)105. Just wanted to add in here
a timely reminder:
DU is a WORLD-CLASS place to vent, and to get shit off your chest.
Ive found that sometimes its really helpful to write this stuff down. And then there it is. On paper or in a post. Its been let out from where youve been holding it in, and it is separate from you.
Then you can look at it with a little distance and maybe thereby with a different perspective. A shorter distance than the present-moment slogan about the view from 30,000 feet...
And others can and will see it (if you post about it) and maybe weigh in. Then youll discover how much sympathy, empathy, and compassion there is here. Weve got some genuine wise ones here.
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My kids all came home this year...last year our son was on his honeymoon...I cooked three huge meals
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#23
All my Trumper family behaved theselves although I did call my brother-in-law a bible Thumper. .
Pepsidog
Dec 2019
#66
actually hubby and i had no company..we didnt go anywhere and we didnt cook dinner..
samnsara
Dec 2019
#8
Yikes. Hang in there mopinko. There's one of those in my family life, and he can upset the cart
KPN
Dec 2019
#51
I visited a friend who was in hospital, five months now with major injuries due to a car crash that
Demonaut
Dec 2019
#12
Best wishes for a full recovery...Lymphoma is a disease that can be beaten...I read up on it as my
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#54
Our pets...love unwrapping presents...four dogs...three poms and one jack russell...
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#56
Now that my grandchildren are older they know to greet me this time of year with, "Fuck Christmas."
spike jones
Dec 2019
#48
Very nice Christmas, my MiL and SiL had not a thing to say about Trump for once.
marble falls
Dec 2019
#57
Our day was pretty good, average in fact, which is totally wonderful & extraordinary for us.
lark
Dec 2019
#79
I had so many awful ones as a kid, I refuse to allow my holiday to be ruined any longer.
redstatebluegirl
Dec 2019
#85