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floffyschneeman
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Nolife Princess said:Look,
Bottom line is.... IS..... Christmas is NOT what it used to be, nothing for that fact is like it used to be. OK. and you are right nobody likes waiting in long lines. but in my opinion MY opinion MY idea, MY HEART- due to MY circumstances. Christmas is just not as great as folks make it out to be,, just a load of phoney crap, CRAP! and for most part, the folks putting on the dog, with all the praises are just full of BULL...crap. (
I love that YOU love Christmas. how wonderful for YOU. now go happy happy and joy joy.. please be happy, spend and buy gifts.. how lovely. still does not mean that ***I*** have to like it,or love it. and I hate hate all the crap that I must endure to GO BUY A SHOWER CURTAIN just because JOE is there breaking bank to make himself look good, all for saving face.
Ok, Im done.
BIG hug for you my sweet lovely dear.. enjoy your christmas. please ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS! YAAY YAAY YAAY FOR ALL THE CHRISTMAS CHEER!!!! see I am truly happy for you.
TaaDaa!
I suggest you broaden your horizon. there is another world outside america. there is another world outside your own where people are not all about '' I HATE I HATE I HATE COS I CANT GET THIS AND THAT I HATE'' when most of the times, you don't even know what you are hating.
As I have said, we don't get gifts for christmas but I enjoy the holiday for what it ought to stand for but that doesn't make me like the superficial people you described as ''happy happy joy joy''
and also, it's funny how you show your 'being happy for someone'
I love christmas, it doesn't mean you have to love it too. you can hate it, it doesn't mean everyone who loves it are superficial people without a care in the world cos they choose to be happy for one holiday. and that last bit was the reason that made me reply to your thread.
nerdygirl said:Preparing for the holidays is stressful- that's why I'm busier at this time of year than any other.
It doesn't seem fair to assume that Joe, at the head of the line with his checkbook, is especially happy or materialistic. After all, he's spending the money on the family members who invite themselves to his house. He's buying the food for family members he hasn't seen since last winter. He's getting stuff for the grandchildren, hoping it's the right stuff... because their parents are going to tell them they have to be nice about the gifts, even if they don't like them... and Joe would really like sincere smiles on their faces. He's remembering his brother's stepson is allergic to his "world-famous" stuffing, and he has to either try a substitute for some ingredient, or make another thing just for that boy. His wife is muttering that they forgot to grab some sort of present for their youngest daughter's new baby, but that she may not attend because her husband mentioned going to his family's house... in which case they should also be buying some packing material to put presents in the mail. They're feeling guilty because they hear the sigh of the person behind them in line as they shift their gallon of milk from one arm to the other, and look in annoyance at the unmanned express line register. Why hasn't the store opened that one? But Joe shrugs and smiles apologetically at the tired looking cashier as he writes the amount on the slip of paper. After all, he also had to stand in line and wait for the people ahead of him. That's just the way it goes. The only other option is to sit at home alone on the holiday, sending the family members elsewhere- and they would probably end up at a dozen other houses, rather than coming together, because Joe is the only one whose house is big enough to hold everybody, or maybe it's the only place that they all have in common. What, you want him to join ALL instead, so he can sigh over how great it would be to see his family, but he didn't want to inconvenience that one person in the back of the line who just wanted a shower curtain? And since his memory is no good, maybe he will hold up the line a minute to check his receipt, or scribble something in his little book. After all, the point of a checkbook is to make sure you always know how much is in that account, without getting online or calling some automated service, and if you put something off long enough to forget to do it, then the whole system fails.
Don't get me wrong, I totally understand how annoying and frustrating it is to be at the end of the line, wanting just one or two things. I just don't think it's fair to be upset with Joe over the fact that he's getting ready for the holidays.
^this