Depressing christmas thread

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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OK, if you fell in here by accident, I would advise you run.

That said, I hate Christmas.

It is the most depressing and lonely time I know. I am here with my family, which is good, but I am here all the time. I have no one special to share this time of year with. I never have had.

There is someone I love very much and I wish I was with her now, but I can’t be there, she lives too far away (another continent). Being alone at this time of year hurts so much. I have never had anyone to be with, but it is so noticable when everyone else is in couples and being together, giving each other gifts and stuff at this time of year.

I just feel so depressed.

I’m sorry for coming on here and writing all this, but I needed to get it down and share it with someone, even if I don’t really know you all that well.

<sigh>
I should go :frowning:

Thanks for listening.

Rick

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Hang in there Rick. It’s only life. :slight_smile:

Merry life.

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Hey Rick, I am alone this Christmas also (((((((RickQ))))))) though I am not depressed - just a little sad with the circumstances. Make it a day to treat yourself. Do all the little things you have wanted to for ages (eg run around the house naked, soak in the bathtub…)

Chin Up

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(((((((RickQ)))))))
:^(

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I’m sorry.

Christmas sucks.

I was all happy and just crashed for no reason, and my family gets mad at me for not being completely sheery like they are.

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gives anyone a good shoulder to cry on

I feel like being a sensitive and sympathetic guy.

Just tell me your troubles, and I’ll try to make you feel better.

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Dear Rick Q, that stuff about being part of a couple and exchanging gifts and all that is a lot of fun for the first couple of years you are together. But trust me, just because you have a significant other does not guarantee you will have joyful Christmases forever more. Now cheer up, you will be happy someday with someone hopefully on the same continent. If you have family you can stand, consider yourself lucky and try to enjoy the time you have with them. Mr. Salinqmind and myself have been married 15 years and would give a lot to have family to share Christmas with. Unfortunately, the vast majority of our relatives are dead, and the few that remain live in other states. Talk about depressing Christmases. Tomorrow we are supposed to drive in a blizzard to visit the only relative I have in this area and my daughter is sick as a dog with a stomach bug and Mr. Salinqmind is furious with both of us and I wish I could just go to sleep and wake up next year.

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for right now, I’m with ya. Bahhumbug.

(I used to spend a lot of xmas alone, and depressed. I kinda liked it in a way… it was a big time for introspection)

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Heh, if I was alone this Christmas I wouldn’t be having this problem with that stuffed animal bear that I mentioned in the other thread… grumbles about boyfriends thinking that bigger is better