# I need a hug. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372 "2010-12-25T19:49:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/1 "2010-12-25T19:49:36Z")
No, this isn’t a plea for {hugs}. Just goddamnit. Not having a good day today. I’m going to get very drunk, and maybe break a lot of shit. Le sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/2 "2010-12-25T19:55:18Z")
\<\<\\>\> \<\<\\>\>and I’ll have you know I’m a hug specialist! Hey - don’t break stuff though. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/3 "2010-12-25T19:56:14Z")
Would you feel better if I gave you a rock? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/4 "2010-12-25T20:01:51Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/5 "2010-12-25T20:05:02Z")
Sorry that you’re having a bad day. I hope things get better. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/6 "2010-12-25T20:09:12Z")
Y’all know what I need? Gonna go play Postal^2 for a while. With all the creepy mods. Fuck all. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/7 "2010-12-25T20:11:10Z")
\<\\> Drink up Darth…I am right there with you! ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/8 "2010-12-26T05:39:54Z")
me too. just finished almost a half pint of cuervo gold. i can’t feel my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/9 "2010-12-26T06:16:28Z")
Big hugs from me! Hope things get better. ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/10 "2010-12-26T06:38:45Z")
I do feel bad for you. I knew the rock thing had bad idea written all over it. However, in reality the rock was probably just a scapegoat. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/11 "2010-12-26T07:15:23Z")
I dunno. Clearly, something happened. My son is happy. He’s asleep in his room. The rock is on the floor, next to some leftover xmas wrapping paper and hot wheels we didn’t clean up yet. Mom’s not here. That sucks. I can’t get drunk. Merry fucking whatever, folks! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/12 "2010-12-26T23:32:25Z")
Dude, don’t break your stuff. When you calm down and things turn up, you’ll feel better, except you won’t have your stuff. Break someone else’s stuff. Kidding. Just drink (skip the mixers; you’ll get drunk faster), and be sure to stay hydrated so that your hangover isn’t an evil sonofabitch. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/13 "2010-12-26T23:34:39Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Y’all know what I need? Gonna go play Postal^2 for a while. With all the creepy mods. > > Fuck all. Hey, we got creepy mods here! What? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/14 "2010-12-27T00:02:21Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Dude, don’t break your stuff. When you calm down and things turn up, you’ll feel better, except you won’t have your stuff. Break someone else’s stuff. > > Kidding. Just drink (skip the mixers; you’ll get drunk faster), and be sure to stay hydrated so that your hangover isn’t an evil sonofabitch. I figure he couldn’t get drunk because his kid is with him. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/15 "2010-12-27T00:32:19Z")
Pssh. The kid’s asleep. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/16 "2010-12-27T00:35:40Z")
Break some stuff then go get plastered. Sort of like Mean Old Lady says - doing the destruction first allows you to be selective and break things that are a) not yours. b) nothing important to you. Once that’s done you can settle into one spot with several bottles of WT101 or another beloved hooch of your choice and do your bender justice. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/17 "2010-12-27T00:53:10Z")
A tip a co-worker ran by me: double plastic bag a bottle (or vase, or whatever) and smash it however you see fit. All the fun of breaking stuff with a much easier clean up. Well most of the fun. Some of the enjoyment (for me, anyway) comes from watching the item break. ---
**Author:** ![thegirlwholived](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@thegirlwholived](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thegirlwholived)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/18 "2010-12-27T03:43:13Z")
Right there with ya! Drinking by myself…Merry Christmas everyone. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/19 "2010-12-27T03:49:57Z")
Big hugs, Darth… we’re all in this pickle together. Some days just suck large duck eggs. Often those days are holidays. Can’t wait until January 2 when expectations of happiness are back to normal. {{{{Darth}}}} ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372/20 "2010-12-27T04:01:50Z")
/me huggles Darth at least you won’t (I hope!) be alone for New Year’s Eve… I will be [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-hug/565372.md?page=2)