…on Thanksgiving?
By that I mean at home by yourself, no other human beings (including children and babies) with you? (Animals okay.)
Will you mind?
Will you do anything celebratory or just ignore the day?
I hope so.
I’ve been alone on every major holiday for 30 years more or less. I usually volunteer to work them. I worked mostly in hotels, so I’d rather work the holiday and take a regular day off.
It doesn’t bother me as I’m used it. I do lots of things on the holidays. Just 'cause you’re alone doesn’t mean you can’t have fun. I can go out for walks and see the lights, I got my holiday videos to watch. I don’t try to fix anything as it ain’t worth the effort. But I may buy something cool for dessert, like a red velvet cake.
I probably will be; no critters, either. I usually cook a pretty fancy meal, though; smallest turkey I can find, a few sides, and maybe even bake an apple pie.
I will be this year. My family is on the other side of the country and a visit home wasn’t financially feasible this time. My roommate will be gone, so I’ll have the place to myself for a few days. I’ll go hit up a local diner for some turkey and mashed potatoes on Thursday, but other than that I’ll just enjoy the time alone.
I will this year, as well. I don’t know what I’ll do, probably go see a movie, play some video games, or the like.
Yup. Husband is working several states away, family scattered. I expect to treat it like a found day - get some things done around the house, take a long walk (weather permitting), hang out with the cats, watch a DVD I want to see that he won’t be interested in. Probably eat like normal. Husband will be home the following week so we’ll have a small thanksgiving then.
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Yes. I like being alone, it’s restful. I don’t enjoy big get-togethers at all.
When I was young and single and living a continent away from my family, it was pretty common for me to be alone on major holidays. It wasn’t really a big deal for me then. I’d hang out at home and watch football.
I would think it would bother me more now, but that’s because I’ve gotten used to being with my wife and I would feel that absence.
Not this year. I have been many times, and it didn’t bother me. It annoyed me a lot when people made a big fuss about it (you poooor thing!) or extended me invitations they didn’t really mean.
I won’t this year, but I’ve never minded when I was. And my birthday falls on Thanksgiving some years, and it STILL doesn’t bother me. My friends and family are far-flung; thank goodness for teh nets. 
Most probably. Some of us single guys were thinking about maybe planning a ‘single guy’ holiday, but as more likely than not, I understand most of them are dropping these plans to spend time with recently reunited friends or no-longer-quite-so-distant family.
This is my norm. I usually don’t celebrate the major holidays. Everybody usually chooses to spend time with family, but since all mine is over 1000 miles away, it’s really not financially reasonable.
Not that I’m sad about it. Holidays were usually “be tortured from dawn to dinner” and then “escape the house to get bombed at the bar” events.
I’m lucky we’ve extended the NFL schedule to include three games these last few years. I enjoy the NFL.
I will be this year, but that doesn’t bother me. I’ll put together something resembling a full Thanksgiveing meal and relax in front of the TV. My job’s been stress city the past few months, and I’ll welcome a bit of peace.
Been sorta alone the last few years . . . hubby was scheduled to work, no big family gatherings to go to. I’d watch Thanksgiving-themed movies and basically lie around.
Hubby’s working again this year, but I’ll be running a 5-mile Turkey Trot in the morning, then going to my sister’s. It’ll just be four of us, and probably no turkey, just a simple meal. Still, it’ll be nice to do something. I’m home alone all the time anyway (self-employed, home office) and I’d rather be with people on holidays, do something different.
I will. Partner will be up in northern Arizona. I don’t mind at all. If I really start to crave Thanksgiving food, there is a dinner at my church I can go to. But, I’ll probably just relax and watch sports and movies. The period of time from Labor Day to Thanksgiving is one of the longest without a holiday and I’m ready for a day off.
For most of the day, yes. I work third-shift retail, so I’ll be sleeping Thanksgiving day, and getting up in the evening to go man the [del]barricades[/del] sales lines. I’ve worked retail for nearly 20 years, so it’s routine at this point, and not disappointing in the least. Frankly, I’m not a fan of celebrating holidays anyway, so the work-related excuse of needing to hole up and sleep has been a boon over the years.
I’m also single, so I won’t be guilt-tripped into attending family functions. I miss my ex-fiancee, but I certainly don’t miss her guilt-trips that forced me into attending three separate Thanksgiving dinners last year when I should have been sleeping. I really don’t miss the ex-wife’s Thanksgivings, either.
When I get home Friday morning, I’ll have my own solitary Thanksgiving dinner. I have one partially to maintain the holiday tradition, and partially to reward myself for dealing with a particularly hectic week at work. A bottle of decent red wine, veggie turkey, fresh mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetable gravy, biscuits, cranberry sauce, apple pie with cheddar cheese on top. I make most of this the day before, so that I can just warm everything up when I come home from work
Yes.
Not particularly.
I’m roasting a duck. I’ll have potatoes with it, and gravy, and probably brussels sprouts.
If work doesn’t count, then no. But I’ll be working a 4pm-3am shift starting that afternoon. Not really happy about that. I really don’t like ER shifts that go longer than 8 hours, because they always turn into 9 hours anyway. So, it will likely be a 12 hour shift. At least they do feed us a catered dinner on holidays, except a lot of us are vegetarian/vegan and the dinners are usually not so veg friendly! I’ll end up sleeping until about 3pm Friday. I have 3 days off for Christmastime this year, so that will get me all the family time I can stand. I won’t have a “me” day until December 30th.
I’ll be alone, but i don’t mind. I might even celebrate.