Post by topiarystepmom on Dec 6, 2016 2:22:53 GMT
An oldie but goodie from the annals of the defunct PWWA site over at Daily Strength - Enjoy!
I'd rather spend the holidays with my husband and my dogs than around people who make me anxious and uncomfortable - And as far as spending them with the rest of their mundane friends and in-law relatives - who I have nothing in common with anyway - I'd rather have hot needles poked into my eyes -
Ah who could forget spending the holidays with the chillies - - just a lot of small talk, twaddle and usually (unless it was at my house) mediocre food. Oh yes and let's not forget those stellar presents - although it was kind of nice to know where your next extension cord was coming from. Sorry to sound so critical but I am so sick and tired of people making more out of this holiday stuff than need be. Would you believe they put Xmas music on our local radio station starting VETERANS' Day? Talk about jumping the gun! Call me crazy but I liked preparing for Xmas AFTER thanksgiving - NOT before!
It's all a lot of hype folks - engineered to make you emotionally vulnerable so that you will spend more money buying shit nobody needs but everybody thinks they want. Oh right - just what we need - more IPADS, high def tvs and smart phones One year, we gave everyone a donation to the charity that buys farm animals for starving villages in Africa and Asia - you can buy cows, cattle, goats, chickens, geese - etc. I remember that our granddaughter had a totally blank look on her face - What on earth could this possibly have to do with Xmas? Talk about being in it for the presents - What a joke! I watched her open presents that year - really watched - and all she did was rip off the wrapping, set it aside and pick up the next one - not even a glimmer of excitement or gratitude. So not only are our children and gcs emotionally bankrupt, it seems that they may be morally bankrupt as well.
Get a grip folks - the holidays come once a year - so ride 'em out - celebrate the best you can the way you want to and then go have yourself a cocktail or two on new years eve. While you're at it, you can toast to the fact that you don't have to deal with this bullshit again for another whole year!
I'd rather spend the holidays with my husband and my dogs than around people who make me anxious and uncomfortable - And as far as spending them with the rest of their mundane friends and in-law relatives - who I have nothing in common with anyway - I'd rather have hot needles poked into my eyes -
Ah who could forget spending the holidays with the chillies - - just a lot of small talk, twaddle and usually (unless it was at my house) mediocre food. Oh yes and let's not forget those stellar presents - although it was kind of nice to know where your next extension cord was coming from. Sorry to sound so critical but I am so sick and tired of people making more out of this holiday stuff than need be. Would you believe they put Xmas music on our local radio station starting VETERANS' Day? Talk about jumping the gun! Call me crazy but I liked preparing for Xmas AFTER thanksgiving - NOT before!
It's all a lot of hype folks - engineered to make you emotionally vulnerable so that you will spend more money buying shit nobody needs but everybody thinks they want. Oh right - just what we need - more IPADS, high def tvs and smart phones One year, we gave everyone a donation to the charity that buys farm animals for starving villages in Africa and Asia - you can buy cows, cattle, goats, chickens, geese - etc. I remember that our granddaughter had a totally blank look on her face - What on earth could this possibly have to do with Xmas? Talk about being in it for the presents - What a joke! I watched her open presents that year - really watched - and all she did was rip off the wrapping, set it aside and pick up the next one - not even a glimmer of excitement or gratitude. So not only are our children and gcs emotionally bankrupt, it seems that they may be morally bankrupt as well.
Get a grip folks - the holidays come once a year - so ride 'em out - celebrate the best you can the way you want to and then go have yourself a cocktail or two on new years eve. While you're at it, you can toast to the fact that you don't have to deal with this bullshit again for another whole year!
