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franki
11-16-2002, 04:57 PM
The whole year long I don\'t mind that I am not in a (long-term) relationship, but when Christmas comes along I get that uncomfortable feeling. You know the days are getting shorter, it\'s getting colder outside, everyone wants to be around their loved ones etc. That\'s the time when I (and most people) need a little bit more affection. So around this time of the year I feel hurried to hook up with some girl. I don\'t like that kind of pressure.

Anyone else here who is afraid of this time of the year, especially Christmas ??

**DONOTDELETE**
11-17-2002, 01:16 AM
Me.

I go up to Cape Cod where my mother and stepfather live, and visit my mother and step family. Most everyone\'s paired up. My parents are extremely affectionate with each other. Sometimes I feel so lonely I just want to tie a jingle bell around my neck, step outside and slit my throat. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif ho ho ho

One thing that takes my mind off of it and gives me a way to express affection is participating in charitable endeavors. Salvation Army and homeless shelters, etc. Do you have any opportunities like that available? For example, at my work we can each choose one family from a list of needy families to buy Christmas presents for. We\'re given the ages of the people and their sizes and preferences. It is so heartwarming and feels so loving to buy children\'s gifts and things for their parents, too, selecting the wrapping paper, wishing them better fortune in the coming year, knowing by your efforts they\'ll at least have some Christmas joy.

It\'s not as good as having one special someone to love but at the same time, you realize there ARE people out there who need and are happy to receive your love/loving gestures.

**DONOTDELETE**
11-17-2002, 09:28 AM
I usually get pretty depressed around christmas. I haven\'t been home for the holidays in 5 years. I haven\'t had a steady girl for the same amount of time. I have a pretty lonely existence to begin with, but this time of year really makes it bad. My family exchanges gifts with the help of Fed-Ex, it\'s not the same though when you open them by yourself on christmas morning. Oh well. Suck it up and move on, someday I\'ll have a nice family gathering around for christmas.

**DONOTDELETE**
11-17-2002, 09:34 AM
Someone did write to me awhile back and suggested that the holiday season is the very best time to hook up, because many people get the Christmas blues -- so the available men and women would be more approachable. Maybe it\'s worth putting those \'mones on and making an extra effort to find ourselves a snuggle bunny for the cold weather season.

franki
11-17-2002, 11:43 AM
Maybe that is true! I am gonna keep that in the back of my mind. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

krtel
11-17-2002, 04:10 PM
Yeah I know how you feel. I feel like that everyday, but it gets really worse around Christmas. I don\'t really have anyone. *sighs* Oh well, someday....

- Krish

sophie
11-17-2002, 05:00 PM
If it makes anyone feel any better, being in a LTR doesn\'t always help much either. For a few years after my mom died I felt very despondent (sp?) at every holiday, and Christmas was the absolute worst. I would try to just count my blessings but I still felt depressed and missed Mom a lot at holidays. I have lived far from \"home\" for years, and we rarely got to spend any holidays together during those years.

One year I did try to volunteer to be soup kitchen/charity help at the holidays but would you believe....they already had too many volunteers and I wasn\'t needed?!?! that just made me more depressed. It\'s a good idea though; it would\'ve made me feel better to get past my own dark thoughts.

I\'m better now with all this but I still feel blue during holidays.

a.k.a.
11-17-2002, 07:58 PM
My ex-wife was into all sorts of, baking and decorating and entertaining. So, even if I have a girlfriend, I walk around feeling some kind of emptiness.

Even under the best circumstances, it’s always stressful. There’s just too much to do and not enough time to do it. (Not to mention the nightmare of everybody hitting the airports at once.)

I could also do without the mass consumerism and gaudy light shows.

SwingerMD
11-17-2002, 09:52 PM
(Sigh) I know what you mean. It really hasn\'t bothered me all that much until about a few years ago. New Year\'s has been just as bad as Valentine\'s Day for me /ubbthreads/images/icons/frown.gif . . . well actually there was that one incredible Valentine\'s that just came together without hardly any effort or planning at all.

About two years ago, even when I started to make plans very early (8-9 months early) to not be alone on New Year\'s Eve, everything that could possibly go wrong, did go wrong. I ended up staying at home alone dealing with the pain of the death of a family member, a friend/date (unlucky #13th person that agreed to go) ending up in the hospital, and having the person whom you were deeply in love with completely crush your heart that night.

Still stings a bit, but you gotta move on. I\'m just hoping that I\'ll have fun at this Swing dance camp that I\'m headed to around Christmas and New Years and kick this New Year\'s jinx that I have had for these past few years.

My advice to all of you is not to succumb to the pressure of desperately trying to find that \"special\" someone. Relax and enjoy the holiday season with the friends and family that you have. Who knows you just might just bump into that \"special\" someone.

Now to increase those odds, don\'t forget to wear your favorite pheromones /ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif . Oh, and don\'t forget the mistletoe! /ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif

oscar
11-17-2002, 10:49 PM
SwingDoc,

Thanks for reminding me! Wonderful stuff, mistletoe!
I like to use it where it does the most good.
Hence, my own invention, the Mistletoe Belt Buckle! /ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif
www.kissunderthis.com (\"http://www.kissunderthis.com\")

Oscar /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

Bruce
11-18-2002, 04:16 AM
This will be my first Christmas in the US in forteen years. I celebrated 9 or so in Japan, 2 in Taiwan and 1 each in India and Thailand. I think we boarded an evening flight from Tokyo to Bangkok on Christmas eve for the last one. So, whatever you\'re supposed to feel whether good or bad has pretty much lost its edge for us. The last few years we have had at least one kid waiting for Santa\'s arrival; I guess that gives you some sense of focus for the holidays. Not sure what to expect this year. As always, best just to keep an open mind and heart. I guess we\'ll get into decorating the tree etc etc. My wife will be into that I reckon. She and the kids went nuts with pumpkins and costumes for Halloween.

I have had my fair share of holiday depression when I was younger. My father, who was normally a very ornery character, was an absolute teddy bear at Christmas time. We didn\'t have much money, but if you could see how he set up the living room with toys, stuffed stockings, my expanding train set etc, it would bring tears to your eyes. I guess I would like to do that sort of thing for my boys, but they are still kind of young and my wife is a little worried about overdoing the toy thing.

So... I don\'t know exactly what will happen, but after reading all your messages on the subject, I feel like inviting you all over for Christmas eve with my family. When I was a student in Boston many years ago, a family I was rooming with, really took me under their wing and I specifically remember them looking out for me at Christmas time. They were a single dad and 3 kids and they sort of had a missing piece themselves and seemed to appreciate another adult on the scene. Sort of \"Hey... here is somebody who needs us.\"

Sometimes something magic can happen around the holidays when you least expect it. I liked the ideas about soup kitchens and trying to do something for less fortunate folks. My elder sister used to do that quite a bit when she was younger. That could be a solution. In any case, I hope you all have a happy holiday season.

Bruce

SwingerMD
11-18-2002, 12:08 PM
Oscar,

LOL . . . good idea! A good college buddy of mine used to go around with a retractable presentation pointer with mistletoe attached to one end.

oscar
11-18-2002, 12:19 PM
SwingDoc,

Funny, I had that idea about 20 years ago, but within the last couple of years somebody else patented it.
C\'est la vie!
It\'s just as well. The last thing I need is another patent that\'s not making me any money and costing me maintenance fees.

Oscar /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

Whitehall
11-18-2002, 12:47 PM
One thing my family did sometimes for Thanksgiving or Christmas was invite some sailors over for dinner. We lived in a big Navy town and these poor kids would often be away from their families for the first time in their life. They were always polite, good company, and so grateful for the invitation. I recommend it - most bases have an arrangement service so its an easy telephone call.

a.k.a.
11-18-2002, 08:19 PM
Thanks for the holiday cheer, Bruce.

I too have fond childhood memories, but maybe your wife’s right about going easy on the toys. I was spoiled rotten and missed out on the good will elements of the holiday.

From what I recall, being out of school was exciting enough.

Anyway, best wishes to you and yours.

**DONOTDELETE**
11-19-2002, 05:33 AM
I\'m trying to figure out just how many sailors would fit in this apartment ... hmmmm ... /ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif

Elana
11-19-2002, 05:38 AM
Let me help you out. You invite as many as you want and whoever doesn\'t fit in your apartment can come to my place. You know my type. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

belgareth
11-19-2002, 06:08 AM
A lot of the women\'s shelters, the churches and such have programs to provide gifts to poor kids. The one we participate in allows you to select from a list of kids and has a short wish list for each. My kids pick out one child each, usually from the same family, then pick out and wrap gifts for them. We all go together to deliver them to the church sponsoring the program. The kids really enjoy the warm fuzzies of helping others.

**DONOTDELETE**
11-19-2002, 06:21 AM
Elana, it\'s so nice to have friends! And friends share! /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

I\'m finally getting excited about the holiday season ...

**DONOTDELETE**
11-19-2002, 08:07 AM
<< The kids really enjoy the warm fuzzies of helping others. >>

I haven\'t heard that term in a while. I grew up with TA for Tots - I wonder if it\'s still published.

Bruce
11-19-2002, 03:27 PM
FTR,
Why don\'t you invite Captain Josh up to DC for Thanksgiving. Must be a place to park his boat somewhere around there.
Bruce

EXIT63
11-19-2002, 04:04 PM
...I\'m trying to figure out just how many sailors would fit in this apartment ... hmmmm ...


Make sure you inform the people from Guiness !

Watcher
11-19-2002, 04:07 PM
lol

EXIT63
11-19-2002, 04:11 PM
Christmas Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I could go on but...F@#k (\"but...F@#k\") it.

**DONOTDELETE**
11-19-2002, 04:23 PM
Ok, here\'s another take on it. No matter how bad it ever gets, Christmas doesn\'t suck. The only time of the year when dreams live. Everything\'s sleeping, waiting for to be reborn in the spring, which will surely come -- think about that, it\'s something you can count on. Down quilts. Flannel sheets. Beautiful music. Good food (bake your own damn cookies if you have to, it\'s not hard). Beautiful stories. The smell of evergreen. Time to hush, be still, reflect. Reassurance of life everlasting. Go make somebody happy, just for the fun of it. You\'ll feel better. raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens... lol

Mtnjim
11-19-2002, 04:41 PM
Then some moron ruins it. We have a radio station that went \"All Christmas all of the time\" on Nov first. Do you know how repulsed by Christmas carols I would be if I had to listen to that.
What\'s next Christmas trees decorated on July 4th (in the strores)??

**DONOTDELETE**
11-19-2002, 04:44 PM
That and the Salvation Army guys in your face the second you step out of the store with those infernal bells they won\'t stop ringing, they make me rabid. Wear a sign or something, for the love of Pete, stop that noise!!

EXIT63
11-19-2002, 04:45 PM
Sorry, I\'ve been drowning in November gray since I hit the big 42 last week. It all just seems so bleak.

EXIT63
11-19-2002, 04:47 PM
The first time I hear \"Grandma got runover by a reindeer\". I\'m gonna fuckin go ballistic!

**DONOTDELETE**
11-19-2002, 04:49 PM
I guess you don\'t wanna hear \"Happy Birthday!\" then ... but I\'m saying it anyway. Thanks for all the compliments and all the reassurances and for being so welcoming to the women on the forum. Thanks for being silly sometimes and making us laugh. Thanks for being unabashedly you. I\'m happy you were born.

EXIT63
11-19-2002, 04:59 PM
Thank you...and Happy Holidays! /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

franki
12-06-2003, 05:09 PM
It is that

time of the year again... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Pancho1188
12-06-2003, 05:17 PM
I\'m

going to be honest about this one for you, Manchorito... I\'m in the worst situation. I\'m graduating December

20, and I\'ll be moving away and leaving \'college life\' forever just 5 days before Christmas... Any chances

of romantic encounters after that through the holiday season are pretty much gone. Yes, I will have my family for

the holidays, but I will not have that significant other to warm up with... So, Manchorito, I wish you the best and

just remember that it could be worse and your whole life could be changing so you have no shot at getting that gf

for the holidays. I have faith in you, my friend, so hit that gym, wear your mones to get your confidence and

spirits up, and go for it!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Pancho

Gossamer_2701
12-07-2003, 08:36 AM
Hey

Panch,
Congrats on the Graduation thing, Man!!! I know how hard it can be emotionally, leaving behind everything

that has made up your life for the last few years, but just remember that when you walk through one door... there is

always another one just ahead for you to move towards... hell, there are usually two or three to choose from

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
It does seem to make it all the harder when it comes around

the hollidays, but try going out of your way to help others and make people smile... and sure enough... it WILL rub

off on you. Then, you\'ll find the girls gravitating towards you just because of the happy friendly aura around

you!!!
And Manchorito... the same advice goes for you too.... make others smile and you Will start smiling

too!!! Just hang in there, and things will happen in their own time.

Youth... enjoy it while you got it

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Goss

cuddlebear
12-07-2003, 03:23 PM
My

contribution to the holiday

spirit.

http://www.joelkilgore.com/cbchristmas.html (\"http://www.joelkilgore.com/cbchristmas.html\")

n
Now, get cozy by the fire and make sure your partner doesn\'t have ANY body parts that are cold

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

tallmacky
12-07-2003, 05:03 PM
DANKS

Cuddly wuddly bear...ahhhh my cuddly bear!

I am listening to Frosty right now, nice jobby wobby cuddly...thanks

and tickle the bear! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

abductor
12-08-2003, 05:04 AM
and here

my contribution to the holiday

spirit.

http://pmixcalc.sysframe.net/ (\"http://pmixcalc.sysframe.net/\")

Merry Christmas for

ALL!
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Sagacious1420
12-08-2003, 05:17 AM
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and here my contribution to the holiday

spirit.

http://pmixcalc.sysframe.net/ (\"http://pmixcalc.sysframe.net/\")

Merry Christmas for

ALL!
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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Nice

touch abductor! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif