Honest Christmas Discussion
December 25th, 2017 at 10:18 AM ^
engage with them based on the fact it is not about you rather your wife and or children. It soon shall/will pass
:-)
Merry Christmas!
December 26th, 2017 at 8:06 PM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:21 AM ^
thats my move
December 25th, 2017 at 10:23 AM ^
you live in a cold weather state?
December 25th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:01 PM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:23 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:24 AM ^
Put on the fake smile for in-laws enjoy watching kids open presents get fuckin hammered merry Christmas
December 25th, 2017 at 10:24 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 11:42 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 9:59 PM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 12:19 PM ^
Family moving, a strange falling out with my only uncle, my wonderful girlfriend's family being in FL.... I've spent the last number of Christmases alone. I always have lots of offers, but I'm okay with it now. The kids will arrive tonight, I'm taking care of a brand new lab pup, and I'm prepping a good albeit nontraditional meal. Soon my gal will be back and we'll have our own little Christmas.
December 25th, 2017 at 10:25 AM ^
Unfortunately, I have a terrible cold and my cat needs to be put to sleep (we'll have to wait until tomorrow for that). We're going to see Star Wars which will be a very welcome distraction.
December 25th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
Speaking as someone whose cat had surgery for a cancerous thyroid this summer (and therefore didn't know if he'd be around for Christmas), you have my sincere sympathy.
Enjoy what you can of the day.
December 25th, 2017 at 10:57 AM ^
Thank you. He went downhill quickly and it's hard to watch him suffer.
December 25th, 2017 at 2:19 PM ^
We've gone through this recently. We had two cats going through kidney failure. The one declined rapidly. She stopped eating, even refusing treats she was previously enthusiastic about. The vet said with kidney failure they develop ulcers along the entire alimentary canal, and she had ulcers in her mouth that made eating painful. The vet put an iv input tube into one of her front legs and let me hold her for about ten minutes before she was injected with the medicine to stop her heart. At first, I declined the time to just hold her, but I'm glad I relented. It left me some time to just calm down and reflect.
Our current issue is one of my wife's friends got her a pair of kittens for Christmas. We still have one cat, an 18 year old with kidney failure. I fear the new kittens will drive him over the edge.
December 25th, 2017 at 2:13 PM ^
Sorry to hear about your cat.
When my cat was alive, his thyroid started enlarging...I took him to a place called Nuclear Cat where they dosed him with nukes to shrink it.... the proceedure worked and he lived for several more years until a different type of cancer got him.
They think that the increase in enlarging of thyroids may have to do with the increase in canned cat foods....
December 25th, 2017 at 11:28 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 3:02 PM ^
When they let those Pixar artists go to town, the backgrounds and color and all are just mind blowing. The family spirit animal blew me away. The story was phenominal too. My daughter loved the dog. Just an all out great movie. I tell people to see it on the big screen as the TV won't do it justice
December 25th, 2017 at 11:45 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 11:48 AM ^
"it's just an animal" even Santa will overlook you punching them in the face.
December 25th, 2017 at 11:53 AM ^
December 27th, 2017 at 2:07 AM ^
Ugh. I had a cat as a kid and I had to give him peace the day after Christmas. It was terrible, I loved that cat.
So sorry Wendy.
December 25th, 2017 at 10:26 AM ^
Merry Christmas/happy holidays!!
December 25th, 2017 at 10:43 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:28 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:30 AM ^
NYT had an interesting piece on estrangement the other day— the comments as much as the article are worth s look. What some see as estrangement, others call “liberation.”
Debunking Myths About Estrangementhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/well/family/debunking-myths-about-es…
December 25th, 2017 at 10:57 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 7:45 PM ^
spot on, my man. :) Haha, one of these days, I'll eat my words, probably.
December 25th, 2017 at 9:51 PM ^
i hope i'm not violating the no 'sexybits' guideline...
December 25th, 2017 at 12:42 PM ^
I'm all for nuanced social and personal perspectives, but this comment has small basis in reality and oversensitivity written all over it. It's a time of the year to straighten that spine in the name of family solidarity and deal with them during Christmas. It's a few days. It's not a damn trauma.
December 25th, 2017 at 3:36 PM ^
By the way, I spent a lovely Christmas with parents, aunts, cousins, and a few friends. I have no complaints about anyone’s behavior. The point is, don’t willingly put yourself in a situation you know will make you unhappy and then bitch about it.
December 25th, 2017 at 10:31 AM ^
keep your gloves up at all times
no hitting after the bell
and when i say 'break' i mean it. you'll get one warning and then i'll deduct a point after that.
now get ready to ruuuummmmbbbbllleeee!!
in seriousness, you/we/all of us have been extended grace a thousand more times than we will ever realize. be grateful, and extend that same grace to others. you/we haven't walked a mile in their shoes and if we had, we'd probably be a whole lot more sympathetic to their plight/opinion/the fact that they're a buckeye or sparty supporter.
December 25th, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 3:17 PM ^
XM for the win!
Very well said, man.
December 25th, 2017 at 10:32 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:33 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:38 AM ^
to appreciate Jim Harbaugh!
December 25th, 2017 at 1:35 PM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 2:14 PM ^
...nice sentiment but unfortunately not always true....
December 25th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
it is just her, my wife and I
she's 21 so we're going to watch all the Star Wars movies and get to where we can go see the new one before she heads back
relatives we don't get along with we don't bother with any more - but there are only 2 - one we haven't spoken to in decades and the other for 5+ years - makes things far more pleasant - you have to be on the same page with the rest of your immediate family for this to work though
December 25th, 2017 at 10:39 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 10:40 AM ^
have reason to celebrate ther heritage, no?
December 25th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 7:25 PM ^
Both are correct. Previously banned troll.
December 25th, 2017 at 10:49 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 11:20 AM ^
December 25th, 2017 at 9:40 PM ^