candystripper
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I know Candy, that he just split from his Mistress. I was not putting him down per se...he kept throwing back advice on how to deal with the depression...I just wanted to make it clear that the only reason one IS alone on the holidays, is because they choose to be...Now notice I said IS and not FEELS. I know just as well as anyone what it's like to lose someone, and to go through those first holidays alone...it took some very brutal, and outspoken friends who showed me that I was doing nothing more than what Michael is doing here. Making excuses so that I could stay wrapped up in my self-pity. Irish Mist Yeah; i remember my first Xmas after i left my ex. My girlfriend had to have a heart to heart with me about getting a tree, etc., for the sake of my little kid....a fact that had escaped me as i was a mess for various reasons. Sometimes it takes someone who is a little distant but who cares to shake you and make you see what's in front of our faces. If my kid doesn't come for Xmas it will be our first one apart; but adult children do that. It's one more baton passing, and this is what i always prayed for, a happy, healthy child who grew into a wonderful woman. And not to be negative, but one thing i can always celebrate is my ex is not here, he he. candystripper
< Message edited by candystripper -- 12/23/2005 4:05:16 PM >
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