Posted by Ted on November 13, 2002, at 13:27:06
In reply to People who love socializing/Irritating!!!, posted by sjb on November 13, 2002, at 8:31:03
Hi sjb,
I agree and then some. How about those holiday brag letters? I have a cousin who writes some real doosies! Now I wish I had saved them for their humor content alone. (things like "our oldest son, XXX, who is a doctoral fellow at Harvard this year, was invited to Charles University in Prague to lecture for a year..." and "We traveled to XXX and YYY and ZZZ this year and saw AAA and BBB [all international and $$$$]")
We send cards. Being atheist, my conscience requires "season greetings" instead of "merry christmas" or other religious themes. I still can't find "happy winter solstice" cards. And I never write more than a short paragraph.
Uggh.
ted> Just venting here and dreading the holidays. Heering from friends and family members who are normies talking excitedly about travel, parties, dinnners and other get-together plans. I just wish it would all be over. Like I could wake up and it would be Jan 2. I just can't relate to people who love to socialize, go out to dinner all the time, travel all over the place. I just want to be home watching Star Trek or reading. I loathe holidays, events, celebrations and those who tell me they have a ball at them are really getting on my nerves. Of course, I'm jealous of this lifestyle, on some level, but also think the bane of being alone or isolating is overrated.
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