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Concorde Warrior F-BVFA
 User ID: 78156606  France12/24/2019 02:52 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I used to love Christmas. But as the years went by without being able to have children and my birth family died off, I find each year sadder. I have a spouse,who also sadly has no extended family. An injury cost me my job a few yrs ago and the loss of income has put us at the poverty line. We have each exchanged $100 and then put it back into bills the last few yrs. My spouse does not seem to care, but I cry more every year.... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78275510 All I can say is move to a different area and look for other jobs. Your husband could try to get on in the oilfield and since no one wants those jobs He will be able to make a good living. I have worked in the offshore oilfield for 22 years and believe Me there is no competition to come out here and I lost one job in september and 3 days after sending out My resume I had two interviews lined up and I only sent out two resumes. It helps that I'm in a small field with maybe 500 people trained worldwide to do this job and it burns people out quick so I'll always have a job. Oh if anyone is interested I'm a hydrographic surveyor and yes companies regularly take untrained people and hire them on for training. Good post. I would definitely go out working on platforms if I was younger.  I came. I saw. I Concorde. For once you have tasted Concorde you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. "I would say today we can integrate all religions and races EXCEPT ISLAM." Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Y ew |
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| callit
User ID: 74937193 United States12/24/2019 03:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is a crazy time... Quoting: CitizenPerth The best I've ever heard was it is "Just another day", and including "Just another week if you count New Year".. Silly season if you will... It still doesn't help that for some people? everywhere you look is all this hype and fake happiness... Truth is, MOST people find it miserable, tedious and expensive, but keep up the Charade for friends, family and children.... Don't be lonely or sad, just let it all out here :) Merry Holidays CP! |
| Deplorable Mary
User ID: 71205112 United States12/24/2019 03:16 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank you for the thread! My Christmas will be over tonight. Just my daughter and brother. My parents are gone and it just has never been the same. My daughter will go to her father's early tomorrow, so it's just me. All other family lives far away so we don't see them often. I lost my fiance a few years ago just before Christmas in an accident, so I just cherish the ones I still have and I'm grateful that even though mine is over Christmas Eve, I still had loved ones with me. It's okay. I am rather used to it at this point. It isn't depressing anymore, but it just isn't the same. Love, hugs and blessings to all on this thread. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77640440 United States12/24/2019 03:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As an atheist, I find the season with the whole buy, spend, gift thing totally ridiculous. How about I keep my money, you keep your money and we buy ourselves the things we need when we need them. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78225178 That's the other 364 days of the year. How else are you going to justify getting that fat screen tv you always wanted? Not to mention the sales..  |
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| DeplorableOldMan
User ID: 78275275 United States12/24/2019 03:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is a crazy time... Quoting: CitizenPerth The best I've ever heard was it is "Just another day", and including "Just another week if you count New Year".. Silly season if you will... It still doesn't help that for some people? everywhere you look is all this hype and fake happiness... Truth is, MOST people find it miserable, tedious and expensive, but keep up the Charade for friends, family and children.... Don't be lonely or sad, just let it all out here :) Merry Christmas, CP. Good to see you. DeplorableOldMan |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78225178 Canada12/24/2019 03:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tis the season to be greedy, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78225178 Buy more things and fuck the needy, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Spend your money on an ugly sweater, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Don't donate to make other lives better, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77640440 United States12/24/2019 03:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tis the season to be greedy, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78225178 Buy more things and fuck the needy, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Spend your money on an ugly sweater, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Don't donate to make other lives better, If you're charitable to these slack asses, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah You can deduct it from your taxes! fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78279183  Australia12/24/2019 03:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tis the season to be greedy, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78225178 Buy more things and fuck the needy, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Spend your money on an ugly sweater, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Don't donate to make other lives better, fah lah lah lah lah lahlah lah lah Ya must have been to a rapture tard church. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78151020 United States12/24/2019 03:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is a crazy time... Quoting: CitizenPerth The best I've ever heard was it is "Just another day", and including "Just another week if you count New Year".. Silly season if you will... It still doesn't help that for some people? everywhere you look is all this hype and fake happiness... Truth is, MOST people find it miserable, tedious and expensive, but keep up the Charade for friends, family and children.... Don't be lonely or sad, just let it all out here :) Uhhhh what?? You are gay, sorry. I have worked every holiday for years. I like to scoot past holidays. Then when people ask me what I did that holiday, I have to come up with a lie of how fun it was so just to get people off my back. I haven't been a happy person for years. Hopefully I reach happy someday. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77640440 United States12/24/2019 03:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is a crazy time... Quoting: CitizenPerth The best I've ever heard was it is "Just another day", and including "Just another week if you count New Year".. Silly season if you will... It still doesn't help that for some people? everywhere you look is all this hype and fake happiness... Truth is, MOST people find it miserable, tedious and expensive, but keep up the Charade for friends, family and children.... Don't be lonely or sad, just let it all out here :) Uhhhh what?? You are gay, sorry. I have worked every holiday for years. I like to scoot past holidays. Then when people ask me what I did that holiday, I have to come up with a lie of how fun it was so just to get people off my back. I haven't been a happy person for years. Hopefully I reach happy someday. Me too. This year I actually have a little time on my hands so what do I do? Go in the shed and... WORK! lol! |
| Pinkorchid- Covfefe
User ID: 4414652 Australia12/24/2019 04:06 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Merry Christmas Perhaps I am one of the exceptions to your statement. Most Christmases are not spent with family ( distance , responsibilities) Over half are not spent with husband (work commitments) So I spend my Christmas with a small group of like-minded friends and have always enjoyed the day. That was my solution and we pride ourselves in not being lavish in our gift giving , sometimes no gift is exchanged or we give items that are pre-loved. We all contribute to the meal. And this year I am putting high lights in a friends hair , who can't afford for it to be done at a hairdresser . Nothing is set in stone and the day rolls on organically . I hope you one day will find this too friend. Warning proceeding to read this may cause anxiety, poster is indemnified if you proceed. I can't give you the ultimate truth ,it's all a matter of perspective and spin. So I empower you with the gift of discernment. SEE THE TRUTH , KNOW THE TRUTH, FEEL THE TRUTH |
| Eggcellently Deplorable
Re-Instate Smith-Mundt! User ID: 77961993 United States12/24/2019 04:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  hmmm... christmas eve and i neeed to buy some supplies and a lettuce... what's the bet that the lettuce is $32.95? i'd normally avoid shopping now, but I NEED LETTUCE GODAMMIT!  Similar situation - - went to the freezer to get out a package of bacon to thaw for breakfast tomorrow and THERE'S NO BACON!!!!! So, dilemma: do I go without Bacon on Christmas morning, or put on "going out" clothes, get in the car, drive 15 miles to town (and 15 miles back) fighting traffic all the way, poke through all the bacon in the no-doubt picked-through bacon counter, and get sticker shock at the checkout counter? I guess I'm getting lazy in my old age - - it'll be the first Christmas morning without bacon in 60-odd years......if there were anyone sharing breakfast with me I'd probably go, but that ship sailed away forever nearly 17 years ago. Treasure the family and friends who surround you, Life can change abruptly in just a couple of minutes. Now my "family and friends" are here on GLP, and I DO treasure ALL of them! (PS: Got Bacon?!) "I have come to the conclusion that all news should be treated like 9/11, assume it is a psyop with actors participating in a staged event complete with props, until proven otherwise, in which case assume whatever is being recorded, reported, televised, is distortions/lying by omission/outright lies, until proven otherwise." - Anonymous, 4-13-12 |
| Pinkorchid- Covfefe
User ID: 4414652 Australia12/24/2019 04:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Christmas is as much in the mind as in the physical . I'm offering gratitude for the little things I do have in the physical and my awareness , for the giving of gratitude magnifies and brings more of what we are grateful for. Gratitude is a creative thought , looking at what we don't have 'nothing' creates nothing. Warning proceeding to read this may cause anxiety, poster is indemnified if you proceed. I can't give you the ultimate truth ,it's all a matter of perspective and spin. So I empower you with the gift of discernment. SEE THE TRUTH , KNOW THE TRUTH, FEEL THE TRUTH |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77640440 United States12/24/2019 04:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | hmmm... christmas eve and i neeed to buy some supplies and a lettuce... what's the bet that the lettuce is $32.95? i'd normally avoid shopping now, but I NEED LETTUCE GODAMMIT! Similar situation - - went to the freezer to get out a package of bacon to thaw for breakfast tomorrow and THERE'S NO BACON!!!!! So, dilemma: do I go without Bacon on Christmas morning, or put on "going out" clothes, get in the car, drive 15 miles to town (and 15 miles back) fighting traffic all the way, poke through all the bacon in the no-doubt picked-through bacon counter, and get sticker shock at the checkout counter? I guess I'm getting lazy in my old age - - it'll be the first Christmas morning without bacon in 60-odd years......if there were anyone sharing breakfast with me I'd probably go, but that ship sailed away forever nearly 17 years ago. Treasure the family and friends who surround you, Life can change abruptly in just a couple of minutes. Now my "family and friends" are here on GLP, and I DO treasure ALL of them! (PS: Got Bacon?!)  |
| Ohio chic
User ID: 75642509 United States12/24/2019 05:40 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know that Christ was not actually born on this day, but anytime The world can come together for one day, to celebrate the meaning of Christ on this earth then I’m for it. now with that being said I’m not down with the commercialization of it but the reason for the season I very much enjoy NO! My name is NOT spelled wrong. Grab a dictionary. Peace, Love & Prayers God bless America And YES. I am a nurse! SIDE NOTE- I find articles everywhere and post what I think GLP would like to know. I do not necessarily believe or endorse some articles I find. So do not bash the messenger |
| mji71
User ID: 77966972 United States12/24/2019 05:45 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | FUCK CHRISTMAS. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75631566 FUCK IT ALL THE WAY TO NEXT CHRISTMAS...AND FUCK NEXT CHRISTMAS TOO. THIS WORLD IS A BLITHERING SHITHOLE OF DOOM AND DEATH AND BETRAYAL. ITS ALL FUCKING BULLSHIT. THIS LIFE AND EVERYTHING IN IT IS FUCKING BULLSHIT. NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT ANYONE AND THOSE THAT DO ONLY DO SO CAUSE THEY FEEL OBLIGED TO. FUCK ALL FAKE PEOPLE. FUCK CHURCHES AND THEIR ENDLESS FUCKING GREED. FUCK GOVTS AND THEIR ENDLESS FUCKING GREED. FUCK CORPORATIONS AND THEIR ENDLESS FUCKING GREED. FUCK THIS SHIT FUCKHOLE PLANET TO THE DEPTHS OF THE DEEPEST PIT OF SHIT IN THE UNIVERSE. ITS JUST A GIANT FUCKING TURD AND US HUMANS ARE THE BUMGRUBS THAT INFEST IT LIKE THE GIANT CURRY SHIT IT IS. There...i feel better now. End rant. It’s like this because we lost our way. May you find peace this Christmas in the true meaning of life... Amen. |
| Eggcellently Deplorable
Re-Instate Smith-Mundt! User ID: 77961993 United States12/24/2019 05:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So much pressure to socialize. It's unnatural and uncomfortable. Like the purgatory of having to deal with robocallers who invade my serenity. I prefer hibernation. Quoting: MissCleo My God I hate those assholes. I'll be taking a nap and some dick wad will wake Me up about student debt and I've been out of school for like 26 years. If its not that its the asshole trying to sell Me car repair insurance or affordable healthcare. The fucked up thing is they used spoofed numbers so You can't even block them all and thats like 5 calls a day. I don't know if it would work for you, but what's helped me in that department is that I don't answer the phone until it's rang 4 times. I don't have caller ID, so every call is an adventure! But I've told all my friends to let it ring because it takes me 4 rings to get to the phone (so THEY know), and I figure that the salesmen/political pitchmen must have already moved on to their next number because when I answer it after 4 rings there's just dead air. Merry Christmas! And thank you, CP, for this thread which is bringing a feeling of "normalcy" into the middle of "Bizarro world"! Last Edited by Eggcellently Deplorable on 12/24/2019 05:50 PM "I have come to the conclusion that all news should be treated like 9/11, assume it is a psyop with actors participating in a staged event complete with props, until proven otherwise, in which case assume whatever is being recorded, reported, televised, is distortions/lying by omission/outright lies, until proven otherwise." - Anonymous, 4-13-12 |
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| Theobromine The Deplorable
User ID: 78279476 United States12/24/2019 06:17 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Been with a girl for just over a year. Our anniversary was on the 4th. Her birthday was about one month before, on 11-10. I bought her a few things- a giant stuffed dinosaur, a bottle of single malt scotch, and a set of whisky rocks. She likes that stuff. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76821285 We met in paramedic school. We didn't talk much. Nearing the end of the first semester, my other partner failed out. I always thought she was cute so I decided to go for it. We studied together every single day for months. We bonded. We became boyfriend and girlfriend. We traveled, we went on adventures. I really, really thought she was the one. About a week ago, she said the pressure of our relationship was making her unhappy. She asked for a week off. I agured at first, but I came to the conclusion that there was no talking her out of it. So, I begrudgingly agreed to the week off. I KNEW that she was going to break up with me. One week later, she did. We both passed our national registry exam months ago in September. She waited to apply to jobs for a while for me. I had to wait because I'm worried about failing a urine analysis. She waited for about two months. I still couldn't pass. She applied and got the job. Im still unemployed. She moved on. Here I am a few days before Christmas. Totally alone. No family. No job. I guess no one to blame but myself, Im 38 years old. I've never been married and I have no children. In my 20s I suffered from depression so severe that I lost nearly a decade of my life. For the first time in over a decade I had that gut feeling of panic and hopelessness I haven't felt since. That was yesterday. I know you don't know me but my name is Michael. If anyone is reading this, please, please pray for me because I feel so bad and there's no one around to help me. Please, just wish me happy thoughts. I need them now more than ever.  Michael please take good care of yourself Your future partner and children if you choose will need everything you are When Inwas in a similar situation - I wrote a letter to my future mate I told him (I’m female) how hard I was working on myself to be the best one for him . How hard I was working out in the gym How hard I was seeking a good paying job I also told him how I meditated and tried to resolve my issues so he wouldn’t have to deal with them .... minimal baggage Michael - I did find someone - or rather he found me - and is sitting here next to me 18 years and many many adventures later . I am so glad I took care of myself - And My baggage So we can live and have fun We try lots of new things together - and constantly are learning and growing as people - no one else seems to care about our development - not work - or friends - or our grown children (we had them before we met)! Some day Michael - your partner is going to find you - I prayed for mine. Be the person she wants and deserves - and have a happy life together You have terrific potential and a great career if you get your urine test to pass... maybe you have something to deal with that the GF was not willing to help with. Do it and do it well for the brightest future with an even better woman and a better you. Merry Christmas ... sometimes it’s lonely ... but it is a teacher in resilience . "What are you helping with all this helping?" Buddhist saying |
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| Eggcellently Deplorable
Re-Instate Smith-Mundt! User ID: 77961993 United States12/24/2019 06:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | hmmm... christmas eve and i neeed to buy some supplies and a lettuce... what's the bet that the lettuce is $32.95? i'd normally avoid shopping now, but I NEED LETTUCE GODAMMIT! Similar situation - - went to the freezer to get out a package of bacon to thaw for breakfast tomorrow and THERE'S NO BACON!!!!! So, dilemma: do I go without Bacon on Christmas morning, or put on "going out" clothes, get in the car, drive 15 miles to town (and 15 miles back) fighting traffic all the way, poke through all the bacon in the no-doubt picked-through bacon counter, and get sticker shock at the checkout counter? I guess I'm getting lazy in my old age - - it'll be the first Christmas morning without bacon in 60-odd years......if there were anyone sharing breakfast with me I'd probably go, but that ship sailed away forever nearly 17 years ago. Treasure the family and friends who surround you, Life can change abruptly in just a couple of minutes. Now my "family and friends" are here on GLP, and I DO treasure ALL of them! (PS: Got Bacon?!) My reaction EXACTLY!!!!! :D "I have come to the conclusion that all news should be treated like 9/11, assume it is a psyop with actors participating in a staged event complete with props, until proven otherwise, in which case assume whatever is being recorded, reported, televised, is distortions/lying by omission/outright lies, until proven otherwise." - Anonymous, 4-13-12 |
Trained Noticer
Forum Moderator User ID: 76014573 United States12/24/2019 07:03 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm not lonely, CP; but I do want to wish you a very Merry Christmas.  Last Edited by Trained Noticer on 12/24/2019 07:05 PM For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. (Stuart Chase) It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. (Mark Twain) |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77015263 United States12/24/2019 07:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is a crazy time... Quoting: CitizenPerth The best I've ever heard was it is "Just another day", and including "Just another week if you count New Year".. Silly season if you will... It still doesn't help that for some people? everywhere you look is all this hype and fake happiness... Truth is, MOST people find it miserable, tedious and expensive, but keep up the Charade for friends, family and children.... Don't be lonely or sad, just let it all out here :) I met a new woman the other day sweet kind and beautiful but she's in a relationship with another woman whos kind of controlling.. idk what to do.. she's took her from me during the holidays.. |
| Trained Noticer
Forum Moderator User ID: 76014573 United States12/24/2019 07:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ah, so sorry to hear!! I hope you did not get the shot, It make it worse! Blessings and prayers for you. Vit. D GFDG bit late... sorry. Have a blessed Christmas in spite. GLP loves ya.  For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. (Stuart Chase) It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. (Mark Twain) |
