cods wrote on Dec 25^th, 2015 at 7:02am:



Hi Cods,
I fell sorry for your Xmas situation - it's typical & normal.

have a happy new year.

cheers
sir Bobby

It will work, dear, if you don’t respond to them.

Try it for yourself on this very board. If someone annoys you, love them as you love thyself. Turn the other cheek. Forgive them.

This will translate into your everyday interactions, you’ll see. You will learn grace. People will respond accordingly. Your friends will be impressed.

It will work for sure.

Awww bless. I can relate in every way.

Aussie wrote on Dec 29^th, 2015 at 10:01am:


certainly doesn't get it from me. 

John Smith wrote on Dec 28^th, 2015 at 11:30pm:


If it helps any to know, it was a FULL MOON on Xmas Day! Apparently, hasn't been a full moon on Xmas day for 100 years!

And yep, surprise surprise, we ended up having dramas on Xmas day, things were misconstrued, I misheard (typical, am rather deaf anyway, and get told off all the time for not wearing hearing aids!)....but drink, that has plenty to do with it.....too much of it in fact.....pims really got to me....hubby had a bad toothache, the son's girlfriend's sister and her bf are not talking, so her parents had to do the double xmas thing for both daugthers separately, my daughter had been to her bf's sister's place, then to grandma's, then was too tired to drive into the city for us, and then she said she would, then she said she wouldn't, and I thought, this day is turning to shyte! My son is in a shirty mood with his sister, blaming her bf, and it's only today, after all that (her birthday was on Sunday) that presents under the xmas tree were finally opened in our house! (so who says they have to be opened on xmas day unless you have eager little kids?)

Everyone texting me past midnight on xmas night about their grizzles with each other, and then, I went to bed, and decided, tomorrow's another day, get over it all, act like nothing happened, sober up and move on...and you know what, it worked 

I really think, not only the full moon and full of alcohol did it, but the fact too much goes into just one day....too much of everything, the presents, wrapping, tree decor, other decor, shopping, cooking more than usual, and all for one day. I even wore glitzy xmas earrings all day and night that hurt my ears!

Next year, I am going to pizz off for xmas on a cruise! 

Amadd wrote on Dec 30^th, 2015 at 12:26am:


As the years go by I find I have less and less in common with those people I see only a few hours a year but can't deny the common bonds that we share.

Even though I am not religious at all I love Xmas.

I love Christmas too and have always loved it- I ask myself am I religious and the answer is increasingly more and more a yes- but you would not really know it if you actually knew me, it is certainly not obvious.

I also think on the very practical side more and more just an exercise in excess /greed and consumerism, so that most certainly detracts from the whole.

Anyway a drink and forget about it