so... now that we've all (hopefully) emerged the other side of christmas day, how was it for you?

better, the same, or worse than you expected?

for me... it was totally a waste of space- no interaction, family shut me out, no " merry christmas" apart from the people on this site, and really bad (even worse than usual) feelings of abandonment

on the plus side... i did order myself a massage chair from amazon- so in the evenings while i'm watching a dvd or too i can use it to relax.

lovelyyyy- it will probably be the only thing i get this year, so best make the most of it

[shezbut]

(((shattered sanity)))

I'm sorry that Christmas felt so miserable for you!

The massage chair sounds comfy though, that will probably come in very handy to you.

My Christmas was better than expected ~ I don't celebrate holidays & I didn't have my girls until today, so no B.S. involved, just a nice day snuggling with my bf! I went and picked up my girls today, we came back and opened gifts, then played games. Nice and light. No baloney. Perfect for me!

One negative aspect, my parents (who are on my "no contact" list) came to pick up my girls the evening before Christmas Eve. My mom got the crocodile tears in her eyes and my dad tried to make me come visit them, since my mom was feeling so sad. All of this occurred in front of my girls too, simply confusing them & made them sad to see her cry.

[BlueWhisky]

Absolutely terrible. Me and
Mum both fought with my dad, who said he was ill and went to bed early. Then
Mum read a book. I drank a bottle of sherry on my own and watched the most depressing films I could find. Then I read about everyone else's lovely Christmases on Facebook.

My Christmas fell short of wonderful but I wouldn't say worse than expected. Without a permanent place to live (in an extended stay hotel) I'm in a double room with my boys - it left a bit to be desired. In spite of that, I made sure my kids had a good Christmas and while i know I could do much more if i had a place for all of us, I know they were happy.

Christmas dinner ended up going by the wayside, since I did not have an oven, could not get a prepared meal except on the Eve of the day and found out at the last minute that the one place that would have been alright to eat at and enjoyable closed minutes before we got there, we ended up with Wawful House food. Yes intentionally misspelled

I am still grateful though. In spite of this past year's troubles, I am still a blessed soul, and I absolutely refuse to remain wallowing in what we lack right now

Here's to looking for good things in the new year! ::: raises cup :::