Xmas version of things you wouldn't admit in real life....

[TinselTina]

I wish people would stop mentioning my 5 foot 3 height like im an outlier.
I cannt believe I married my ex. I needed to be in a mental hospital not marched up the aisle.
I dont care if my child is clever or not.

Urgh @JudgeBread this is genius!
I’m on my second day of 2 days of annual leave today. I’ve barely had a minutes peace between dh bumbling in and out of the house both days, the cleaner being here (I do appreciate her hugely!), adult dc flitting about etc.
just wanted to scream at everyone to just fuck off and leave me alone, even for 2 hours!

lol 🤣🤣🤣

Wow. The reason people don’t share certain things in real life is because of the fear of being shamed or judged. I genuinely thought this was a space you could admit things you wouldn’t dare say elsewhere without that fear. It seems you came here to read, judge and comment.

I shouldn’t have shared it. I’m leaving.

We do the same. It transforms your experience of Christmas from rushing around buying crap to just enjoying all the good times of the season.

If you're still here then you're quite right. Sorry.

I shouldn't have said that, but I do feel really strongly about the waste of Christmas.

I’m going Christmas…

We leave a small dish of chocolates out for delivery drivers. Looks like a mouse has had a go at 3 of them last night as the foil is damaged. Chocs look fine though so I’m going to eat them regardless.

I think the 'elf thing' is just marketing ploy from the publishers of the book 'The Elf on the Shelf' and the people who do it have been lured into it, rather like sheep into a sheep dip. - Bah Humbug

Happy Christmas!

I’m glad the elf wasn’t around when mine were small!

I hate all the family expectations at Christmas, feel like everything is dictated by other people! It is also bloody exhausting, so much work!! My solution the last few years has been do see everyone and satisfy the obligations and then go on holidays on our own on the 27th

Can’t you take them to a charity shop / refuge / food bank?

So report him anonymously

I'm really happy that it's just myself and my husband of 20 years (thirty years older) at Christmas.
I don't have kids, don't enjoy people and "forced fun".
As in "as long as I can remember".

Why not give them to a charity shop rather than putting them in the bin? So wasteful!

That although I organise a meal out for the whole family, I cannot fucking wait for it to be over.

I’m not looking forward to hosting either side of the family this year and it is making me really sad. I love Christmas, and normally love having them. But this year for various reasons both sets will be hard work.

You could donate it rather than bin it?

Edit- saw your update. Oh well.

It’s the only time of the year I feel sad to be single. I’m missing a bit of Christmas romance. Other than that I love all aspects of Christmas.

only things make me sad is the over spending on tat so children have loads to open and the children that go without a nice Christmas, the older I get the more I think of them, makes me very sad.

We are the same in this household. Fed up with having to store it all tbh, can’t give it to anyone else either. Feels cruel but sometimes u have to be cruel to be kind.

My mum is coming for xmas dinner. As I've got older I actually think shes jealous of me.

Can I just add the extra stress of elderly dm in hospital .
“just do this just do that ,just deliver my cards ,just buy so and so a present “
On and on she bloody goes . Playing the grieving widow too for sympathy .
She hated him for 30 years.
That feels better !!

When I was about 14 or 15, I hated my gran's 2nd husband because he was a dirty old man and always asking for a kiss and trying to touch my girl cousins and me. He was being particularly pervy to my 9 year old cousin one Christmas day, he was trying to feel her thighs. I offered to make everyone a cup of tea and I spat in his. I have never, ever felt the slightest shame.
I used to offload to a friend and when uncle pervert died a couple of years later, I told my friend and she said Hooray!

Everyone feels sorry for me that I no longer get presents (don't speak to one parent, the other parent only buys for my DC and my ExH won't take DC shopping ot get me anything, friends we agree not to buy for each other) but I secretly prefer it

Means I can get whatever I want and pretend its from a friend from my university days - said person I lost touch with years ago, but no-one would know that.

I feel over stimulated every time I step inside a shop and want to scream I don’t care every time someone says are you ready for Christmas, I have a child with autism so will keep things the same as any other day, I always love Easter because the hype is less and you can just treat yourself to an egg and job done 😂

I wish I could just ignore the world at the moment!

The time, effort, money and headspace needed to buy presents for children I see once or twice all fucking year is doing my head in. Especially when we all live in the same city. Especially when they're children on the inlaw side of the family.

(I know someone will be along to say just don't bother, but when it's family, it's always more complicated than that and you can't really not do it without it becoming A Statement). But I could spend that money on me and have so much more fun!