To be so f*cking over bloody Christmas.

[lifesabitchandthenyoudie]

Was already feeling like this, muting adverts etc; then yesterday I watched this: (Planet of the Humans by Jeff Gibbs) and I'm so done with the human race now I just want to hide in my little house and forget the world. I've been away from work and just know when I go back on Tuesday we'll already be overrun with fucking xmas music, decorations etc... I have gc and already feel angry about how much crap they have. I would buy them books but they literally don't even read or look after them. I get called scrooge because I only ever put up decorations (if I bother) in the week before, ffs! Is there anywhere on this planet that's xmas free, please?

She is crying out of stress to "please" others.
Of course that's martyr

Nope, if she’s crying to a friend in mid November about Christmas and being run ragged etc…. Then how do imagine she will be on Christmas Day other than tearful and moody?

And she is visiting a friend for coffee on a Monday morning - doesn’t sound like the hard life

It is definitely the easiest and nicest option for those us with mobility issues / without gardens! I’m in London, but friends in Bristol and Brighton do something similar. Worth looking online to see if there is a company offering something in your area 😊

Erm some of us don't do 9-5 mon to fri😁

Renting sounds like a good idea.
I have no gardening ability, so I like the sound of someone else looking after the tree.

She could be a nurse. There's plenty of other jobs that are not 9-5 office jobs.

Indeed but if you have the time for crying about Christmas over coffee with a friend then….

My point is…. When I’m “run ragged” about something… I generally don’t have time to visit a friend for coffee to talk about how run ragged I am!

Unlucky for you eh. It’s almost as if we are all different with different lives/priorities/coping mechanisms.

Tree up 24th December down 12th night I’m going right back to old fashioned way three days of hibernation I can’t wait, treats and buffet food my big meal Christmas Eve.I’m 9n my own now no grumpy ex husband to bring down December. So looking to it.

I saw Linder mini eggs in Tesco today I couldn’t believe it. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

I absolutely hate it. I suppose I have quite an 'austere' personality and the whole festival of excess makes me incredibly uncomfortable, which has heightened as I've become more enviromentalist. Once my mother passes I plan to spend it with a friend who lives in Nepal but for now I just keep my mouth shut and occupy myself with the chores associated with helping her host. She always hosts but it inevitably means I do the heavy cleaning of her house prior and a fair bit of the food prep.

But you have very young children?

Should have said, for those who are alone and don't want to be...

You are an environmentalist but plan to spend Christmases with someone who lives in Nepal?

Sorry, is this supposed to be a parody, or do you not réalisé how ridiculous that is?

I did have a chuckle at that. Aeroplane fuel vs some tinsel…

id be very interested to hear your response to this!

Top Tip: if the Tesco 'British Tapas at the over crowded get together' ads are stalking you around the internet, Google something you don't need or want, septic tank is my go to.
Easier to ignore a cone shaped, water treatment plant.

Now you are just being bot of a d 😉

Obviously pp will be hang gliding to Nepal.

YANBU.

I hate it. I won't bother to state all the reasons as I could do without a new asshole being torn.

For those critisising my friend for having time available on a Monday morning for a coffee, it was squeezed in between the caring responsibilities she has for two family members. I don't begrudge her having a quick coffee while her mother is at a day centre if she's been up half a dozen times in the night with her as well as attending to another disabled person.

But I'm sure some of you think she should have been scrubbing chimneys or something.

I see family all year round. They have kids I don't. I enjoyed the fun of Christmas Day when those kids were younger and so was I!

Now I avoid Christmas like the plague. No one is offended, I can do my own thing so it's just me and DP in pjs on the day. No pressure when I said I was opting out.

However it is nigh on impossible to avoid it day to day over the Christmas period. So you go somewhere for a walk, no parking or PT is erratic. Cafes pubs jammed. Kids squealing everywhere and I know that's normal and as trying for the parents as it is for me!

But by and large I just let it pass me by. Full fridge and freezer and batten down the hatches for me.

Going by other threads it has! I think that's part of what people inject to.