This will be my 5th xmas as a single person

[TheOriginalNutcracker]

Each year it sucks that little bit more.

Xp made xmas crap, so being alone is preferable to that, but 5th xmas alone is shitty in it's own lovely way lol.

its my first one alone. dreading it. turn over the radio in car whenever a xmas song comes on, in denial! x

6th one for me.
Not even feeling Christmassy yet this year. Finally put tree up yesterday! But can't say i really wanted too.
I don't even have any family close by to meet up with.
Will make the best of it for my DC as usual though.

12th

I just feel stressed this year. Have got a few different things going on, nothing major, but all adding to making me feel pants.

I hate NYE more than xmas, but thankfully I have family coming round (weather permitting) so that should be ok.

I enjoy the kids enjoyment of xmas but thats about it.

12th Trifle !! Have you been single for 12yrs ??

I don't actually mind NYE because the DC all stay up until midnight and we have fun evening.

12th trifle? Wow! Does it get any easier?

2nd xmas for me.

I do get to see my family but Xmas morning on my own with 2 insane pre-schoolers isn't very festive or relaxing .

Xmas evening is also a bit crap, it's not much fun watching Xmas TV on your own.

oooh thats the bit i am dreading, christmas telly evening on my own :(
xx

its my first one alone, have a 22 month old. :(

Yeh xmas eve is hard. I normally do my wrapping then, but have already done it this year.

I will buy myself something nice to eat and have some wine i think.

Of course we can all come on here and chat too

yes thats a good plan :)
x

i normally have all shopping done, wrapped and under the tree by now, only started xmas shopping yesterday!! i just want christmas cancelled until i am feeling stronger.

I have done all the wrapping too. Just waiting for DS1's main present to arrive then will be all done (If it arrives! Expensive item off Ebay, seller not replied to email asking when they are sending! TBH i am very worried!)

Oh no Tortoise, what is it ??

I am still waiting for a few things from amazon, but non are main presents, so if they don't arrive, I wont be too upset.

I remember I cried watching the dc open their gifts on my first xmas as a single mum. Just felt so sad that I was watching them alone, even though getting rid of xp was the right thing to do.

It'll be my 4th (although you could say 5th as the ex left in the January and he was already shagging his middle aged troll in the December, so technically, he didn't give a shit that Christmas. Just wanted his £80 present from me before leavning, I reckon ). I actually don't mind Christmas as I spend it with my parents - they came to mine last year and are coming again this year and I'm cooking. DS and I then go to theirs on Boxing Day. I also love seeing DS open his presents and this year has been the year that he's been most aware of all the Christmas stuff (he's 4.5) and he's really excited. So in turn I'm quite excited.

New Year's Eve is usually worse as it seems the entire world is out celebrating but I'm at home watching Graham Norton or some such crap while browsing the net, or reading a book I got for Christmas. This year I'm going to a panto with family though, so that's the early evening taken care of!

I'll be here Xmas evening .

At this rate if the weather stays shite I won't be going anywhere on Xmas day.

7th for me.

It's a PS3. 1st one i bought off Ebay arrived faulty. Got refund Wednesday, rushed to bid on another so hopefully arrives in time for Christmas. Didn't see they had just 2 feedbacks. I am very much doubting it will arrive and there will be no way of getting another one as cheap before Christmas.
Luckily at 13 i hope he will be understanding if all does go wrong!

YAHOOOOOO this is my 7th single xmas with just me an the kids and loving it more and more every year. [farin]

This is my 12th too. Will be just the two of us at home. We chill out, eat whatever we like, watch as much tv as we like and generally do as we please without worrying about having to please anyone else.

Not sure it gets easier emotionally as I do feel my ds is missing out on the whole family xmas thing and I do over compensate on presents to fill the gap perhaps a lot
Making it perfect for him keeps me busy though and it's nice to spend some time at home together when I'm not rushing around trying to do chores and catch up on paperwork etc.

5th too...had to double check there when I added it up for this thread!! Just couldn't believe it was really that long!

Last year DS was away on christmas eve and I used the time to get all prepared for christmas day - set the table etc so that I could concentrate on DS when he arrived back.

I also went to midnight service at church which I would not have been able to do if DS was at home in his bed waiting for Santa.

my third and i am looking forward to it!

exp in same depressive state and cant see DC - tho he was "up" up until sept and i had kinda thought i would get some time off to sleep and rest while DC with him - but that isn't an option ....

we have had family gathering already this weekend so done the nice family thing ... and in fact all siblings etc also doing quiet things in their homes.

so just planning for a quiet "just us" time is fine - plus my elderly aunt on xmas day.

ocado will hopefully deliver all that is needed on the 23rd...snow permitting!

christmas will be lovely- me and the kids, it's new years eve i'm dreading - kids are all away to grandparents for a few days, have no wish to watch flatmate and his new gf be all smoochy. I'm planning on barricading myself in my room with a bucket of KFC, a bottleof champagne, madmen on dvd and resist the urge to text so-called friends who all have far better plans. :(

10th for me and yes, been single for that long!

I think about 20 years ago my then-boyfriend spent Xmas with me and my parents. Subsequent boyfriends would generally do whatever Xmas stuff they were doing, and I would ring them on Xmas day to wish them merry Xmas or whatever. This year, will be spending Xmas day with DS's dad's family (a couple of years ago we started taking turns with the grandparents as, while we are not a couple, we are both single and on good terms). I'd rather be just taking DS to my mum and dad's TBH, but am being fair about it...
Do you have friends/acquaintances who are likely to be on their own at Xmas, who might be happy to come round or even spend it with you?

I've never had a Christmas where I've not been single tbh and DD is 12 now!

When I was seeing exP I was still a teenager and we spent Christmas separately with our respective family anyway. Then split up while pg and carried on spending Christmases at my parents. All of my siblings have always gone back to my parents for Christmas, so it doesn't seem to make much difference whether I'm in a relationship or not. I am seeing someone now but we don't live together and he flies back to see his parents overseas every year.

I once worked in a hotel restaurant over the Christmas period and that would probably be my ideal Christmas with children if I didn't have my family to go back to. No slaving over a hot oven and someone to make my bed every morning!