Are you looking forward to or dreading xmas ???

[IllegallyBrunette]

I am more or less looking forward to it.

I do get slightly upset at things being the way they are at what is supposed to be a happy family time, but then the kids are happy most of the time anyway, and we are still a family.

phantom where are you?

I have had really miserable Christmas in the past - but I found the best way to cope was to organise special things for my ds and I to do together, especially times when very one else are happy couples, for example, New Years Eve. So I book the pantiomine on that night in advance or we go to Pizza Express and get a movie DVD at home. Luckily my boy is with me nearly all of Christmas. I go to family for Christmas afternoon and Boxing Day which I realise is such a blessing but when I am by myself I go to the pictures by myself to see the latest feel good Christmas film. I promise it will get better - I think Im looking forward to Christmas!

I have had really miserable Christmas in the past - but I found the best way to cope was to organise special things for my ds and I to do together, especially times when very one else are happy couples, for example, New Years Eve. So I book the pantiomine on that night in advance or we go to Pizza Express and get a movie DVD at home. Luckily my boy is with me nearly all of Christmas. I go to family for Christmas afternoon and Boxing Day which I realise is such a blessing but when I am by myself I go to the pictures by myself to see the latest feel good Christmas film. I promise it will get better - I think Im looking forward to Christmas!

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I'm not sure whether to look forward to it or dread it...

On one hand exH and I are still in good terms so at least DS would spend Christmas with the 2 of us. On the other... I might be missing other person and his children more than I want to.

I am looking forward to it should be a good one

i LOVE IT.jUST ME DP AND DS1 AND DS2 AND 2 DOGS.kNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT THE COOKIG though[typos]
For all those who are single parents I just want to say that it was just me my mum and my dog when I was young and I have very happy memories

I've got through 13 happy christmases as a lone parent. This year I'm not looking forward to it as with other years as I'm not working much so it won't be such a hard earned rest. Also money is a bit lacking.

Well I know what you mean about monry.Dp was made redundant 2 months ago,so that side of things is difficult.

I am working.
DD is going away with Daddy.
I am dreading it but couldn't swap shifts.

Looking forward to it. Got arrangements sorted out a while ago, I wasn't happy that exH would have DC for 2 days after Christmas and be working for most of one of them (his GF was going to look after them).

Only bit I wasn't happy about. So I decided I would take day off if exH wouldn't, so have great day out planned with them and will drop them back at his work when he finishes.

I am lucky I have the kids on Christmas eve and day, he will get them on boxing day. I love christmas and try to make it magical. DS has sussed out santa but still playing along .

I hate it. I also hate NY. I have a feeling that I'm going to hate them even MORE this time around. Not sure how I'm going to get through it. It's also Dd's birthday on Boxing Day.

My other way of coping is that I have booke dmyself into a rather nice hotel in the city for the nights they are with exH using my club card vouchers.

I figured I would feel like shit sitting at home surrounded with all there new things while they are not even there to play with them.

Oh and NDP will be joining me in my 4* luxury , but I think i might have done this even if I was alone and made and effort to meet up with some of my young single collegues.

Im looking forward to Christmas with the kids but every year I still feel sad that nothing has changed.

Especially new year, when I have to pretend im happy at 12 and try to feel full of hope that next year will be different...when in fact it will be just the same. Work will still piss me off, i'll still have zero social life and still wont meet anyone.

Might have to get drunk for a month!

I work Hogmany (New years eve) so I don't get tiem to be worried about being optimistic for the year ahead, I just look forward to my double time pay. Tend to bring in the bells near a portaloo trying to get sense out of a pissed 16yrold, either that or typing furiously.

I'm looking forward to Christmas. I don't have an xp to negotiate ds' time with so our Xmas is usually very relaxed. We stay at my Mum's. My middle sister usually stays Xmas eve then my oldest sister and BIL come for xmas day plus various other visitors.

I love NYE apart from the midnight bit. I find that quite awkward and usually slope off un-noticed for half an hour!!! I often spend NYE at a friend's house. There's usually about 10 of us plus children and we have a blast!!

If any of you not looking forward to it want some company and are near S Wales - come along to ours, the more the merrier!!!

Dreading both. First seperated Xmas. We are both seeing the kids first thing then I am taking them to my folks for lunch. New year I am on my own. Cant think of any reason to be cheerful about this at all!