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are you sure there is not some other reason you want to be alone on a day were it is customary to be around people who care about you?
maybe she is not your first choice?
I dunno... sitting around the house with her puppies and eating pizza sounds like a great agenda to me!! Plus from her other threads, she's not that close to this friend. It's not as if she is refusing to eat with her immediate family.
And... her puppies are family to her.
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Originally Posted by movin'on
I just want to be alone with my puppies and eat pizza. HELP! Thanks.
I dunno... sitting around the house with her puppies and eating pizza sounds like a great agenda to me!! Plus from her other threads, she's not that close to this friend. It's not as if she is refusing to eat with her immediate family.
And... her puppies are family to her.
Thank you Miu! It's a beautiful day here and the pups are chewing on their little twisties. I have a movie and a supreme pizza for later. Sometimes a person is better off being alone than with the wrong people.
I thought you were uninvited to Thanksgiving...your life is like a country song!
You really need to go if you already accepted the invitation...
Too late, Mrstewart, I already cancelled. I predicted in advance the guy who chooses to remain homeless would be there and I was right - drinking a beer this morning. I just don't want to spend a holiday with people who COULD have a roof over their head yet choose not to. And this is coming from someone who GETS homelessness. But I just don't get choosing the lifestyle.
Too late, Mrstewart, I already cancelled. I predicted in advance the guy who chooses to remain homeless would be there and I was right - drinking a beer this morning. I just don't want to spend a holiday with people who COULD have a roof over their head yet choose not to. And this is coming from someone who GETS homelessness. But I just don't get choosing the lifestyle.
I have never come up against this before.
You should not try to avoid someone who is "homeless."
I mean, even if they know better, and they GET homelessness...its still no reason to look away and not interact with your friends. I`m sure that being homeless is very hard (I could not possibly imagine...) I hope you enjoyed your pizza!
Thank you Miu! It's a beautiful day here and the pups are chewing on their little twisties. I have a movie and a supreme pizza for later. Sometimes a person is better off being alone than with the wrong people.
I spent the day with my dogs and my boyfriend. We are both so relieved not to have family within a day's drive and then be expected to fight the traffic to get to them for one day of massive eating. We will also ignore Black Friday sales also.
We work hard enough that Thanksgiving to us is a day of rest and personal indulgence. I love that my neighborhood is so quiet today... I wonder how long that will last!
While I'm not a fan of movin'on's posts, it doesn't sound like she was that close to the people she was supposed to spend Thanksgiving with. I say that it was no biggie that she cancelled. I suspect that she accepted the invitation because it was the expected and polite thing to do, but deep down she really didn't want to go. So she was happy spending the day at home with her puppies... and they were happy without her company. It's a win-win situation, especially since I think that she would have been slightly unhappy at this party.
While most people do enjoy the holidays in the company of family, friends and acquaintances, a crowded situation is not for everyone. And people like movin'on can actually feel worse when forced to try to be like everyone else. Just like in that thread about happy people. The holidays are full of fake happy people trying to live like a Norman Rockwell painting imo. And some of them cover up that fakeness with heavy gift buying, and indulged overeating and drinking. So let movin'on just be her independent self in peace.
So let movin'on just be her independent self in peace.
I hope she had a wonderful day with her dogs and pizza~ I really do!
What threw me off, was her thread she started not long ago, about "being uninvited." Then, she started this one?
Meh....who knows! I just hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Even the homeless guy!!"
You should not try to avoid someone who is "homeless."
I mean, even if they know better, and they GET homelessness...its still no reason to look away and not interact with your friends. I`m sure that being homeless is very hard (I could not possibly imagine...) I hope you enjoyed your pizza!
I don't try to avoid homelessness. Heck, I used to volunteer at a homeless shelter and might start teaching living skills to homeless youth. I only recently stopped volunteering at a food bank due to that whole H1N1 thing. I don't want to expose myself to certain contagions if I don't have to.
Having said this, I would not have felt like I "fit in" today with all of these people so why go?
When I was a kid, I was really shy. And my mom was always trying to push me into social situations. I hated that and it didn't help me feel less uncomfortable with people. But many years later, away from my mom and all on my own, I am finally very comfortable around people. And it's not that I like all people now, but I am able to find the ones I click with. When movin'on finds the right people to hang with, she'll really enjoy their company and want to spend time with them. Until then, she has her puppies... plus us to vent to.
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I just hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Even the homeless guy!!" 
