Who else will sit alone in an empty house this Thanksgiving?

visit a homeless shelter or an elderly home and help out. youll have plenty to be thankful of.

Why won´t one of your kids invite you for Thanksgiving? Hell a bus ticket is cheap.

been there, hate the holidays, man.

maybe ill see you on glp

Ditto. No kids, have family butI was ´disowned´. Would rather spend the day alone than imposing on some friends family.

I´m sorry to hear that, loneliest. My Mom & Dad don´t "do" the holidays anymore. Too stressful for them. None of my siblings live in my town. My hubbys family lives in this town, but they´re all assholes, lol!

So this will be our third annual Thanksgiving camping trip. We take a ham, the weather is always cool. It´s wonderful. We appreciate what we´re really thankful for. Wish you could come with us.

i´ve spent a few thanksgivings alone before...

it´s nice. i enjoyed it quite a bit.

rent some movies. get a couple bottles of red wine, take some mushrooms, and there you have it.

a perfect feast.

and in my case, so much better than seeing the family i don´t like or don´t even know at this point.

have a good one OP.

Lonliest, I am being a bitch this year and have made the choice to forgo all holidays. Of course, that´s different from being alone against your wishes. Maybe you can volunteer at a soup kitchen for the homeless, etc. if you really don´t want to be alone.

this year i am planning to.


in the past i ve spent it with friends and family. while i appreciated them for feeding me, i was very uncomfortable being around everyone. Im telling everyone that im allergic to people, in hopes that they wont try to include me this year.


in finding myself this year i have found that i like to be alone.

i dont mind brief encounters. as long as they stay that way. lol


no people no drama except what i make.

See, I told ya that you´d like me Wasteland! *SEG*

to brief encounters!

I´d trade places with you. I´d love to be home all alone, with a quiet peaceful day to myself, maybe take a stroll in the park. Instead I have to be polite and accept the invitations of well-meaning relatives, and sit through the tedium of a day with people I really have nothing to say to.

My wife and I got sick and tired of the tug of war between our families over thanksgiving. We tried inviting them to our house but that was somehow unaceptable.
So 3 years ago we stopped going and now it´s just us and our kids.
It´s a lot better this way. No getting up early to get ready or sitting in traffic for hours and then dodging the drunks on the way home.

That is so sad! I know, been there, done that. My recently seperated wife had the kids just 5 miles away.

You can be alone and not be lonely...Look at all of life and see the unity.

Im kinda looking forward to thanksgiving this year. Dad has passed away (unfortunatly)and mom will be in Florida, so its just me and the sibs and our spouses and kids.

Each bringing a fat sack to share, some good eats...sounds very relaxing for a change.

If anyone is near Chicago or the Chicago area, you are welcome to share Thanksgiving dinner with my family at my Mom´s(I get to do the turkeys again this year).

Well I´m changing jobs next week and my wife and kids will be traveling without me.

Ahhh, sad! I ate Christmas dinner at Dennys one year, it was so depressing! I agree with the above poster who suggested a nursing home or shelter. One year my kids were gone to CA with their dad for X-Mas, and a couple of friend and I
baked cookies and collected gifts for a womens and childrens shelter and took them there. That was actually a wonderful Christmas!

I´ve been alone and not-alone. There really is no difference. Being with people just to be with them doesn´t make anyone not-alone. We all are alone. Being in a group or crowd is an illusion. You will be OK, and if you cherish the day and cherish your Self you will actually have fun!You get to spend a day thanking your Self for your life. If you choose. It is just your time to have yourself all to yourself. And we´re with you energetically anyway.
love to you

I´ll probably be here with the rest of you... :P

Cinnamon, that is SO sweet! Bless you!

Lonliest, family gathgerings are WAY overrated. Be glad of the peace and few obligations. Don´t let one day make you feel shittier than the previous day...there´s no real difference.

I wish I was spending Thanksgiving alone....but I guess I can´t pretend I have the flu EVERY year!

Anyone in the Houston area that wants to come hang out at my house, you´re more than welcome.
It´s very laid back, plenty to eat and drink. Football on the tube and a fire on the back porch.

:) lisa

lol Ab stop following me!!

That´s very sweet, Lisa! I´m way up north in the Tomball/Magnolia area. I appreciate it, though.

What´s so frustrating is how all year I make so many friends and stuff, but when the holidays come around, one by one, they disappear, and never even say why.

Fire on the back porch? Hmmmm.... Our neighbor had one of those last week, and there were 2 fire trucks and an aid car blocking our driveway for an hour.

I think the programming is what makes us feel depressed during the holidays.....The big family sitting around the table with a picture perfect turkey being carved.....I get along with the family & relatives, but my most memorable holidays were doing something different & alone....hiking, climbing,etc....

I politely decline invitations to big holiday get togethers....people seem to try too hard to fit into that picture perfect script....I know when these events are over, I feel relieved....

You can have a nice alternative holiday....

Ummm, I think my post precedes yours Wasteland. *TAG* You´re it!

More microwave turkey for me.

when the holidays appear the friends dissappear and do not say why?


um maybe they have a family and are visiting with them?


or did you mean that in the following year you do not see them again?

I am just the opposite of most. The closer it gets to the holidays, I practically invite anyone I hear say I will be alone. Even customers here at the store. Never had anyone take me up on it yet though. Maybe they are afraid to eat with a crazy lady! hheheheh