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@Shaz51 hey Shazzy, enjoy a great Christmas. Nice to see you. Take care. @rav3n hey Rav3n ,so good to see you. I am okayish. Will be going to a friend's house for Christmas. Take care

@Shaz51 that is a lovely Christmas feast planed! Are the kids coming home with the grandkids?

We are having a quiet one just us 4 and my parents and the doggy of course.

I plan to make beed empanadas with salad and prawns on the side. We won't eat too much. And then pavlova for dessert. It's my mum's favourite.

I hope all is well and we can have a peaceful Christmas eve..then on the 25th we go to Mudgee for a few days.

This Christmas feels less festive. I think the economy is getting to everyone. Even the neighbours who usually put lots of Christmas lights displays have done nothing this year. It feels strange.

@PeppyPatti I know what you mean about feeling every feeling. These interactions can leave us drained. I hope you feel better soon and that you take time to self heal. Sending you 🫂 hugs xx

• I bothered reaching out, I bothered but no all my physical support is on holidays
• I get told that I pushed in line at the department store
• My best friends beeping mother tells me not to laugh, at all, that it's annoying, that it's loud, that I'm not thinking of others when I laugh.

I hate Christmas, I hate Santa and I want this entire year to be over and that I can run away from this entire... everything!

@PeppyPatti going cheap sounds smart, this month always tries to drain my back account!! oh gosh that's terrifying about the $300 item... yikes!! love your optimism and spirit despite that 💛

@Meowmy hope you have fun at your friend's house! sending you some love and positive energy too 💛

Hello 😊 my sister @Healandlove

Only one of the kids are coming with one grandson

And MIL, SIL and BIL and son inlaw

So 7 of us 😊 now

Yes, my husband has only put up the fairy lights in the house for the grandson and a present for him and that's it this Christmas

Hope you few days away will be good and relaxing xxx

hey @avant-garde i'm sorry to hear you were treated this way, it must've been so frustrating!! you did not deserve this. and i hate when people judge a laugh!! my sister and i have odd and loud laughs so we've heard similar comments before... we just end up laughing harder and louder.

is there anything you're doing for yourself this holiday? you deserve to treat yourself!!

@rav3n maybe order in... avoid the world... I helped a guy start his car... my car has some kick, she is small and mighty... going swimming tomorrow... should try my new bathers on...

Aww Sweetheart @Healandlove I'm fine.

I'm working hard not feeling guilty not running around and doing the dishes 🦜😁🌱 or doing other household things . .......

I like hearing what you are doing for Christmas all going to (??) Mudgee I think you wrote......

My new husband said something I credibly insightful about me today ---- is this marriage thing really workable after all ? Can he speak things about me which I need to process are completely true ??

He says " look, just tell me what you want for your Christmas presents. We can buy them today. I know what your like when you get into one of your weird moves , you have these crazy things you pull out of the bag to prove I'm not good enough like you keeping the electricity and gas bills from me then you'lle show all of them just to prove something ......."

Damn. It's my vice.

@Bill16 @MTJ @ TAB

@Oaktree @avant-garde @Faith-and-Hope @Appleblossom @Healandlove @avant-garde @rav3n @Glisten @ENKELI @Meowmy @Tilz @rav3n @Shaz51

@PeppyPatti was it confronting hearing those things from.your husband? I think it's really good that he is being opened and expressing what it is like for him. Are you ok though? Did you choose a Christmas gift for him to buy?

Yes I'm.hoping the trip goes well. 2.5hr with 2 kids, a dog, easily triggered husband that's learning emotional regulation and a dog.

This time of year is sensitive 🥺 because we used to spend Christmas day with my sister and her family. Due to the family estrangement we can't do that anymore. My way of coping with it was to travel on the 25th each year to be away from Sydney and I guess the memories. It also gives us 4 time away as a family. I love spending time with the kids and playing board games. They are usually very happy spending time in the pool. I hope to get some reading done! Have so many books to catch up on!

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