Bah Humbug!

[mrsbrown]

Why can't christmas be like it was when I was a kid?

Where are the cool presents, the singing, the candlelight, and the people who are interested in me and what I have to say?

Please, if you want to give me a gift, make it something that reflects who I am - even chocolate is better than perfume or soap! If you can't manage that, don't give me anything!

And don't watch TV while I'm trying to socialise with you. Or get angry with me because I failed to see that it is reasonable to put my daughter in an out of the way room, in front of a kids TV program, at a party ..on a nice day.

And why am I the only person who didn't have to bring any food? Is there some social nuance I'm missing when I take them literally after I ask if there's anything I need to bring?

Comments

[mishymoocow-2.livejournal.com]

For adults, Christmas is always going to be more fraught than for kids. We have higher expectations and more responsibilities. Responsibilities are usually un-fun making. We can't run away from the boring adults and play in the sprinkler anymore either.

As a kid you think you'll *die* if you don't get X, but when you don't you're usually kinda-ok with Y instead.

Presents that completely fail to get the Unique-and-Spirited-Woman-That-I-Am are necessarily painful, but i think they only really hurt when we're feeling NOT-SEEN in other areas of our life. Otherwise we just laugh and think, "Wow, how clueless was that as a gift for me... oh well."

I hope you will be seen and understood and loved for exactly who you are.

OF course, there is always the remote possibility that your hygeine standards have slipped below those normally pertaining in our society? Perhaps your loved ones are hinting?? (Not likely, but I guess it's worth checking???) :0P