All you can do is be true to yourself and treat people right. You can't control what others do.

Holidays are a good time to gauge what others are like. You're learning what your potential inlaws will be like.

From me you're going to get a "Merry Christmas"!

Seriously too, a Merry Christmas to all of the other inhabitants of CA. You've been a wonderful source of encouragement to me over this past year and have helped me keep a good perspective on things.



> fuckers -nt-
>
> No seriously, I hope yours is better than mine. My girlfriend told me tonight
> that her mom and sister want me NOT to be there for christmas because they've
> always been together as a family for christmas. Gotta love the family of the
> woman I wanna spend the rest of my life with, I can feel the love, a big warm
> welcome with open arms after over 8 months spent loving one of them. That's
> sarcasm yeah...
>
> She told me that on messenger saying she'd want me to be there anyway. I replied
> that this pissed me off and that I don't want to see their face after such a
> thing. She started crying, her mom got in her room and read all what I said. To
> calm down her daughter, she called me giving me all that "I'm sorry, I made a
> mistake, you're important for my daughter so I want you to know it's important
> for us that you be there" yadadada etc bullshit. God I love my girlfriend but I
> can't say the same for her family, nothing is perfect eh.
>
> Meanwhile, my parents are expecting to see both of us tonight. They even got a
> present for my girlfriend. They're nice people, making her feel at home the way
> they can even though they're poor. I feel like they're the complete opposite of
> my gf parents.
>
> Talk about yet another fucked up xmas. I'll probably spent it all alone, here,
> thinking that again this year, I hate xmas.
>
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