Home for the Holidays
With the holidays fast approaching, the focus tends not to be on what you actually have, but what you're missing. And that something is usually a significant other (lack thereof, actually). When you're with family, they tend to want to play catchup and the questions feel more like a federal interrogation. "what ya been up to?", "When you gettin' married?", "Where's your boyfriend?", "You've got a degree and you do what?", "What happened to that nice young man you were talkin' about last year?" As uncomfortable as those questions seem, the silence in waiting for your answer is worse. Your face starts to heat up, sweat breaks out on your brow and the only thing you think about is the quickest way to make your escape. These people have done nothing for you, yet your answer to them will either make or break your evening.
Well, have no fear, MSN has come up with this article to help you deal with the "Triple F" threat (forced family fun). When your recently work-released cousin asks you why you're not married yet, you'll now be equipped to say, "I'd planned on it, but your cell mate just stopped writing back." CLASSIC!! :-D
Enjoy your holidays, and don't let a little thing like being single stand in the way of having a good time. Look at the upside of things. No fights over whose family to go to first, where to end off your night and how long to stay at each home. No awkward introductions and explanations on how you met and those "protective" comments and gestures from family towards your boyfriend/girlfriend. No fights about the best friend that's "like a sister/brother," who they HAVE to stop by and see cuz it's "tradition." No risk of being called by an ex's name. None of that nonsense. You can go out, see who you wanna see and top the night off by shaking your tailfeather at the club, actin' a fool with your friends.
Don't get me wrong, there are things to look forward to, not all family gatherings have to end in you hiding from the creepy cousin that wants to sleep with you or some drunken unveiling of a family secret about your true paternity. For instance, Thanksgiving. There's the food (I, for one, have a diet to start...Monday the 28th), football, lounging and just hanging out and having fun. I'm looking forward to hanging out with my cousin Raechelle and seeing my Auntie Lisa and her HANDSOME little boy Josh and seeing my cousin Rex, the kid who stole my birthday from me. Raechelle's a caterer and she's got a red velvet cake with my name written ALL OVER it (I'm exCITED!!). It's a time to enjoy your family and look back on all you have to be thankful for.
We've only just begun, Thanksgiving hasn't hit yet, so get ready for the whirlwind. The only advice I have is that you enjoy and embrace the days we have from now til New Year's and look for someone to kiss when the clock strikes 12.
Nothin' like bein' home for the holidays...
Well, have no fear, MSN has come up with this article to help you deal with the "Triple F" threat (forced family fun). When your recently work-released cousin asks you why you're not married yet, you'll now be equipped to say, "I'd planned on it, but your cell mate just stopped writing back." CLASSIC!! :-D
Enjoy your holidays, and don't let a little thing like being single stand in the way of having a good time. Look at the upside of things. No fights over whose family to go to first, where to end off your night and how long to stay at each home. No awkward introductions and explanations on how you met and those "protective" comments and gestures from family towards your boyfriend/girlfriend. No fights about the best friend that's "like a sister/brother," who they HAVE to stop by and see cuz it's "tradition." No risk of being called by an ex's name. None of that nonsense. You can go out, see who you wanna see and top the night off by shaking your tailfeather at the club, actin' a fool with your friends.
Don't get me wrong, there are things to look forward to, not all family gatherings have to end in you hiding from the creepy cousin that wants to sleep with you or some drunken unveiling of a family secret about your true paternity. For instance, Thanksgiving. There's the food (I, for one, have a diet to start...Monday the 28th), football, lounging and just hanging out and having fun. I'm looking forward to hanging out with my cousin Raechelle and seeing my Auntie Lisa and her HANDSOME little boy Josh and seeing my cousin Rex, the kid who stole my birthday from me. Raechelle's a caterer and she's got a red velvet cake with my name written ALL OVER it (I'm exCITED!!). It's a time to enjoy your family and look back on all you have to be thankful for.
We've only just begun, Thanksgiving hasn't hit yet, so get ready for the whirlwind. The only advice I have is that you enjoy and embrace the days we have from now til New Year's and look for someone to kiss when the clock strikes 12.
Nothin' like bein' home for the holidays...
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