I have no where to go this Thanksgiving - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Slyboots · 11-23-2005, 02:55 PM

My mother has decided to leave the country for the rest of the week to visit my grandparents. This just leaves my sister and I at home. I'd go to my other family member for thanksgiving but they all seem to be going to my aunt’s house in California City. Now I love my family but I am not going to drive for a few hours to see them. I was thinking of waiting for my uncle to hang out with me after work. Maybe go off to a strip club or something but then again, he is a very depressing individual. I could join some of my college buddies and their families for thanksgiving but I don’t want to be a burden. My final plan would be to go to Denny’s and have dinner with my sister. It would be a great time to bond together since we don’t get along...then again, we might just want to stay home and do nothing. She is a very boring child. Anyways I guess it will be fast food for me!

Slyboots · 11-23-2005, 04:18 PM

Well it looks like my sister is going to be joining the rest of the family at california city. That means I'm going to be on my own!

hambone · 11-23-2005, 04:27 PM

A few hours drive is too much to go spend a holiday with your family? If I had the money, I would be flying home for thanksgiving.

It is your own choice.

maleficent · 11-23-2005, 04:28 PM

go with your sister... spend the time in the car getting to know her.

World's King · 11-23-2005, 04:34 PM

A few bottles of wine and a 19yr old Thai hooker.

That's my only answer.

snowy · 11-23-2005, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maleficent

go with your sister... spend the time in the car getting to know her.

I'm with mal. I'm traveling 5 hours by train this weekend to go see my family for a belated holiday. Is it worth it? Absolutely. I get to see my brother, my parents, all my cousins, and my uncle--as well as my newest family member, my little baby cousin.

It's your choice to stay home.

cj2112 · 11-23-2005, 05:35 PM

Volunteer at the local soup kitchen....it's sure to change your perspective

joeyaz · 11-23-2005, 06:02 PM

I'm sorta in the same boat..no where to really go this holiday I don't want to be a burden on anyone, my mom is going to her boyfriends so....some friends are going to get together and play some football in the morning then I'll prob come home and watch some football with a few brews

alansmithee · 11-23-2005, 11:57 PM

Honestly, I think if it was so important to see family, people would do it more than during holidays. I say take the day off and just relax and enjoy yourself. Rent some movies, play video games, catch up on reading, workout, whatever you can do to relax, just do it.

cyrnel · 11-24-2005, 12:09 AM

There's nothing wrong with a few relative-free-holidays, especially if you're between the mandatory attendance years and deciding what you want to do. Think about what's important to you. Telephone them with short happy TG wishes. Do something entirely outside your normal pattern. Enjoy the time.

11-23-2005, 02:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Slyboots Tilted Location: Newbury Park, California	I have no where to go this Thanksgiving My mother has decided to leave the country for the rest of the week to visit my grandparents. This just leaves my sister and I at home. I'd go to my other family member for thanksgiving but they all seem to be going to my aunt’s house in California City. Now I love my family but I am not going to drive for a few hours to see them. I was thinking of waiting for my uncle to hang out with me after work. Maybe go off to a strip club or something but then again, he is a very depressing individual. I could join some of my college buddies and their families for thanksgiving but I don’t want to be a burden. My final plan would be to go to Denny’s and have dinner with my sister. It would be a great time to bond together since we don’t get along...then again, we might just want to stay home and do nothing. She is a very boring child. Anyways I guess it will be fast food for me! __________________ "Ah, yes, divorce......., from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." -- Robin Williams

11-23-2005, 04:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Slyboots Tilted Location: Newbury Park, California	Well it looks like my sister is going to be joining the rest of the family at california city. That means I'm going to be on my own! __________________ "Ah, yes, divorce......., from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." -- Robin Williams

11-23-2005, 04:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
hambone Zeroed In Location: CA	A few hours drive is too much to go spend a holiday with your family? If I had the money, I would be flying home for thanksgiving. It is your own choice. __________________ "Like liquid white from fallen glass, Nothing to cry over"

11-23-2005, 04:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	go with your sister... spend the time in the car getting to know her. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

11-23-2005, 04:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	A few bottles of wine and a 19yr old Thai hooker. That's my only answer. __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

11-23-2005, 05:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
cj2112 Unbelievable Location: Grants Pass OR	Volunteer at the local soup kitchen....it's sure to change your perspective

11-23-2005, 06:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
joeyaz Tilted Location: Az	I'm sorta in the same boat..no where to really go this holiday I don't want to be a burden on anyone, my mom is going to her boyfriends so....some friends are going to get together and play some football in the morning then I'll prob come home and watch some football with a few brews

11-23-2005, 11:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
alansmithee Junkie	Honestly, I think if it was so important to see family, people would do it more than during holidays. I say take the day off and just relax and enjoy yourself. Rent some movies, play video games, catch up on reading, workout, whatever you can do to relax, just do it.

11-24-2005, 12:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	There's nothing wrong with a few relative-free-holidays, especially if you're between the mandatory attendance years and deciding what you want to do. Think about what's important to you. Telephone them with short happy TG wishes. Do something entirely outside your normal pattern. Enjoy the time. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195