Anyone else spending Thanksgiving alone?

I am. Intentionally. I’m not even going through the motions and making a microwave turkey dinner. I’ll probably find a Chinese restaurant that’s open and do that.

Not a fan of Thanksgiving through New Years anymore. They bring me down and it’s not even fair to go to a Friendsgiving and possibly bring them all down.

Well yeah and it will be awesome

It's official. OP can't have children

lol that is one of my favorite SNL characters; the first sketch can't be beat.

thanks for the laugh and the perspective.

I have health, a rent controlled apt. a paid off car, a job; friends; fun. Maybe I'll drive out to the beach tomorrow. I never do that.

OP, I'm sorry for your circumstances but you are not the only one spending the day alone. If there's one that's less offensive than the others I'd reconsider one of your Friendsgiving invitations. Yeah the overpriced dinner won't be ideal but at least you'd be with people and you can go through a drive-thru on the way home. From experience if you keep turning down the invitations eventually they'll stop coming so it might be worth it to go even if it's not exactly how you want to spend the day.

Next year maybe consider arranging your own Friendsgiving. Rather than go to a restaurant have everyone bring a dish or you could get catering from someplace. Or you could do a snack/appetizer style buffet table all day and invite people to drop by before or after their other plans. Have the parade or game on during the day or play holiday movies in the background. I have a friend who does this and he gets so many visitors throughout the day.

And there's plenty of things you can do on your own tomorrow. Take a drive, like you said. Go to a movie. Go shopping (there are some stores open though they mostly seem to be dollar type stores.) You could volunteer somewhere though I think food banks are usually overwhelmed with volunteers on Thanksgiving. And you can always come to Datalounge for company!

You had Tday invites but aren't going because you're a picky eater. And you might have to *gasp* meet new people! (Novel thought: Maybe even people you might really end up liking!)

You don't have to be alone tomorrow. At all. You chose to be alone. Which is cool. But I don't really get why you're complaining.

OP, have you ever considered doing Friendsgiving yourself? Do you have a place where you can have a few people over? You’d be in charge of the menu.

R7 place is too small

R6, you’re not being a bitch - I’m sorry you’ve got no place to go, that sucks.

I wrote I was ok… I am -but I’m lonely too. Two things can both be true. Sure, it’s possible I’d meet some nice people but money is super tight.

I’ll stay busy and the day will pass.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all

I am.

And I look Mah-vellous!

I hate Kelly Clarkson. I see she’s hosting the lighting of the Xmas tree at Rockefeller Center which is broadcasting on NBC. She has one expression on her face at all times and it’s stupid looking.

I spent Thanksgiving and Christmas alone for 20 years. Was dreary in a way, but I made a dish I liked, or an experiment, as a holiday dinner. No problem with no one else present, but nowhere to go with almost everything closed.

I received no friendsgiving invites. Parents live 1000 miles away. I'm seeing them for Christmas so it makes no sense to travel for Thanksgiving.

I'm eating alone. Today and tomorrow. I won't even be leaving the house.

"I have health, a rent controlled apt. a paid off car, a job; friends; fun..."

does anyone ever say, "good for you, OP! You're focusing on the positives in your life!"

Am alone and don't mind at all. Haven't really had a memorable Thanksgiving since 1998.

I'm alone. I'm OK with it. Not jumping for joy, but I prefer this to traveling or going to a friend's house.

One sibling who's no longer with us. Parents are long gone. Closest relative is a nonagenarian aunt; I did early Thanksgiving with her last month. Went to another Thanksgiving dinner at my local Senior Center last week. And I was invited to a friend's family Thanksgiving today, but I feel weird about going to someone else's family event. So alone today. Cooking a turkey breast in a slow cooker, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, Brussels sprouts.

R15. that's just how I feel; my bad if I didn't communicate that better.

Sure, I'd love to be with some people (not just anyone); and I'm fine being alone.

There ought to be a Thanksgiving movie about those underwhelmed by it. I was born on it.

[quote] Or you could do a snack/appetizer style buffet table all day and invite people to drop by before or after their other plans.

I do like this idea, and I've thought about it from time to time. Not sure I can carry it off. Not sure who would show. Just the ones I sorta kinda want but not really, or the ones I actually want to. But maybe next year, or maybe next Spring. Doesn't have to be around Thanksgiving I suppose.

[quote]I was invited to a friend's family Thanksgiving today, but I feel weird about going to someone else's family event.

A now ex-friend used to insist on my joining his family on Christmas day for dinner. He's one of these "everybody has to be together on the holidays" types. It was uncomfortable for me. It was uncomfortable for his sister-in-law. The second year, they bought me presents. I brought them desserts. I didn't want presents from people I never saw except on this one day out of the year. We broke up after a third time doing it. I couldn't get him to believe that someone would actually rather be alone on a holiday.

Today, two (other) friends and I went to a restaurant for a Thanksgiving buffet. It was expensive and not very good. Now I'm feeling sorry for myself because I spent a lot of money on crappy food. And the store was closed, so I couldn't even buy something I liked to eat tonight. I'll be over it by tomorrow.

With my partner. And he's the cook.

:)

Let’s list the positives of being alone on Thanksgiving:

- No politely feigning interest in the football games

- No politely sampling all the Thanksgiving dishes you don’t want

- No topical conversation landmines (politics, religion, family drama)

- No pretending to remember or feign interest in the spouses/friends/plus ones of the people you do know

- You can live in sweatpants all day

I like being alone on holidays -- get to avoid traffic, people, bad food, people, arguments, people, and, you know, people.

Avoiding people makes a holiday a special day.

Making Turkey Chili. Also watching football and the dog show . Bring alone on Christmas Day is worse !

It also saves money to be alone, not traveling.

I spent it listening to turkey stories,

I'm completely fine with it. My best friend invited me to have dinner with him and his husband but I am deathly allergic to cats which they have. However, they made me a pick up bag so I have that. Jokingly, we were going to face time when we ate...

No !

[quote]I'm pretty picky.

Imagine that.

[quote]but I am deathly allergic to cats which they have. However, they made me a pick up bag so I have that. Jokingly, we were going to face time when we ate...

They just wanted to watch your reaction to the cat hair surprise they put in the bag.

Oh yes

I spent it with my dog, my husband and brother died within the last few years and we used to have so much fun. The real drag of aging is being left behind.

The alternative ain't so great either, R32.

I’m solo and currently sitting in the common room of a country inn where there a lot of other people. I’m okay just eavesdropping on their conversations and reading DL. I thinks it satisfies some basic need to be near other people once in a while.

R33 You're right. It helps to remember the little things like my brother had a ritual on Christmas Eve of watching John Carpenter's The Thing. Not exactly festive but he loved that movie. Then it was my husband's turn and he would watch Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven. My choice was always Batman Returns. Good times.

Parents in nursing home , i am glad i am alone, had my total FILL of get togethers. Had a lovely Peacefilled day.

Op here; for those who were concerned about my being alone, I let a pal know I was stopping by a supermarket near where he lived to pick up dinner.

He had had breakfast and was meeting up with pals later so he had time to join me. Instead of getting something to go, I got something for there. A third friend ended up coming along and joined US.

It was a nice time.

Sometimes, it all works out.

Happy thanksgiving 🍁🦃🥧🍽️

First TG without my husband. We normally would be heading up to the Birkshires and have dinner with our friends at the Dorsett Inn in VT - a lovely time we looked forward to all year.....now he's gone and I'm all alone and my life sucks. I went from having the perfect life to none at all. Hang on to what you've got....because you never know when you're going to lose it. And unless someone has had this loss, they don't understand and will say the wrong things and not help - compounded by the fact that most straights, even "accepting" simply do not view it as the same....so there is little comfort. Sorry, but that was my Thanksgiving.

I accept you, r38. I'm sorry you're sad. But what else would you be? I'd be sad, too.

R38, you also lots the friends? Or did they go there without you and you just wanted to avoid them?

R37, so you ended up meeting at the supermarket?

I am. Just had huge falling out with my daughter . She is with my ex and his “girlfriend “ her daughter and her daughters girlfriend .

I just went on a long walk , looking at some families through lighted windows . I was thinking — oh yeah - they have young kids — how long will that marriage last.

I am at peace because I am sober, getting healthy and finalizing divorce and writing

Yes. But honestly I thought it was next Thursday.

I am. Me and my McRib. I’m estranged from most of my family. Fixing myself before it’s too late. I’m 110 days sober today. I’ve been watching the original Twilight Zone on Prime all day. I’m having a good time.

You are awesome, R44. I know how tough those first months can be. I'm rooting for you.

R45 thanks. That means a lot.

This is somehow the first Thanksgiving I've spent alone, at the age of 52 – and unlike a lot of people, I actually get along with almost my entire family, plus my parents are both still alive. I also had multiple Friendsgiving invites. Unfortunately – and despite my admitted good fortune in terms of friends & loved ones – I've been in a fairly severe depression for most of this year. I've chosen not to do anything basically because I don't want to ruin anyone's holiday with my melancholy.

Yep, alone here, too. I politely declined two invitations to dinner -will catch up with those friends next week - and it's just the dog* and me here at home. I got McDonald's delivery for dinner because, you know, I'm classy like that.

Happy late-in-the-day Thanksgiving, DL!

R41, yeah I went there to get something to go; a friend who invited me to a group thing I didn't want to attend lives near there; we met. I was going to get something to go but got it for there; he had something to drink; another friend bumped into us and joined us. we spent about two hours together.

it ended up being nice. I wasn't alone; didn't spend a lot; didn't hang with people who I didn't know or had met before and didn't feel I had much in common with.

Now. On to Christmas.

Better to be alone than to be accompanied badly.

[quote] I am. Me and my McRib. I’m estranged from most of my family. Fixing myself before it’s too late. I’m 110 days sober today. I’ve been watching the original Twilight Zone on Prime all day. I’m having a good time.

R44, not judging you, but are you estranged from family due to your past alcohol / drug use? Or is the estrangement due to other issues?

Congratulations, either way. I quit drinking in 2018. Glad you had a good time, today.

R48, McDonald’s sounds pretty amazing right about now. I attended a Thanksgiving potluck at a friend’s house with… mixed results. Ha.

Spill, R52!

Shit like THIS is why I would never EVER go to someone else's house for thanksgiving...

I ate a bowl of chili mac, it tasted like peace and freedom.

r54 How To Get Curb Stomped By My Entire Family on Thanksgiving: A Tutorial

R54 steaming the bird and serving other sh*t food...she's all yours. No love in that meal.

R54 - aw...I dunno. The food is crap, but it's his mom. Him filming her? That's mean.

Shove it up your ass

Time to resurrect this thread for 2024.

I spend it alone because I will not travel to Pittsburgh from New York for these holidays. When my mother was alive it was a chore - wherever Thanksgiving and Christmas was held. I have no desire to see these people, the only good thing was the food. Staying home in my pajamas having a rotisserie chicken and sweet potato is far preferable.

Picky eaters deserve to dine alone, i’m sorry

Yup, alone again. It's okay, I guess, as the rest of my life is good enough -- financially secure, good career, stuff like that. But I do wonder about the choices I made along the way to get here -- mostly bad choices that meant my getting involved with the wrong boyfriends ... because I was looking for glamour or other superficial qualities; I let the really good ones go by, and that's the biggest regret of my life.

will be by myself but never alone, my world is in my memory and that's just the way it is. so many don't even have that due to advancing illness and age.

Here's another "alone for Thanksgiving" thread.

Again, picky eaters deserve solitude at holidays

My bf dumped me about a month ago (he wants kids, I do not) and now I'm facing Thanksgiving alone.

I'll see my family for a bit and I'm going to a friend's place for a bit but I feel totally and utterly alone.

I used to think the only worse thing than being with people who didn't love me was being alone.

I had that wrong. Being alone is far better than being with people who don't love me. Or each other. Or themselves.

I miss As the World Turns on Wednesdays where Dr. Bob would make his Thanksgiving toast to family and friends.

The Hughes clan would always invite whatever newcomer to the show there was that year.

I accepted an invitation to a relatives home for this Thanksgiving. He's a second cousin that lives in South Jersey. I decided to go and experience a holiday dinner for a change of routine, I hadn't done so in at least 6-7 years. My concern is that I will not enjoy it due to a variety of reasons and that I will have regret afterwards.

Be sure to wear your red MAGA cap, R69.

And get ready for the all-night high fives, celebrating Trump's win.

R63, don't be so hard on yourself.

Having made some good financial choices is something to feel great about.

I've fallen for guys I 'shouldn't' have. Many said to me, "oh, date your pal Frank."

I couldn't imagine holding Frank's hand let alone eating out his ass.

The heart wants what it wants when it wants it.

I thought about reaching out to an old crush on his birthday last month but then I thought, no, don't. Whatever you felt is gone.

I think that's why we get so hung up on certain guys. We KNOW it's not going to work out, but we hold out that ridiculous 1% hope that it might.

It never does, of course.

R68 I have to agree. I also prefer being basically alone rather than being involved constantly in uncomfortable, demeaning or toxic relationship situations, whether it is friends or relatives.

Yes.

But I wanted it that way.

[quote] My concern is that I will not enjoy it due to a variety of reasons and that I will have regret afterwards.

With an attitude like that, it's no wonder you don't get many invitations.

Hire an escort for a couple hours. He probably doesn't want to be working on the holiday. Don't fuck him. Be pleasant.

R74 I actually get invitations at least twice a year, but I turn them down. I'm trying to keep an open mind for this year's dinner gathering, but if it was anything like the last one I attended, it will likely be my last one.

I would LOVE to spend Thanksgiving alone.

I'd go to the diner, sit at a booth, have an omelette as my Thanksgiving meal, and watch the cars go by. Then go home and take a nice long nap.

Instead I'm stuck with family AND I have to cook.

With a relative but I've already done a friendsgiving. I would definitely accept a Thanksgiving Day invite if I was alone and even easier to accept at a restaurant! Not a shut in!

I was invited to a friend's for Thanksgiving and at the last minute they cancelled and said they were going to someone else's house. So they invited me over for a Thanksgiving breakfast instead. Oh well. I'll do that and then I'll have my usual Marie Callender's turkey pot pie for dinner.

[quote] I would definitely accept a Thanksgiving Day invite if I was alone and even easier to accept at a restaurant! Not a shut in!

Why? I mean, any invite? Not just somebody you actually wanted to be with, just some neurotic fear of being alone?

[quote] Instead I'm stuck with family AND I have to cook.

R77, how about stopping that tradition, next year? Let somebody else take a turn. How can you be "stuck"? You're not in a prison.

Yes, it's going to snow all day so I'll be keeping warm, dry and cozy at home with my dog. I have all the fixings for veg chili which I prefer to turkey any day.

I'm sorry I haven't been invited anywhere, because Thanksgiving dinner is my favorite dinner all year.

[quote] I mean, any invite?

It'd be an invite I angled for. I don't know enough people for random offers. The hesitation would be intruding on a family group. I didn't mean to put down people who are comfortable on their own or to suggest I cannot face being alone. I would manage on my own.. I would also choose going to a good friend's house and deal with their family stuff. I know it's one day and a dumb holiday but I'd try to push myself a little to be social. Sometimes those moments with nice people you don't know well are ok.

I wouldn't mind going to a Friendsgiving, but I wouldn't want to show up at someone's usual family gathering. Hosts/hostesses actually call people "strays," which is really odd to describe people like that.

OP, I'll be attending a Thanksgiving with in-laws who still include me as family although my husband has passed. I always appreciate the invitation but there are times I'd rather not attend. I've been alone for Christmas Eve and Christmas; it wasn't depressing or dire. Please don't buy into all the commercialized sentimentality of these holidays. It's just another day.

I've heard the term strays in this context but not at every table would it be rubbed in your face?

I love ignoring the holidays, I feel as if I am getting away with something subversive.

I’m having second thoughts about staying home tomorrow. It felt like the right thing to do the time but I may call my sister in the morning and ask if she has room for one more at the table and if it’s ok to bring my dog.

It is just another day. We'll all be fine. I'm with the people who feel lonely. It's weird right, some people order their lives to never feel alone. I believe in you OP.

I'm alone this Thanksgiving too and I'm not happy about it. My plans got cancelled at the last minute. I'm envious of everyone who feels fine that they don't have to hang out with anyone but I still think it's pathetic that I don't have enough friends or acquaintances to be invited over for the holidays anymore. Everybody I know has left town or they simply haven't thought of inviting me.

Do it, R89. No harm. Could be a really nice time. I feel like people here get the holiday dilemmas/questions/hesitations so know you're not alone in whatever you do.

Yes, R89, do it!

Eh... my dad is a narcissist (undiagnosed NPD), my mom has both an attachment disorder and dementia. She's in memory care, but will be at dinner tomorrow - it might be the last Thanksgiving wither her. We're having dinner at my sister's house, whose son (my nephew) has fragile x autism. And my sister's marriage is in the rocks. Luckily I've had tons of therapy. So, thanksgiving alone would be nice. I had some wine and pizza alone tonight, it was nice

[quote] You could volunteer somewhere though I think food banks are usually overwhelmed with volunteers on Thanksgiving

Correct. Most charities actually get kind of annoyed by being flooded with volunteer requests by people trying to fill their time during major holidays when they struggle for funds and bodies the rest of the year.

I’m an only child, both parents long dead, no children, pets, or partner. I used to feel really ashamed of being alone on the big holidays, like it was an indictment of me as a person.

(Who knows, that may be true!)

But over time I’ve sort of, if not perfected the experience, at least honed it down to something I’m not drained by and that I don’t feel sorry for myself over.

I go to a hotel I like and I bring whatever strikes me as likely to hit the spot — sometimes that’s a particular food, other times it’s a book I want to disappear into, other times it’s soft clothing that feels good. Whatever. Maybe all three. The purpose is to ask myself what I want and, within my power and within reason, to let myself have it.

I’m a team of one. I can’t afford self sabotage.

R96 ❤️

Wishing you a very pleasant and kind Thanksgiving

I normally enjoy a Friendsgiving, but since my mother is getting older (she's 88) I'm going home tomorrow to the Midwest to spend it with her and my sister's family on Friday.

I hate travelling for Thanksgiving (especially to the cold and snowy Midwest), but I'm not sure how many Thanksgivings with my mom I will be able to enjoy--so I had better make the most of them while she's still compos mentis.

Love you r96. I also hope you have a great Thanksgiving.

Know that you are admired for your pluck.

I hate pluck.

Yes R96, good for you for taking care of yourself

Do what you want, feel as you do. I don't think Thanksgiving is just other day for Americans. That doesn't mean you can't be alone. Christmas Eve/Christmas Day are not "just another day" if you grew up at least somewhat christian. New Years Eve/New Years day are not just another day though its merely a notable calendar date(s). These are all socially and cultural important days. But as I said: do what you want, feel as you do.

[quote]Parents are gone.

LUCKY!

[quote] I'm sorry I haven't been invited anywhere, because Thanksgiving dinner is my favorite dinner all year.

You could always make your own "dinner for one."

Just buy a small turkey breast, a box of stuffing, instant mashed potatoes, a jar of gravy, and a can of cranberry.

Voila! An entire Thanksgiving meal made in under two hours, without a crushing load of food.

It's very easy.

My remaining family lives on the opposite coast, and I genuinely prefer to be alone if I can't be with them. The only exception being a "Jewish Christmas" type of celebration of a movie and a Chinese restaurant (or whatever cuisine) with a friend. Or a holiday Open House party but I don't know if people do those any more - more of a Christmas than Thanksgiving thing, I suppose.

Apologies in advance for bad grammar, etc., haven't had coffee yet and didn't sleep well.

I’m not spending it alone, but wouldn’t mind doing so at all No day is more special than any other, and thanksgiving is one of the more annoying holidays—-the compressed holiday period that makes airports a nightmare, the repetitive turkey and dressing dinners, and obligatory football.

When I first moved to NYC, my apartment building had a number of foreign people who worked at the UN. They were so curious about Thanksgiving so I would host Thanksgiving and bring them all together for a real holiday meal. It was an absolutely blast.

Although it’s been 20 years, and I now have a partner and live in a totally different part of the city, there is still one friend from that time (a gay from Ireland who used to work with the Irish Ambassador to the UN but is now retired) who still flies over this week to have Thanksgiving with us.

R107: Yours might be the best picture of a Thanksgiving celebration. In a holday that seems for many an obligation and a chore, one that becomes more laborious with every passing year, and one with a good measure of awkwardness and dread, you rethought the idea to make it someting meaningful for your and some friends, acquaintances, and maybe near strangers. That´s genuine generosity. That´s genuine welcoming. That´s genuine thankfulness. And that's a genuine celebration (with it seems rewards all around.) Well done.

Some of my favorite Thanksgivings were spent mostly on my own then going to a friend’s place just for three hours tops for a fairly simple dinner. She’d make a turkey breast, potatoes and a salad and I’d make a dessert. This spending the whole day with a big group of people is exhausting.

I'm not, but I wish I were. I got a last-minute invite from my dad and his evil S.O., who live two hours away. Since my dad is 88, I feel a need to go; this may be his last Thanksgiving. But his S.O. hates me (I've always been my dad's favorite daughter) and the feeling is more than mutual. I doubt if I'll get out of there without a screaming match started by the S.O. (during which my father will say nothing) and I'll probably have to run out the door before violence ensues, also started by the S.O.

Enjoy your day, solos!

[quote]instant mashed potatoes

ABSOLUTELY NOT

Be thankful that you don't have to deal with freeways and airports right now. Have another cup of coffee, put on the Macy's parade and count your blessings.

I never travel for Thanksgiving. Too much of a headache

I'm 55 and decided not to spend it with family. I've been in a deep depression for two months. I don't want to be a drag on the festivities. In addition they all voted for Trump and I don't want to hear their gloating and be the subject of their jabs. My life is a mess right now. They know it. I'm embarrassed and ashamed. Being alone is not great but I plan on watching old movies to get through the day.

maybe its pleasant in the subtropic regions of USA.

R114, sending you a virtual hug. Fix your life, one puzzle piece at a time.

R114 I'm sorry to hear you are down. Don't be ashamed. Almost everyone goes through messy periods or falls apart once or twice. But doesn't your family love you? Trump supporters can be kind and gracious, too.

I guess I see that r110, but honestly it just sounds like a stupid nightmare for everybody. Can you find a different day to visit him. Is the bitch ever out of the house?

I am and happily so. My siblings are away or with in-laws.

I have a turkey breast. Made cranberry sauce last evening. Will make dressing, mashed potatoes (will mash baked yams in them), and sautéed green beans and carrots. I have a pumpkin pie for dessert. Plenty of booze and cheese beforehand.

I love it. Get to eat when I want, watch what I want, and read to my heart's content.

And I'll dress nicely. I've already set the table with my Mom's wedding china, the silver, and these lovely long-stemmed glasses with gold rims. They were my grandmother's. I discovered them in the attic. They've been in boxes and wrapped in newspaper ever since she died in 1991. It's been a hoot reading the NYT from the fall of that year.

[quote]I never travel for Thanksgiving. Too much of a headache

When I lived in the US I almost always traveled then, but instead travelled from a week before Thanksgiving to a week or so after. It avoided the very busiest travel days and headaches and it was the start of having the last 6 weeks of the year off.

OMG R112, that is the stuff of nightmares!

[quote] instant mashed potatoes

[quote] ABSOLUTELY NOT

Instant mashed potatoes have come a long way.

Ore-Ida or Idahoan brands are really good.

My favorite is the applewood bacon flavored potatoes.

Yum!

[quote] I got a last-minute invite from my dad and his evil S.O., who live two hours away. Since my dad is 88, I feel a need to go; this may be his last Thanksgiving. But his S.O. hates me (I've always been my dad's favorite daughter) and the feeling is more than mutual. I doubt if I'll get out of there without a screaming match started by the S.O. (during which my father will say nothing) and I'll probably have to run out the door before violence ensues, also started by the S.O.

R110, stay home. Don't be a martyr.

Oh boo fucking hoo, OP. Your Thanksgiving will still be better than mine!

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! Treat yourself like your own best friend and favorite member of the family today.

We're never alone so long as we have each other and Datalounge.❤️

Happy Thanksgiving to you, donalds-worst-nightmare/R125

I know changing your mood may be a little difficult, OP. But, you could decide to celebrate yourself. Think of the things you like about yourself and those in your life who you love and who love you. Maybe text a friend you haven't spoken to in a while and plan a time to catch up on the phone or on FaceTime this weekend. Find a great old movie on TV and settle in with some snacks. Hell, eat a bunch of crap! Put on some foolish music and dance around your place. You are valuable, and intelligent and have the power to set your mind where you want it to go. Sending you peace!

A year later and not much has changed. The biggest thing is I've lost my job but I have a few months cushion for the first time in my life.

THAT is what I'm most grateful for. Along with my health and many of the things in my original post.

This year, I'm going out to a fancy restaurant with friends that fortunately has more than a pre-planned mass-produced meal that's over-priced. I'll be ordering off the menu and eating over-priced items of my choice!

It's interesting to read these responses. both recent and from a year ago and in between.

We all have a story. We all have our own ideas about what other people's stories are, influenced by our own backgrounds.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I tried watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles for the 1st time.

What a terrible movie. I lasted about 40 minutes.

Thank you, and to you, BonniePrinceCharlie R125. The NYC Hell's Kitchen imps and I are rejoicing that it is finally raining here!

How's by you?

Cheers!

Kinda agree " You chose to be alone. Which is cool. But I don't really get why you're complaining." Often those posting here, like Miss Pickey here, are't really worth knowing; they've made their own unhappiness and are dreary to know. This can be corrected. Get with it, OP..

I always do. Christmas I get hepped about.

R114 hope things get brighter for you soon. Happy Thanksgiving my friend.

First time spending Thanksgiving overseas. It’s any other Thursday here.

If I were in my own home like normal, I would end the day by having a wank in my own bathtub.

Happy Thanksgiving, OP. I'm sorry you're alone. I hope you had a peaceful one.💕

R122 Not too long ago I tried the Idahoan Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes and they're good.