Christmas "get if off your chest" thread.

MarilynMonroe_2

Just a tip for future rants, use lots of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! randomly and some CAPITALS now and then

CAPITALS and !!!!! together works!

xxxxx hope you had a good xmas regardless

KxMx

Well yet another year of none of the rest of the family bothering with me & Mum, no-one called round, asked what we were doing or invited us anywhere. Seeing as we are the only ones with no car I do find it insulting, we can't get to them and they won't make the effort to come here. They just forget about us and carry on celebrating together. And actually I am long term sick right now so I do need them to come here. Even asking what we had planned would have been nice but they just do not bother.

The sad thing is they are all I have, I cannot even look forward to making my own family since I will not be having children and as for finding a man well how ridiculous that sounds right now. I see a succession of lonely christmases with Mum putting on a false front that I am having a great time really, despite this xmas being exactly like the last 10. If I am better by next xmas then I will have a meal with Mum and then spend some of the day volunteering somewhere since it's too depressing the way things are now.

Nan & Aunt have come into town centre one morning the last 2 weeks running (both times they said they would come here and then changed plans), so I haven't even seen anyone apart from Mum over the holidays. Due to the illness I can no longer meet them in town, although it was suggested I meet them for lunch this friday past. I'm afraid dragging myself from my bed and sitting there with a glass of water while they all tucked into a hot lunch did not appeal. Having not eaten anything for over 12 hours previous which is what it would have involved to meet them.

They say end of this week but we shall see...

2012ismyyear

KxMx wrote: »

Well yet another year of none of the rest of the family bothering with me & Mum, no-one called round, asked what we were doing or invited us anywhere. Seeing as we are the only ones with no car I do find it insulting, we can't get to them and they won't make the effort to come here. They just forget about us and carry on celebrating together. And actually I am long term sick right now so I do need them to come here. Even asking what we had planned would have been nice but they just do not bother.

Nan & Aunt have come into town centre one morning the last 2 weeks running (both times they said they would come here and then changed plans), so I haven't even seen anyone apart from Mum over the holidays. Due to the illness I can no longer meet them in town, although it was suggested I meet them for lunch this friday past. I'm afraid dragging myself from my bed and sitting there with a glass of water while they all tucked into a hot lunch did not appeal. Having not eaten anything for over 12 hours previous which is what it would have involved to meet them.

They say end of this week but we shall see...

That is so rubbish xmas is about family and everyone should be involved! If you can't get to them they should come to you, I always make sure that we see everyone at christmas and spend plenty of time with them xx

freeoffers

Barneysmom wrote: »

Look, what's the point of having all this bad stuff inside and not letting them out?

This is a rant.

Right, Christmas Eve my sis came with her hubby, and 3 children.
I did a stew and dumplings which they ate, some strawberry milk shakes for the kids, then rice pudding and custard.

So that's 5 plus hubby and me.


Today I had DD and boyfriend, mom and dad, plus 2 friends with their son.
I did a big buffet, roast beef, roast pork, turkey, pork pie, salad, baked spuds with garlic butter, roast veg, etc etc 2 different desserts, drinks.

So that's 9 plus hubby and me.

How many people offered to help lay the table, or help clear it after?
None. Not a flipping one of the bone idle lot. Didn't even put a plate by the sink.
Meanwhile there's me and my seriously ill hubby chasing round and waiting on them like a pair of feccin idiots.

Never again.

Pah.
Tomorrow DH's dad's coming.
Wednesday my br his wife and their 3 boys are coming.
Plus another 2 friends.

We'll see who helps.

Seems like you were busy. Maybe you should have invited me. As soon as I got to my sister's I started helping her with the salad, peeling veg and also whatever else she wanted.

Its not always easy, being in the kitchen with another cook but she isn't my slave and she appreciated the help.

We put away our plates too and even the kids helped. Would have been nice if people had offered you help but like you say, next year is a no-no.

Kili

Great thread, and just what I need......

I wanted a Kindle for Christmas, not a huge ask, but I know money is tight at the moment. Imagine my little face on Christmas morning when OH has bought me a kindle. I was over the moon. He tells me its a joint gift from him and our teenage children (who I believe have contributed £40 to this as that was the amount they spent on him).
I open a card from my Mum In Law and it's got £40 in! Great, I can buy a nice case to protect my pride and joy? Well no, because OH says he needs that money to pay towards the Kindle..... I'm a bit disheartened at this but I hand it over and work out that if the kids paid £40 and I just gave him £40 he paid £9.

Having spent 36 marvellous hours with my new toy happily reading I realise that there is a way you can put your own screen savers on and I mention this to OH. He has a look and says its complex. I tell him to leave it. He doesn't.

My beautiful new Kindle is now firmly bricked in a 'developer' screen which wont turn on or off. It can't go back because you aren't even supposed to access that menu apparently and OH can't fix it. I am gutted. Did he say sorry? Offer to replace it? Did he !!!!.

I have spent most of the night in floods of tears, he's not apologised and there is no way I can afford to replace it myself. I am gutted beyond belief.

jillymit

Oh no :eek:
Wait till morning Kili and then post on the Tech board. Someone really clever is sure to know what to do to fix your new Kindle.

runningwoman

Drank a bottle and a half of green ginger wine mixed with water and sugar, like chav mulled wine. It was jolly lovely.

BUT APPARENTLY IT HAS A LAXATIVE EFFECT BECAUSE ITS MADE WITH LOTS OF RAISINS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. UNTIL ABOUT 2 ON BOXING DAY MORNING.

(note to self - never drink green ginger wine on a first date)

Kili

jillymit wrote: »

Oh no :eek:
Wait till morning Kili and then post on the Tech board. Someone really clever is sure to know what to do to fix your new Kindle.

I've scoured the internet (he's in bed happily snoring) and there is no fix, its bricked. The screen is frozen and the computer wont recognise it. As hard as I'd prayed for a fix I know its not going to come.

I've drank myself half a bottle of rum and I'm feeling extra sorry for myself. Just had to cancel my Amazon order for a case with the few pounds my Mum gave me and I'm resigned to the fact that it will be thrown in the back of the cupboard now never to see light of day again.

I'd asked him to leave it, twice in fact, but no doubt tomorrow this will be my fault.

merlot123

Kili wrote: »

Great thread, and just what I need......

I wanted a Kindle for Christmas, not a huge ask, but I know money is tight at the moment. Imagine my little face on Christmas morning when OH has bought me a kindle. I was over the moon. He tells me its a joint gift from him and our teenage children (who I believe have contributed £40 to this as that was the amount they spent on him).
I open a card from my Mum In Law and it's got £40 in! Great, I can buy a nice case to protect my pride and joy? Well no, because OH says he needs that money to pay towards the Kindle..... I'm a bit disheartened at this but I hand it over and work out that if the kids paid £40 and I just gave him £40 he paid £9.

Having spent 36 marvellous hours with my new toy happily reading I realise that there is a way you can put your own screen savers on and I mention this to OH. He has a look and says its complex. I tell him to leave it. He doesn't.

My beautiful new Kindle is now firmly bricked in a 'developer' screen which wont turn on or off. It can't go back because you aren't even supposed to access that menu apparently and OH can't fix it. I am gutted. Did he say sorry? Offer to replace it? Did he !!!!.

I have spent most of the night in floods of tears, he's not apologised and there is no way I can afford to replace it myself. I am gutted beyond belief.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_kin_200504350_trub_frzn?nodeId=200504350#screen

If this fails to help, get intouch with amazon, they are excellent with the customer service, they may well exchange it for you, they did exchange my friends when her screen froze.

hth

merlot123

Aimless

Amazon are good with Kindles, obviously with no Kindle, they can't sell you any Kindle books, so definitely worth talking to them. My Nan's had about 3 replacements for hers.