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diabeticman

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8. NO you aren't getting what my wife is saying. LOOK at our society today. You either are wealthy

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 12:43 AM

Nov 2012

enough to enjoy the "holiday" or you need to work make others "holiday" special. How about respecting others enough that people don't have to worry about working Black Friday. How about no one be forced to work a $8 an hour job on a day when families are "suppose" to be together because IF THEY DON"T WORK IT THEY COULD BE FIRED because their employer looks at it as a another business day.

As for being together as a family--The saying is you can't pick your relatives. IF you are lucky enough that you don't have to be around relatives that don't push your buttons you must be a very lucky person.

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My wife: Should we rethink Thanksgiving as a holiday? [View all] diabeticman Nov 2012 OP

It wasn't always this way. We weren't always a maniacally consumeristic culture. NYC_SKP Nov 2012 #1

As do I. xxqqqzme Nov 2012 #5

+1 n/t DanM Nov 2013 #62

I'll take the paid holiday. demosincebirth Nov 2012 #2

+1 Johonny Nov 2012 #46

I respectfully disagree Samjm Nov 2012 #3

Could not have been said any better............eom mrmpa Nov 2012 #6

Agreed. n/t DanM Nov 2013 #63

My thoughts precisely as I read the OP. . . Journeyman Nov 2012 #14

Really nice post. Union Scribe Nov 2012 #15

+1 stklurker Nov 2012 #28

I agree, though we do have a Wii, Playstation & BluRay player. stopbush Nov 2012 #35

LOL! Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #55

Go Giants! stopbush Nov 2012 #56

Well said. And I think the problem starts with the concept of "must have" item. Squinch Nov 2012 #52

You must be a real downer to be around. former9thward Nov 2012 #4

NO you aren't getting what my wife is saying. LOOK at our society today. You either are wealthy diabeticman Nov 2012 #8

I'ts part luck and part love. And I mean really love. nolabear Nov 2012 #11

I understand what your wife has written JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #29

+1 n/t DanM Nov 2013 #61

That's not Thanksgiving at my house frazzled Nov 2012 #7

I feel the same way. Even in tough times, Thanksgiving OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2012 #19

+1 DanM Nov 2013 #64

I think you should celebrate Thanksgiving like YOUR FAMILY wants to, and stop worrying Lex Nov 2012 #9

Kind of a nice thought BUT when you have friends and family whose seats are empty because they diabeticman Nov 2012 #10

I don't get this Samjm Nov 2012 #17

I work most holidays. we do Christmas on the nearest day off loli phabay Nov 2012 #24

I enjoy getting together with my family ibegurpard Nov 2012 #12

Same here. A very happy, stress-free time for my family to relax. n/t FSogol Nov 2012 #36

My extended family, we enjoy each other's company. Aristus Nov 2012 #13

2004 we said no politics. actually, my very mellow, sorely disappoint repug hubby that was sure seabeyond Nov 2012 #38

Isn't it the least commercialised holiday of them all? Ron Obvious Nov 2012 #16

Congrats! I know that feeling. Rather my wife does. About 18 months ago she was in a simular diabeticman Nov 2012 #21

I think it's nice of you to be concerned about others who are stuck working. Michigan Alum Nov 2012 #18

when thnaksgiving is here, that is what our hosue is. anyone that does not have a place to go, are seabeyond Nov 2012 #40

After Thanksgiving, we aways have "thanks a lot" OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2012 #20

I hide in the house on Black Friday. People are fucking nuts. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #22

I enjoy Thanksgiving brokechris Nov 2012 #23

It's not Thanksgiving's fault for the Black Friday madness. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #25

Correct. It is also not Thanksgivings' fault that many families can't or won't get along together. FSogol Nov 2012 #37

Exactly. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #43

One of my most memorable Thanksgivings was spent serving and eating dinner Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #26

Celebrating a holiday is always optional slackmaster Nov 2012 #27

I answered on another post you had in this thread JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #30

true that, as i did just what you said, below. and maybe it is as much to point out to the OP that seabeyond Nov 2012 #32

we really do create our own. now granted, i am seeing in laws, and they are hard for me. seabeyond Nov 2012 #31

Your wife writes and punctuates exactly like you ksoze Nov 2012 #33

I enjoy Thanksgiving. If people spend their time traveling & arguing, that's their choice. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #34

that truly is the glorious and wonderful of hitting 40. damn straight. seabeyond Nov 2012 #41

You've said it best. SheilaT Nov 2012 #53

Our holiday shopping has been done for a couple of weeks now. MerryBlooms Nov 2012 #39

every year i say... every year. lol. and nothing. christmas cards, too. seabeyond Nov 2012 #42

I pretty much had my shit together this year- MerryBlooms Nov 2012 #47

ah, that is so awesome merry. that is what it is about. nt seabeyond Nov 2012 #48

Malls, retail stores, advertising, coupons, and sales all suck. FarCenter Nov 2012 #44

Thanksgiving week has always bee the only holiday that I really enjoy 1-Old-Man Nov 2012 #45

The holidays are what we make of it liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #49

Black Friday came about because it was the only way Corporations could turn Thanksgiving lunatica Nov 2012 #50

If you do not like it, why celebrate it? Drahthaardogs Nov 2012 #51

Black Friday isn't Thanksgiving. I've done T-day in many different ways. Have always liked it a lot. pinto Nov 2012 #54

I like Thanksgiving MUCH MORE than Christmas. onecent Nov 2012 #57

I support Small Business Saturday for shopping. libdem4life Nov 2012 #58

I love Thanksgiving. It is by far my favorite holiday, bar none. Codeine Nov 2012 #59

The Native Americans call it SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #60