Miserable People and Holidays
Reading all of these notes about miserable relatives (and remembering some of my own miserable relatives) I have to wonder what they are living for? Do they find ANYTHING pleasurable? What do they think when they wake up in the morning and look out the window on a sunny beautiful day? What do they think when they see their grandchildren running and playing, or opening a gift (that someone ELSE bought them likely?)
We don't DO kids birthdays? What? People even a 5 year old doesn't like? I don't know who to feel worse for... the miserable people, or those who put up with them.
I wonder if it would help to do some sort of group ritual for the holidays, in hopes that we and ours (even the horrible ones) would be HAPPY (or even pleasant perhaps :-)) over the holidays, and their obviously horrible lives would be happier? Yes, I know it sounds like I've been watching Care Bears and My Little Pony too much, and no I don't look like a big purple dinosaur who needs to be shot in the head, but maybe we could write write something together (everyone adding a part) to make a really nice ritual that we could do individually if we wanted? Who knows... if these miserable people get happy, they might decide to like it.