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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 725752" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>When I think back over the last several years and all the ruined Christmases, it makes me really sad. Ruined by him - obviously. Christmases where he'd open his gifts and leave with his loser friends. Christmases where he'd behave badly or stay in his room and ignore us. Christmases where he announced he was failing school. Christmases where he was homeless. One Christmas, as late as Christmas eve night, he made it clear that he'd gotten a gift and that it would be under the tree the next day. I even gave him the wrapping supplies. I went to bed believing that my son had bought something for us. I got up believing that. There was, of course, no gift. We'd even given him shopping money and he got us nothing. How <em>dare</em> he make me believe he had right up to Christmas morning? Really, just typing that makes me a bit ill - it was one of the worst days of my life.</p><p></p><p>But since that day, I've had better Christmases too. Jabber and I decided to take a trip to Vegas 2015 and had a blast! Really...I don't remember much about 2016 - but it wasn't memorable, so it wasn't awful. This year was quiet and uneventful, but nice. Talked to son, got a Christmas card from him and his girlfriend, just kinda normal.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there LBL. These sad holidays will pass and someday you will have better ones.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /> Who knows...maybe someday there will really be a gift under our trees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 725752, member: 17309"] When I think back over the last several years and all the ruined Christmases, it makes me really sad. Ruined by him - obviously. Christmases where he'd open his gifts and leave with his loser friends. Christmases where he'd behave badly or stay in his room and ignore us. Christmases where he announced he was failing school. Christmases where he was homeless. One Christmas, as late as Christmas eve night, he made it clear that he'd gotten a gift and that it would be under the tree the next day. I even gave him the wrapping supplies. I went to bed believing that my son had bought something for us. I got up believing that. There was, of course, no gift. We'd even given him shopping money and he got us nothing. How [I]dare[/I] he make me believe he had right up to Christmas morning? Really, just typing that makes me a bit ill - it was one of the worst days of my life. But since that day, I've had better Christmases too. Jabber and I decided to take a trip to Vegas 2015 and had a blast! Really...I don't remember much about 2016 - but it wasn't memorable, so it wasn't awful. This year was quiet and uneventful, but nice. Talked to son, got a Christmas card from him and his girlfriend, just kinda normal. Hang in there LBL. These sad holidays will pass and someday you will have better ones.:hugs: Who knows...maybe someday there will really be a gift under our trees. [/QUOTE]
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