Comments | miss_vanilla: somewhat related

miss_vanilla

somewhat related

Dec 25, 2005 20:16

okay, my parents got me a quite expensive gift that i feel horribly guilty for getting.

and then got insulted that i wasn't thrilled. how do i explain that i feel too fucking guilty to be excited or even want it?

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calliope_jones December 26 2005, 06:03:05 UTC

but what is it??

miss_vanilla December 26 2005, 22:29:51 UTC

a HP notebook. it's so slick and complicated looking. it scares me a bit. i don't like it as much as my old compaq and i feel really bad.

calliope_jones December 27 2005, 02:16:04 UTC

holy cow.

miss_vanilla December 27 2005, 21:04:48 UTC

btw-nice icon.

thing is i really don't want them spendng the money on me. but he got really insulted that i wasn't thrilled. i mean, even if i could afford one, i'd want one that looked simple to use.

what brand do you have?

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rinsbane December 26 2005, 18:53:17 UTC

I'm sorry that your holidays sucked. Just think: at some point in your life, you'll be able to avoid the relatives. Mine are innocuous, but I've been avoiding them for years anyway. Wouldn't know my own cousins if I ran into them in a store. Better that way.

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miss_vanilla December 26 2005, 22:31:54 UTC

hell, i wanna go visit you!

and i know they go through lots of wood. my neigbor has one and claims anything we trim back or cut down.

shop_bitch December 26 2005, 23:43:38 UTC

Where does the guilt come from? Seems that Christmas these days is all about the guilt. We don't give enough, get enough, work enough, try enough, look pretty enough. Grrr, bah humbug. I think we should all boycott christmas, for the Hallmark holiday it has become and just spend all the money on ourselves. That way, we all get what we want and everyone goes home happy..

miss_vanilla December 27 2005, 03:38:56 UTC

hell yeah.

miss_vanilla December 27 2005, 21:06:54 UTC

ah, no family around. the guilt comes from being socially expected to be a shitload of things you're not. then getting more grief for trying and failing. i get grief for not being in the spirit-thing is, it's not my bloody holiday in the first place.

and yes, i have issues with the rest of that enough list as well.

maybe we could boycott enough too?