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Inferior. Below! They're not as tall, so!

That's being shortist, jeni!

At 5'8" it doesn't bother me!

You've grown an inch, jeni!

I was 5'8" I've shrunk an inch!

Oh!

Geraldine That is spot on what I was complaining about in my earlier post. Being EXPECTED to have a good time or to shut up and put up about it.

If we don't like christmas and want to say so, is there then an implication that by admitting this, those who do enjoy Christmas somehow feel guilty if they are enjoying it and we dont?

Sorry to spoil the thread by getting back onto the subject. Its not like me. It was happily going off at one of the Gransnets threads wonderful tangents.

I have just redeemed myself by going way off topic in AIBU can I have rage though. Night all my brain is now well addled.

Nobody has to give in to other people's expectations. Why care what other people think? But really, I think the dreading xmas thread was about wanting to have a jolly xmas but feeling one couldn't because of certain circumstances, such as children and grandchildren not being around to be jolly with.

Exactly Bags. Just like pain hurts more in the middle of the night when everyone else appears to be peacefully asleep, so missing one's family (for whatever reason) becomes more poignant when it seems that every other family is having a special, jolly and delightful time at Christmas.

Couldn't agree more?

That's what I mean Bags!

I wasn't criticising the thread at all. Just what They have put up there (arrow going to the right and up).

Someone (whose name begins with G) missed the point I think.

I'm going to pretend to be out for the rest of the day now.