Reply #64: I have lived through this many times. It seems as if everyone else [View All]

[Curmudgeoness]

has so much to do, and places to go. And there you are alone. I had moved a thousand miles from home and this is the worst of the worst time. I learned to cope with it one year by inviting a few coworkers who were also far from family over for dinner even though I figured that they would have other plans. They didn't, and were grateful to have a place to go. I was grateful to have the diversion. And we all enjoyed ourselves. From then on, Thanksgiving and Christmas both became times for all the lonely hearts to gather at my house. Sometimes we just have to take a small step and move outside our comfort zones. And let me tell you, this was totally outside my comfort zone the first year.