Half of me enjoys having my family around me. But then other issues that occurred made the day rough. In fact, one that I just might write about someday but for the fact that it may be a bit too personal for any of you to comment on without it being uncomfortable.

The other half wish I were single (as I am now) with a small group of other singles free to live and let live.

In any case, I’m thankful for what I have.

Steve

I’ve lived in CA for 19 years. Every single Thanksgiving I have always made plans and kept those plans. I’ve never ever done the same thing twice on Thanksgiving. Every one has been a different. This year was no exception.

What was different is nobody asked me if I had any plans. Nobody invited me over to their house for dinner. Best of all, nobody came at me and told if my plans fell through I was still welcome. My plans don’t fall through anymore than the plans of anyone else.

Yes it is nice to be invited and thought of. I don’t have a problem with that. What is better is the people I know finally understood that single people do find great ways to have fun on Thanksgiving. Finally, they all got it. They assumed I had something to do and some place to go just like they have something to do and some place to go. I am thankful for that.

BTW, I and two of my friends went out for a very nice Thanksgiving meal. After it was over we went back to the house of one of these friends and enjoyed a rowdy game of cards and Scrabble. It was fun and enjoyable as always.