Gay at Christmas and New Year

LegacyUser

LGBTs are representative of people right across the board.

How are you spending Christmas and New Year?
Happily with partner? Happily with partner and family?
Happily or unhappily working? Happily or unhappily anticipating shopping in the sales?

Are there circumstances which will keep you apart from family, friends or loved ones?
Have you recently parted from a loved one? If so, how will that impact on you this year?

If you're not with a partner for whatever reason, how will you spend the time? Will you be content? Or lonely?
Do you like the season? Or do you count the hours until it has all passed?

At this time of year, it might be nice to hear what plans other LGBTs have for the season of festivities?

Share your joy. Or your pain.

Sir Ophiuchus

Spending Christmas and New Year at home with my parents and younger brother, which is lovely, though I have to work some days around that. My work is annoying but earns me money for my summer plans, so that's good.

I broke up with my first serious boyfriend about a year ago, so I'm not with anyone this Christmas. Kinda still have feelings for him, but we were long-distance and it wasn't going to work out. I feel somewhat lonely, but I kinda need the time to work on my body-image and get some more self-confidence before I put myself back out there.

I do like Christmas, and my family takes it seriously. The only real bit of tension for me is that my parents still don't want me to tell my brother that I'm gay. He's thirteen now, and I've been out to my parents for four years, give or take. Occasionally he asks, and I have to put him off.

Today he said "All my friends' older brothers tell them if they have a girlfriend."

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baby and crumble

Well, my gf is currently stranded in Frankfurt after her flight from Hong Kong was switched and changed... she's been away for 3 months solid now after a year long distance in the UK... it's pretty crap, I don't know if I'll get to see her before I leave for my brothers house over in the West for the few holiday days. We've been together 7 years, this is the longest we've been apart and it really sucks.

I'm looking forward to New Years though, so long as she gets home! Have a few days booked just the 2 of us in a hotel. Fingers crossed!

As for work, I've given myself a couple of weeks off from my PhD. I need a break.

Asphyxia

Spending Christmas with my fella and my family as we went to his last year I can't wait it's going to be really great most of the family will be there so that' about 20 people

Aard

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

Today he said "All my friends' older brothers tell them if they have a girlfriend."

Tell him that when you get a girlfriend, he'll be the first to know Not a lie, but not exactly a truth!




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Me, it's my first Christmas not with my family. Just me and my boyfriend, which is nice.

Sir Ophiuchus

Aard wrote: »

Tell him that when you get a girlfriend, he'll be the first to know Not a lie, but not exactly a truth!

Heh, you're not wrong, but honestly it's time to tell him. Hope my parents can realise this too, and realise it's definitely not as big of a thing as they've made it out to be.

Boston

Just look him straight in the eye and tell him, "Statistically you've a higher than average probably of being gay as a result of having one or more homosexual brothers". Than invite him shopping or some such.

Sir Ophiuchus

Boston wrote: »

Just look him straight in the eye and tell him, "Statistically you've a higher than average probably of being gay as a result of having one or more homosexual brothers". Than invite him shopping or some such.

That would be both cruel and hilarious. And I'm fairly sure he's straight.

futonic

Happily at home with Partner and family, same as the last eight... providing the snow doesn't conspire against us!

rainbow kirby

At home with the family. Unfortunately I'm single so no partner

I've got a week and a half off work from tomorrow, so looking forward to catching up on my sleep too. Hopefully the weather improves so I can get a decent amount of running in too, I've missed loads because of the snow and I'm supposed to be doing the Barcelona marathon in March :eek:

I'm not a big Christmas person, but it always ends up being an enjoyable time of year anyway.

bigwillie

home alone this christmas, have a large family, usually visit them christmas morning then back to my house where i can eat and watch telly all day.(bliss) but will be in glasgow for the new year weather permitted with 2 of my friends.

lionchild

these last few weeks have been stress central, both professional and personal, now it's time to party...all the time! what's happening in panti over the holidays?

lottpaul

Christmas seems to have had a much "gentler" build up for us this year. Most of the shopping was done days ago, mostly due to the fear of more snow, so Christmas Eve is free! I even bought his present today.

Christmas for us is simple. All of our parents are dead and our siblings have their own families, so we can more or less do our "own" thing.

We cook the ham on Christmas Eve, go to Midnight Mass, come back, attack the ham, open the whiskey etc etc.
Christmas Day we shove the turkey in the oven, go to church (mixed marriage ) come home, attack the turkey, roast potatoes, brussels sprouts, open the sherry, watch the Queen (who else) and then spend the evening on the phone to family and friends all over the world.
Sometime a few days later I open the fridge, wonder how long it will take the 2 of us to eat all of that turkey, ham, mince pies, cake etc get on the phone, invite some friends around and we all attack the turkey and the ham, open the mulled wine, eat the cake etc!

The following day I become a vegetarian, at least until January.

The holly will start to fall off the pictures, the ivy on the crib looks dessicated. The wise men get fed up waiting to arrive and one of them takes a header into the crib.
I make a list of who did (and didn't :mad:) send a Christmas card - for next year.
I wonder how in God's name all of those decorations will ever fit back into those boxes - "they must because they came out of them".
I swear I'll never eat another (stale) mince pie.
The last, very very dry, wing of the turkey is donated to the neighbours cat.
I get a little teary eyed as the tree comes down and the sitting room seems so empty....
And I treasure each little memory.

I think of everyone who may be having a difficult or lonely time, who may fear facing into the New Year for whatever reason - and send my special good wishes to them.

Happy Christmas everyone!

Toby_2010

This year is the same as always! I'm back in the parents house! just me my brother and parents. my other brothers and sisters all have their own families! still i find it very lonely somethings! Christmas has that kind of effect upon me some how! However there will be plenty of partying to be done to keep spirit levels up b4 heading home

Have a good holiday folks!

CSaber

Spent Christmas at home with my family. Was working Christmas Eve and then back in today.

ixoy

Just back home from the family's place. I'll be off to the bf's family home tomorrow (where he is currently), and I'll be staying there probably until New Year's day.