Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Off-Topic
Reply to "Can't Stand the Term "Friendsgiving""
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]I mind it when it’s a hashtag concept on social media or clickbait articles, but not in real life. DH is an immigrant and my family mostly died when I was just out of college, so the Thanksgivings I knew and loved were gone by the time I was 30. Calling it Friendsgiving wasn’t something I ever did, but when my friends (who I hosted and who hosted me) called it that, I preferred it. For me it was just a gentle way of protecting myself from the memories of loss that Thanksgiving invoked and a way of taking ownership of the ugly side of conversations around Thanksgiving. After you’ve explained who you’re celebrating Thanksgiving with and people say even once “but what about your family?! That’s not a real Thanksgiving!” (and I got this a lot over the years), “Friendsgiving” starts to feel like a palatable term.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
