11-11-2009, 08:24 PM
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I always spend Christmas alone and prefer it that way. I have no living family and do enjoy my own company and Leia; have been asked by friends to come to them but I have been frank and told them I'd really rather not. And they know me and have understood. If you really don't want to go, just explain
11-11-2009, 08:47 PM
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I`d be really unhappy without my loved ones at Christmas. The thought of them languishing in Kennels with no walkies while the turkey`s cooking, no ripping paper off pressies with their teefs, no glorious slurpy pig-out, giblets and all...alone?
You`re never alone with a dog.
11-11-2009, 10:21 PM
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Oh it is lovely that you have family to want you to spend it with them, however, it is understandable how you feel. I am sure whatever you decide they will respect your wishes.I don't have any family and spend it every year on my own, by choice. I do have many friends who ask me to spend Xmas with them, however, I feel Xmas is for families and they all have their own families.
I like my own company and that of Loki, PJ and Soochie - and with Soochie being a wee blether, I am never alone
You do what you want to do and feel comfortable with.
As has been said above, you are never alone with a dog!
I am even my own first foot at Ne'erdy!!
12-11-2009, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by claireandaisy
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I`d be really unhappy without my loved ones at Christmas. The thought of them languishing in Kennels with no walkies while the turkey`s cooking, no ripping paper off pressies with their teefs, no glorious slurpy pig-out, giblets and all...alone?
You`re never alone with a dog.
16-11-2009, 01:07 AM
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Sweep I think as you get older you have earned the right to do what you want. I'm afraid I say no to people now. I spent years trekking up to Derbyshire every Christmas and longed to spend Christmas at home. All the hastle of packing and driving up there in bad weather to sleep in an uncomfortable bed in someone else's house . One year when we were living in Dorset the heater packed up in the car and it was freezing fog on the motorway. The inside of the windscreen kept freezing and the journey took 6 hours, my son was only a baby then . Looking back I think I must have been mad to do it.
19-11-2009, 02:17 PM
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Well, the thing was I really wanted to go & spend Christmas with them too but I think that my sensible head has taken over...............Anyway, Kennels have been cancelled, have told my Daughter & I will be at home with Dogs for Christmas.
My Daughter's Partners Parents even said I could take all the dogs with me & stay with them, but that just wasn't practical - but a lovely gesture of which I thanked them for.
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