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Jennifer Love's avatar

Christmas and Empty Nest ( x 4) in one hit.

Goodness/ Gosh. Both delivering such a familiar gut punch -but so often unspoken.

You’ve got me .

Here’s to all the non psychopaths !

Thanks .

Jennifer .

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The Debatable Land's avatar

Great piece. And I'm a Boots three-for-two survivor too. But I'm not with you on the 'it's never men' thing. I've seen plenty of pieces about the misery of being alone at Christmas, aimed squarely at divorced fathers without custody, single elderly men, etc I suppose it depends on the media you consume, and the audience it's aiming at. But I'm sure we both agree, it's awful, irrespective of gender: and it should definitely be equally portrayed as such.

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