ā11-12-2017 05:11 PM
ā11-12-2017 05:11 PM
Yes hahahahaha! I never thought peas (peas to the world etc) would be so popular on the net when I came up with greenpea ... in fact I cannot remember why I chose the avatar in the first place.
ā11-12-2017 05:19 PM
ā11-12-2017 05:19 PM
I have found a perfect partner for greenpea Mr Potato!! He can really groove! Check out that foot work!
ā11-12-2017 05:25 PM
ā11-12-2017 05:25 PM
@Phoenix_Rising and sisters and brothers in this Christmas thread.
What a great community this is. Christmas for me is a time to watch all 6 series of Downton Abbey and eat scrummy food. My partner and I do not celebrate the Christian Holy Day - we are an atheist. In our early days we did Chrismas trees and pressies, and the obligatory "Lunch" with family. Then about 5 years after we got together we started going away for Christmas to a friend's shack by the sea - and that broke any expectation that we would be 'around' on the day. So now we are likely to have sandwiches and mince pies and haighs chocolate and watch a movie, maybe take a nap.
It is a special time of year because I am on my own so much and my partner gets two weeks off work so it is nice to hang out with each other. I am so fortunate to have a partner given how odd-bod I am, and I am eternally grateful for her presence and love.
I was alone until I was in my early 30's so know the feeling of not being connected, how I ended up with a fab partner still blows me away. Me! I made a good decision.
I hope everyone can find that inner core heart's bunker on the day, whether alone or with fraught family do's. Love yourself.
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WIll check back in to hang out with you as Christmas approaches.
ā11-12-2017 05:32 PM
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ā11-12-2017 05:34 PM
ā11-12-2017 05:34 PM
@Former-Member Well that makes me a very happy happy pea!!!!
ā11-12-2017 05:37 PM
ā11-12-2017 05:37 PM
@Former-Member I love you NellBell you have been giving greenpea lots of likes today and you know how she loves her likes!!
ā11-12-2017 05:39 PM
ā11-12-2017 05:39 PM
@Former-Member have to go for awhile I love you Nell xx
ā11-12-2017 05:40 PM
ā11-12-2017 05:40 PM
Love you too @greenpea speak soon
ā11-12-2017 05:59 PM
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ā11-12-2017 06:23 PM - edited ā11-12-2017 06:28 PM
ā11-12-2017 06:23 PM - edited ā11-12-2017 06:28 PM
Wonderful idea for an uplifting Christmas thread! And thank you for acknowledging how lonely and painful it can be for some. I admire you for not letting the latter get you down. Thank you for spreading the cheer. I could not of done it some years back as the grief was still too raw, but now I feel I can too. Appreciating the true meaning is also a time of cheer for me. And looking forward to a better New Year.
Wishing everyone a very joyful Christmas and a New Year filled with hope and peace where dreams are realised š²ā¤ļø
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