[Magdalen] Christmas Trees

[Jay Weigel]

Communication is everything, Scott. If you don't communicate, what the heck
kind of a relationship is it, hmmm? Something to work on in the new year,
perhaps.

On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sounds like a great solution. We need to do more of that. Instead, we
> leave each other to try to mind-read, which rarely ends up well.
>
> My dear partner is still springing things on me because he thinks I'll
> say no, or something. I love his dad, and his dad is welcome in our
> home, but I just have this foolish quirk that I need and want to know
> when people are coming. My therapist says I have the right to opt out
> when surprises happen. Some time, I'll do that. Maybe NYE, but better
> to ask him about that and whether he's got something cooking. Last
> year there was a surprise guest, and being a good host with no notice
> took a lot out of me. I had a horrible New Year's Day of bleak
> emotions.
>
> It's heck feeling like I've got a bizarre personality and need to keep
> fighting it. I think that's why "Aw, come on, it's Christmas!" hits a
> nerve. Knowing that might help me just smile and chuckle instead of
> having a blood-pressure rush. Thing is, I think I seem fairly pleasant
> when it counts. Be great if I could feel pleasant as well as seem so.
> Sometimes it happens, and I'm ready for that to happen tonight and
> tomorrow. With God's help! Hodie Christus natus est, alleluia!
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 4:29 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We discuss what we are going to do, and that usually does it.
>
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> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>