[Magdalen] Christmas Trees

[Jay Weigel]

On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 10:54 PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
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> I can say with some passion that communication is essential.  We were
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> incapable of it for our various reasons.  I wish you much much better.
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> What's the worst that can happen?  We fear to find out, don't we?
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> Marion, a pilgrim
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> I heartily second that, Marion!
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> On 12/24/2016 7:28 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
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> > Communication is everything, Scott. If you don't communicate, what the
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> > kind of a relationship is it, hmmm? Something to work on in the new year,
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> > perhaps.
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> > On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
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> >> Sounds like a great solution. We need to do more of that. Instead, we
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> >> leave each other to try to mind-read, which rarely ends up well.
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> >> My dear partner is still springing things on me because he thinks I'll
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> >> say no, or something. I love his dad, and his dad is welcome in our
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> >> home, but I just have this foolish quirk that I need and want to know
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> >> when people are coming. My therapist says I have the right to opt out
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> >> when surprises happen. Some time, I'll do that. Maybe NYE, but better
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> >> to ask him about that and whether he's got something cooking. Last
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> >> year there was a surprise guest, and being a good host with no notice
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> >> took a lot out of me. I had a horrible New Year's Day of bleak
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> >> It's heck feeling like I've got a bizarre personality and need to keep
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> >> fighting it. I think that's why "Aw, come on, it's Christmas!" hits a
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> >> nerve. Knowing that might help me just smile and chuckle instead of
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> >> having a blood-pressure rush. Thing is, I think I seem fairly pleasant
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> >> when it counts. Be great if I could feel pleasant as well as seem so.
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> >> Sometimes it happens, and I'm ready for that to happen tonight and
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> >> tomorrow. With God's help! Hodie Christus natus est, alleluia!
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> >> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 4:29 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
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> >>> We discuss what we are going to do, and that usually does it.
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> >> --
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> >> Scott R. Knitter
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> >> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
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