Tis' the Season

The holiday season is in full swing and with it comes holiday parties and family gatherings.    Being single though the holidays can be both a blessing and a curse.  On one hand, holiday parties are a great place to meet cute single guys.   I dont have to stress over finding the perfect gift for my guy because I dont have a guy. 

But on the other hand holiday parties can suck and ,well,  I dont have a guy.  Holiday parties also have the potential of being ruled by couples.  As a single lady I can only handle seeing so many couples kiss under mistletoe.  Oh and by the way, mistletoe is a parasite that grows on trees and basically feeds off of the tree.  Just because someone has cut it down and tied a little red bow around it does not change the fact that it is a parasite. 

I was reading this Cosmo article about being single for the holidays.   The article mentioned that fact that many single women dislike being single for the holidays and try to stretch out a bad relationship or call up an ex and try to rekindle the past.  While reading the article I was trying to wrack my brain to see if I had ever been guilty of those crimes.  And well I just don't remember.......but I did remember something that happened to a good guy friend of mine.  For the past 3 years almost like clockwork between Thanksgiving and Christmas, my friend will get a text from his ex-girlfriend.  The text messages are not sent just to be friendly.  They always practically beg him to get back together. 

I think the worst part of the holiday season for many people is the midnight kiss on New Years Eve. It is depicted on TV and movies to be so romantic.  While it would be nice to get a kiss that left you feeling weak in the knees NYE, real life just isn't like it is in the movies.   I always surround myself with good friends and usually a fair amount of alcohol.