International Brotherhood of Men

Despite my parents not really being Christian or anything, I still remember when I was really young they would get me gifts during the holidays, but it stopped when I was around 7 years old because they decided they'd rather give that money to get themselves drugs instead.
I was young and thought it was normal, but going to school and hearing everyone talk about what they got/did for the holiday season really hurt me. As I grew older it made me feel sad because I realised that my situation wasn't normal and that the people (parents) who were supposed to be there for me and make me happy chose drugs over me.
When I was 13 and got to the youth center all the other kids went home during the holidays and I was the only one who stayed behind, it always made me feel alone and hopeless. During college it also was the same story I never made friends and never had a gf either so I was once again alone during the holidays. This season always makes me feel horribly alone and hopeless. I took both available shifts at work on the christmas days since they will pay extra, might as well wage-slave myself out of this misery and get paid more at least.

Did your parents ever go to rehab or something?

Supreme614 wrote: 21 Dec 2025, 19:20 Did your parents ever go to rehab or something?

Yes the cops had put them on a program the same day the took me away from them but my parents always relapsed again sadly.

"Holiday Season"

I'm not sure why people can't just call it Christmas

General Alek wrote: 22 Dec 2025, 12:33 "Holiday Season"

I'm not sure why people can't just call it Christmas

it's part of getting rid of western culture

Hate the season too. See my last post.