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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
If you thought we would practically have no Thanksgiving this year, I did not. I immeadiatly thought of an idea for a Chatterbox Thanksgiving. On this page you can write about what you're thankful, your Pandemic Thanksgiving plans, and more Thanksgiving stuff.
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(November 10, 2020 - 10:13 am)
(November 10, 2020 - 10:13 am)
*cue me thinking I forgot today was Thanksgiving*
Just kidding, though I did think that when I read the title..
My family and I just moved, so everything's kind of a mess and I don't think we'll do much this year. How about y'all?
(November 10, 2020 - 1:49 pm)
(chuckle) My ambitious self is thinking of maybe doing (a Zoom thanksgiving?). But I don't know if I can live up to My Ambitious Self. So, since we're in a pandemic, I probably have more things to be thankful for than usual (get ready for a really long paragraph). I'm thankful for Zoom, my new iPad and everything on it (I'm really thankful for it), my not getting Coronavirus, my family not getting Coronavirus, my friends not getting Coronavirus (one of them did, but he overcame it), my still having teachers. That's mostly all. Bye.
(November 11, 2020 - 11:46 am)
(November 10, 2020 - 1:50 pm)
(November 11, 2020 - 8:19 am)
*Sniffs and tear slides down my cheek* I NOW KNOW THAT IN THE SPRING THAT I WILL DEFINATELY BE MOVING, SO THIS WILL BE MY LAST THANKSGIVING WHERE I LIVE, AND FROM NOW ON, UNTIL I MOVE, I'M SAVORING EVERY MOMENT I HAVE LEFT HERE!!!
I said that in caps, because I do NOT want to move.
WHY, MOM AND DAD, WHY DO YOU WANT TO RIP ME AWAY FROM MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA?!?!?!
Yep, I'm gonna have a bad time after I move.
I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE I WAS 5 YEARS OLD, AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO MOVE?! WHY IS MY LIFE SO UNFAIR?!?!
Yep, I don't want to move, and I'm not gonna like living RIGHT NEXT TO MY UNCLE!!!
(November 11, 2020 - 2:17 pm)
Where are you moving? I feel so bad for you.
(November 12, 2020 - 6:45 am)
I actually don't know.
My parents don't even CARE about how I feel, and they think that ripping me away from my friends and making them think that I've abandoned them is SUCH A GOOD IDEA!!!
I'VE BEEN FRIENDS WITH J SINCE I WAS 6 YEARS OLD, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HER MUCH SINCE 2018, BUT EVERY SINGLE STINKIN' MOMENT I SPEND WITH HER, I TREASURE, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA EVEN BE ABLE TO TALK TO HER, AND IT'LL BE SO COLD THERE!!!
I really need to rant about this for a few more... Hours.
(November 12, 2020 - 12:35 pm)
You might be able to Facetime with her!
(November 12, 2020 - 1:56 pm)
Are you moving out-of-state?
One of my best friends moved across the country and I haven't talked to her since a while ago as well.
And my best friend from preschool who used to live on my block moved a couple states over as well.
So, on the bright side, you aren't the only person who has to deal with this. And I'm sure you'll still get to see J, if not in person, at least on zoom and such.
And why would your friends think you're abandoning them?!
Also, trust me, your parents are not doing this to "rip you away from your friends."
Perhaps you should try to find out more before automatically thinking they're just doing it to be mean and not thinking of you.
(November 12, 2020 - 2:44 pm)
I know this is hard, Em. Trust me.
Story!
Crescent comes from China. She moved here very recently. She's pretty good at English, but all her friends from China now cannot contact her.
It's going to be ok.
<3 <3 <3 <3
Sending love and good wishes your way,
Nightfall
(November 23, 2020 - 12:55 am)
It looks like you really like your friends. Maybe you can talk with them and stuff before leave. And it looks like you really care about your friends. Maybe you can talk about them during your Thanksgiving (whatever you're doing).
(November 12, 2020 - 1:54 pm)
Yeah I get what you mean. I just moved an hour away (not too bad) from my old house and my Best Friend just moved 5 hours away :(
(November 12, 2020 - 6:30 pm)
I'm moving 8 hours away from her, to the Upper Peninsula (I have no idea how to spell that), and now my friends IRL are gonna think I don't like them, and that I betrayed them, and they won't like me anymore!
Now, my plan is that from now until spring, when I move, I'm gonna make my parents feel REALLY bad about ripping my bonds with my friends to shreds, so when we get there, we won't stay. And if that dosen't work, I always have a Plan B:
Whenever Mom goes to my Uncle Jeff's house (Which might be right next to us), I'll stay home, and mope, and mope, and mope some more.
Yes, I'm trying REALLY hard to make my parents feel bad about dragging me away from everyone I know.
Oh, and on top of that, my cousin-in-law is gonna have a baby in February, and Mom REALLY likes babies, so Mom won't get to spend that much time with the baby.
I'm sure your family has good reasons for moving. It is sad to move away from friends, but you can keep in contact via email, letters, phone, photos, etc., and hope to be able to plan some visits back and forth. I've visited the UP. It's beautiful! In the western part of it at least, there are hundreds of waterfalls! My family's favorite is Bond Falls, but there are many others, too. We couldn't visit them all! And there's Lake of the Clouds in Porcupine Mountain State Park or Wilderness Area or whatever it's called. Keep in contact with your old friends, but also be open to the opportunity to make new friends in your new area!
Admin
(November 14, 2020 - 1:59 pm)
Well, first off, what admin said. I know it's hard to move away from friends, or have friends move away from you, but I would like to let you know that you don't have to sever ties or anything, you can still be friends.
Second, I still don't get why your friends would feel betrayed. You clearly don't want to move and it also clearly isn't exactly your choice, right? So let them know! Send a text or email saying,
"Hi, it's Em*. I'm moving in the spring, to the Upper Peninsula, and I really, really, really, really, really, really, really don't want to. I thought you should know, though. I probably won't be able to see you a lot, but can we keep in touch through email or text or FaceTime or something? I'll miss you a lot. ~Em*"
*insert real name instead of Em, obviously.
I don't think you should try to make your parents feel bad, though. It's stressful enough for them (and you) to be moving, and you being a big pain about it is not going to make them want to NOT move. It'll just probably result in argument.
From what I've gathered, you think your parents are just doing this to be mean and awful... have you asked them why you're moving? As a genuinely interested and curious question and not a complaint? Because I have a feeling it's not to just be mean to you.
Try to put yourself in your parents' shoes. Yes, you're moving, but why? Is this just as stressful for them as it is for you? Are they leaving behind friends and family too? Etc.
I don't know if this helped or if it just made you think I'm taking your parents' side and am being unfair to you (trust me I'm not, or at least, not trying to), but yeah.
~Luminescence
(November 14, 2020 - 4:52 pm)
I agree about the Keeping-In-Touch-With-Friends-On-Facetime-Or-Email thing. I think that the people at Apple computers actually created Facetime for reasons like that.
(November 15, 2020 - 1:01 pm)