Meeting People (STX)

No need to change your name, this is a St Thomas Mango LOL. Not on the board.

RL

Mango, dear heart, we all have bad days, no worries. And Christmas in particular tends to bring out the negative thoughts when your family and friends are so far away and you're not able to be with them. You'll be fine and if Christmas is your issue then I've no doubt that some of the STX posters will extend an invitation to you for you to join them!

Ronnie - a true friend is also someone who gives up all when your wonderful young cat gets hit on the road at 1AM on a Christmas Day morning when he shouldn't have been out and you've been calling him for two hours. All of a sudden you see him laying in the road and you run out immediately and he gives a last "ack" and dies in your arms. You can't believe he's really dead and you call some friends who you think will care because you're so devastated. With no preamble they drive over and are with you in 15 minutes to assure you that he is indeed dead and stay with you, comforting you, until you wrap him up and put him in the freezer so that he can be buried out back once the hole is dug. The next real friend is the one who comes over to physically dig the hole.

Many more instances but that's the one that always comes to mind at this time of year! Cheers!