Birthday & Halloween: Not liking this month

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Eh...maybe I'm incredibly bummed cuz it's already Fall and Fall means a lot of issues: the cold weather which will limit my ability to do a lot of things, the fact that it's the hardcore cold & flu season and chances are high of me catching something every damn week which can mess me up at my work school, plus I'm already depressed and moody.

My birthday and Halloween fall on the same weekend back-to-back. I kinda hate Halloween. Halloween is more of a social holiday. It was fun back in college when I had friends and parties to go to but since I have none of that.

I guess my birthday wont be so bad but I'll still feel lame celebrating with just my family. I only had one real birthday party with friends since I was 14 years old. Celebrating my sweet 16 with just my family, that was really sad and pathetic for me regardless of their intentions.

I dunno if I will enjoy the upcoming holidays either: it's usually my mom screaming and complaining because she b*tches about having to cook the whole feast herself. I ask her why dont we just have one Thanksgiving/Christmas where we dont have so much damn food afterward.

I wish I was back south in Texas or Florida again.

I can be the same way at times, except replace October with December and Halloween with Christmas.

Dear raisedbyignorance,

I too am an "October Person"
Read the books by the author Ray Bradbury to learn how wonderful it is to be an October Person.

I'm sorry you're bummed out by the holidays and crudbucket weather. I think a lot of us get like this... seasonal depression or whatever. I once got into a conversation about it with my grandfather, and he was stunned to hear I feel the same way. He'd never once mentioned it to anyone, thinking he was completely alone with his rainy day blues and needed to suck it up like everyone else probably did.

He brought up my dad, who has Tourette's Syndrome. And that's my spectrum-ish disorder, so I think the crappy weather and holiday stress is amplified with sensitive people like ourselves.

Happy birthday though. If you're bummed out spending Halloween alone... perhaps you could man the door when kids come looking for candy? And for your mom's obsession with cooking, I'm not sure if there's much you can do about it, if you've already tried the logical explanation of "we have too much food on December 26th, honestly." It might be her holiday thing, so you could find a more peaceful holiday by staying out of the kitchen.