The life of your loved one was brief?
Try this to help bring some relief:
They're no longer there?
Get rid of their chair!
Yeah, THAT ought to kill off the grief.

IrateShadow: Somehow, I think it would be more depressing to sit at a table with only one chair.

That's why you sit at a desk in front of a computer instead.

An article on dealing with holiday grief that doesn't mention "stay hammered" as a fully workable option? Ridiculous.

So all I need is the one chair? Cool!

Pocket Ninja: An article on dealing with holiday grief that doesn't mention "stay hammered" as a fully workable option? Ridiculous.

There wasn't a need for conveying:
"Imbibing to 'hammered' and staying."
For holiday stress,
We do nothing less.
They figured it went without saying.

so is it worse to have empty seats at my table or to fill those seats with my worn-out blowup dolls?

Talon: How do you do it?

I'm glad that the rhyming I ply
Has found welcome home in your eye.
However, I fear
That most Farkers here
Don't care about "how," more than "why."

I'm lonely, and there are never any empty chairs at my table.
If by "chairs" you mean "couch" and by "table" you're referring the the "coffee table in front of the TV".

Wow, they are breaking some serious ground here. I sure hope Romero is tuned in.

First thing that came to my mind was the song from Les Mis.


Got nothing else.

wage0048: thomps: so is it worse to have empty seats at my table or to fill those seats with my worn-out blowup dolls?

Just to be safe, you should pick up some fresh blowup dolls.

oh i've got fresh ones. they just haven't earned their seat at the table yet.

One less bell to answer
One less egg to fry

So if someone unexpected shows up, they sit on someone else's lap.
Hmmm.

Well maybe they shouldn't have counted on the lumpenproletariat to rise up against Javert and company.

Jonathan39305: Come on... you can make someone else lonely just by being lonely yourself?

We thoroughly discussed this the other day. Where were YOU, mister?

Go sit in that empty chair in the corner!

7of7: IrateShadow: Somehow, I think it would be more depressing to sit at a table with only one chair.

That's why you sit at a desk in front of a computer instead.

THIS.

/is my (sad) life
//rolls into the fetal position on the floor
///stay away! I'm contagious!

Thenixon: I don't even own a table. Suck it, lonlieness!

does your wretched poverty keep you company?

Little Bear: Okay, but where does Elijah sit?

/Hanukkah Harry, you taught me so much

I hesistated.
Dad's Jewish, so of course - Elijah!
And i always drank that glass of wine when everything was over ;D

Lonlye...oh so lonlye

Thenixon: thomps: does your wretched poverty keep you company?

Sort of - I got me some black window shades, so my nocturnal friends the rats and roaches can keep me company all day.

clearly money can't buy happiness.

I am never lonely. Once in a while I wish I had someone around to do something with, or talk to, then it goes away in about 15 minutes. That's about the same amount of time I enjoy being around most people. I have other things to do.

I spent Thanksgiving alone and I was really happy that I didn't have to listen for the phone to ring for my on-call job. Then I took the dog for a walk and made some cookies.

I'm probably some kind of weirdo.

gorbishof: A win saturday night would help thomps.

a win would go a long way but honestly i'd settle for a close game: new years in san diego sounds like a good consolation prize to me.