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To: McGavin999;grumpster-dumpster
,,, JFK once said "forgive your enemies but never forget their names." That works for friends too. I used to get Christmas dinner invites from some unlikely acquaintances - people I've always remembered for those kindnesses. I turned them down with some embarassment and a lie that I was already going to someone else's place, but "thanx so much". You know, the people who should have asked me didn't and I always keep that in the back of my mind too.
62 posted on 12/23/2001 4:34:46 PM PST by shaggy eel
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To: shaggy eel
You know, the people who should have asked me didn't and I always keep that in the back of my mind too.

My wife divorced me this summer and left town, not for another guy, but because she couldn't handle the stress of some legal action I am involved in. I did not get a single invitation from anyone at my church, but a couple (married, but both previously divorced) at a chuch where I have started going to for a singles group, invited singles who had no where else to go for Thanksgiving. I accepted, and I didn't even know them, as did about 10 other singles. We started at noon and had such a great time, most people stayed until 10 p.m. My advice to you is to accept that invitation. Chances are, they have been where you are and you would have a great time. I'm going back for Christmas, too.

66 posted on 12/23/2001 4:48:11 PM PST by connectthedots
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