2 pirate eye patches will cost you $1.98 at 99cents store.

and....  if you have an old hat......

HS, i feel for you. i will keep you in mind by davening.
maybe volunteer to serve, or carve up the turkey. be official Tums representative...
hatzlocha and remember all your fans here on GYE are rooting for you

Hs

I do not know if this will help u or not

I recently missed a family simcha because

Of the obvious reasons

I am not saying

That u should make a fight

How about going to sleep. Act tired and uninterested

U gotta make up what u will do before

Before means before

Once u are at the party

U are not in the position to decide what to do


Happy thanksgiving

B

We're all rooting for you, but if you know this is gonna be a problem, then now is the time to plan. What can you do? It's a guarantee that you're allowed to say that you're not feeling well, spend most of the time in the bathroom, or like Bards said, pretend to be tired - But if you're worried about offending, pretend to be really sick.

This is also important because this gives you a chance to remind yourself that it's worth it to miss out on some good food, etc, for what's really good.

HashemsSoldier wrote on 23 Nov 2010 23:28:
Wow, how beautiful that you have an opportunity to honor your parents by participating in a ritual they don't even realize is a big challenge to you. Each time you turn your glance away from a girl over turkeytime, you can feel so proud that your parents are enjoying having you there along with the whole family etc. Yiddishe nachas fon de kinder!

I'm only saying this to grasp at straws for recognizing the many many mitzvos involved in your taking up the battle on Turkey Day. Honoring your parents, avoiding not just wandering eyes but loshon hora (itself = many mitzvos), reciting tehillim baal peh during moments of weakness, etc.

And most of all, the mitzva of recognizing that being helpless (in the 12-step sense) does not mean being helpless (in the sense of Torah and of individual success in the effort). You'll be walking away with a lot beyond just some memories of young ladies to shrug off.

At least, this is one poor fool's thought. B'hatzlacha.

thank you, silent, b, zs, and world....i will really put effort into not being there at all. idk if its possible for me to actually not go. but i will try to serve and etc.
and bruit thank you very much. those are thoughts that are gold. i will really try to put effort into this.

May we inject a bit of humor over here?

world wrote on 24 Nov 2010 01:12:

;D ;D

But don't wear them if you're serving!

haha....good morning everyone.
ok it doesnt look like my mom will let me miss it. but i am doing what yaakov did in last weeks parsha. planning for war (torah) asking hashem and telling my yetzer that this is really best for me.    i also have to make sure that i understand, if i look or see anything once or twice or whatever, it doesnt meen im done for and can give up. it just meens to strengthen myself..... but the most important thing is that i have to constantly remember that it is hashem who keeps me clean and it is hashem who will help me reach sobriety.


p.s. frekt the gemorah meens the gemorah asks,....how do you say the gemorah answers? emfors the gemorah?

HS, you sound like you have a great attitude!

i think the correct way to say it is enfert der gemora...
are you saying a pshetel in yiddish at the Turkey Seuda?

bardichev wrote on 24 Nov 2010 06:17:


WHY ACT?

JUST EAT LOTS OF TURKEY.

THEN YOU WILL FALL ASLEEP

FOR REAL.

--Eye.

no...i just stam wanted to know for when i learn.
one of the girls (not jewish) i used to talk to just text me. im having a hard time deleting it, i have not sent anything back yet. im trying to get myself to just delete it. i know that its bad and i actually want to delete it. i cant get myself to just do it already. i really really want to just say "thank you"  (she said happy thanksgiving) and then delete it. but truthfully, i know in the back of my head shell respond later. im fighting back and forth inside of my head. shell probably text me next holiday anyways. arrrg! its so hard to do it....but.....now that i said this to the gye olam, i have to just do it. i think im ready to delete it now

i did it. i deleted the text without responding!

THAT'S GREAT.  Wasn't easy.

you just brought a korbon to Hashem!
you gave away something that sounded so nice and inviting, you made Him proud and you made us proud!
gevaldig!!!!