During the holidays we tend to spend a great deal of time with families. We are reminded of a great many things. The first thing we are reminded about is where we come from. This tends to result in two significantly different reactions. We can choose to take a great deal of pride in our family and what they stand for and accomplish. In so doing, we create unconscious checklists for ourselves that we continue to follow throughout our lives guiding us in a direction that will make us more like those things about our family that we admire. However, we may choose to dislike our families. A holiday gathering is seen as a reminder of all those qualities we despise in humanity and we thus swear both consciously and unconsciously to do everything we can to distance ourselves from the family unit.
Whatever choice we make in determining how we feel about our family, we take that assessment into our relationships. We choose mates in accordance to what we have learned during our upbringing even though we are completely unaware of the selection process. The family is the template used to measure the potential index of any given relationship. Therefore, whenever we are given the opportunity to observe our family together, the conscious and unconscious checklist is busy assessing the state of the relationship we currently hold. The best time for us to observe family all together, particularly as we get older, is during the holidays.
So the decision to dump somebody during the holidays comes about as a series of very simple assessments. For example, the family get together reminds you how much you hate your father, your boyfriend reminds you of your father, the dump is in play. Perhaps, you come home from school for the holidays, your mother behaves in that particular way that drives you crazy, you realize you have chosen a girl who does all the same things as your mother, the dump is in play.
Therefore with the holiday gathering providing the reminding catalyst, here is how you dump somebody during the holidays. Say for example you have your mate over to the house for Thanksgiving dinner. While sitting at the table, your mate asks you to pass the gravy. You ask if they prefer the gravy poured over the turkey or on the side for dipping. Your mate answers that they prefer it on the side. You can break up on the spot because that is just crazy. Put down the gravy and storm out of the room. You'll never have to see that person again. The truth is you can storm out and end the relationship no matter what the answer because only insane people feed off of helpless birds that can't fly. A good person would have rescued that turkey instead of sticking a fork in it.
Another great example comes during Christmas but it is just as effective for those celebrating Hannukah or Kwanza. Let's say you are wrapping presents for loved ones. You turn to your mate and ask if they enjoyed holiday stories and cartoons when they were a child. If your mate answers yes then you can drop the presents and throw all the remaining wrapping paper in the fire as you scream and run out of the house, ending the relationship. Everybody knows that holiday stories and cartoons are fictional depictions of illusory characters and themes that lead to delusional beliefs in children and ungodly religious practices in adults that in turn lead to false hope and irrational thinking. If your mate answers no, you can still storm out declaring the end of the relationship because what kind of psychopath doesn't enjoy holiday stories and cartoons when they were a child.
For all other holiday events just add "you are just like your mother" or "you are just like your father" after anything your mate says. For example, you ask your mate if they were interested in going somewhere special during the holidays. Your mate responds with "I was thinking about taking you on a private jet to Fiji for the weekend and then a quick jaunt over to Vegas where I have a new Porsche waiting for you that we can drive together back home." Then you say, "You are just like your mother." Trust me, that should do it. Happy Holidays!
Published by sam clemens
comedy and satire writer View profile
- Valentine's Day: Love, Tears and PonderingsLove - that one feeling that escapes no one. But, how often is love truly love? Or, is it need disguised as love? Read on and think...
- How Do You Know If You Are in Love with Someone?Just thinking about being in love with someone makes me think about what being "in love" is? I mean, I know what loving someone is, it is caring about and for them unconditionally.
Share a Little Joy This Season - Volunteer for the HolidaysThe holidays are a time of warmth, joy, love and laughter. But for some in your community, the holidays are a challenging time, because all-year round, they are having a challen...- Celebrating the Holidays in San FranciscoThere are many ways to celebrate the Holidays, and San Francisco has a wealth of options. From a Teddy Bear tea, to a dance along Nutcracker, there is something for everyone this season.
Guide to Celebrating the Holidays in Annapolis, MDWhen people think of placing to spend the holidays, Annapolis, MD isn't always the 1st choice. Here are few Events in Annapolis you got to check out during the holidays.
- Mobile Media Memory Dump: Broadband, Cell Phones and Future Technology
- The Bachelor-Charlie's in Love!
- Questioning Love Through the Mind of a 16-Year-Old Boy
- How Do You Know when Someone is in Love with You?
- Love Worthy
- Being Overly Conscious of True Love in Society
- Startling Performances Make My Summer of Love Worth Its Wait



