The Holiday Hookup

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Had to take a break from doing much blogging or researching for that matter, although I did do some posts on my other blog about shopping local.  But mostly, nothing that interesting has come up, except for this little snippet about being single and surviving the Holidays (beware, it's from Match.com).  But it offers some real clear steps to avoid what could be termed as "The Holiday Hook-up."  I have been in those shoes, trying them on, two sizes too small and remarkably a spring shoe and it's snowing outside.  This isn't just the date from hell, it's the date from hell with sleigh-bells and you're grimacing along for the cold, painful ride.  Your co-workers are wondering if they should trust you do to the job that you were hired for, your friends are hoping that this person never shows up at a future event or how they're going to dis-invite you, and you are painfully smiling at the jokes that were not only inappropriate but physically revolt you.  And the answers are almost always the same of why this experience happened, i.e. I was lonely, he/she seemed nice, I needed a date for the Christmas party, I didn't want to show up alone.  While these stories make for great fodder, they almost always leave a bad taste, like that Holiday cookie that looked tempting and yet tasted like a stale cracker from your emergency supply kit that expired ten years ago.  In all, a bad idea that leaves you with more than just a few holiday pounds to shed.  Do you have one of these such stories?  What happened at that office Christmas party with that date?  Did you take them to a family gathering?  Hit me up and tell me about it either email or comment below.  And most of all, I wish you all a Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Solstice, Joyous Kwanza, and a joyous New Year.