Single with divorced, emotionally unavailable parents. Siblings have their own families. I have autism, so it's harder for me to make friends. The friends I do have are busy with their friends.

Sure, my parents have Christmas on the 22nd and 23rd, but it's just not the same as Christmas day. Half the time, I don't even bother going to family functions anymore and no one really seems to notice. The whole experience is really just incredibly lonely. When I try to talk to men I think I'd be interested in, a lot of times it's just about sex without any real meaning to it. I just feel like I want someone to get to know me, ask questions about me.

it would be nice to receive a Christmas card that's not from my parents, lol, or even a Christmas gift. It's just hard for me because I get every in my family gifts. It's part of the reason why I don't like to go to the Christmas gatherings. To watch everyone else open their gifts and then to have nothing given back. I understand it's about the kids and times are hard, but I just want anyone to think about me, to think about what I would want or like.