I was really looking forward to Christmas. Usually we sit around twiddling our thumbs and looking at each other on Christmas day. Well since we made quite a few friends in the area we built our house, this year we got an invite to one of our new close friend’s house to have Christmas dinner with her family. We were meant to sleep over and all go out on Boxing day (next day) too.
Then yesterday Yasu dropped the bombshell that he was working both Christmas day and the next day. I was very upset, how could he do that to me? When my mum and sister found out he was working they just looked at me like something weird was going on. They think it’s rude because everyone wants the day off to spend with family. Everyone except Yasu.
The thing is, we had just gotten through talking about the Japanese house guest from hell (JHGFH), and what she had done wrong. Yasu had told me that she was in the wrong because she “had gone against our culture.” Now he’s doing the same thing!!
I don’t know about other countries that celebrate Christmas day, but in Australia it’s unheard of to work if you don’t have to. And he doesn’t have to. He wants to get some work finished before the other workers get back from their holidays. Holidays! What’s that?
He can’t even see how embarrassing it is going to be for me to go to our friend’s house and have everyone wondering why he’s not there. The conversation will be something like this:
Person: “Hi! Merry Xmas! Where’s Yasu?”
Me: “He didn’t come”
Person: “Oh, why not?”
Me: “He’s working today”
Person: “What? He’s working today? Why?”
Me: “Because he wants to..”
Person: “Oh…”
Awkward silence. Person makes an excuse and crosses to the other side of the room so they don’t have to look at me.
Tonight i was wrapping presents, he didn’t offer any help. He hasn’t come Christmas shopping with me, i had to lug all the ingredients for tomorrow’s food home on the bus because he wouldn’t come pick me up.
It makes me feel so mad. Can’t he just go along with our culture? Just for two days. Christmas is a very important time for me. It’s not a time for feeling abandoned and alone. I should be spending tomorrow with him at my friends place but i’ll be alone at my friend’s place. Of course, i’m happy to be with my friends and they don’t mind, but the point is, i shouldn’t be celebrating without my other half. And why did he have to do it now we have a place to go? I just don’t want him to insult our friends like that by telling everyone at the last minute he’s working. It makes them feel like he’d rather work than go to their house.
Also, if he knew he was going to cancel Christmas on me, why didn’t he just tell me at the beginning of December instead of two days before? How come he celebrated all the Christmassy things when JHGFH was here but not with me. The mind boggles.
So tomorrow i will be doing my best to have a good day without him. Hopefully he’ll have gone to work before i get up so i don’t have to see his face. Otherwise i’ll just remember get mad again.
To all my readers, thank you for reading and i wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a great day wherever you are in the world.
Love,
