A Heartfelt Message to All of You Who Are Alone for The Holidays

It was Thanksgiving day in 1982. I was a year into my divorce. My girlfriend, a lovely, funny person, had broken up with me a few weeks before. I was suddenly alone for Thanksgiving due to a bonehead move I made on her girlfriend after a comedy club performance. I called her and suggested we meet for a drink or something like that. I was unaware that girlfriends, unlike guy friends, often talk to one another. They tell one another everything — Oops. My family was only 350 miles away in Santa Barbara, but in another bonehead move, I decided to stay in San Francisco alone. “It’ll be fine,” I said to myself. It would have been so easy to drive down and have a lovely Thanksgiving at my Mom and Dad’s house, but John Wayne decided to go it alone. <a href="https://medium.com/crows-feet/a-heartfelt-message-to-all-of-you-who-are-alone-for-the-holidays-58c5d4b53c5a">Website</a>