Merry Christmas to me – no job, no boyfriend but wait!

so everyone loves christmas right trust me it's not so great when your boss fires you in november how was i supposed to buy presents now still i tried to see the positives i hated that boring underpaid overworked job anyway my ex-boss adrian was the worst he's a crazy perfectionist who always gave me ridiculous deadlines complained about every tiniest mistake and flipped out if things didn't go his way no wonder he was still single at 32 who could ever stand him i wouldn't miss him or my tragic ass-kissing co-workers anyways on the bright side i'd get to spend the entire holiday season with my family and my boyfriend matt in peace without being bothered by any annoying work emails i in fact have invited matt over for thanksgiving dinner with my parents and planned to spend this cozy weekend with my loved ones then the day before thanksgiving i packed up my car and was about to go and pick matt up when my phone beeped sonia i don't think thanksgiving is a good idea i just think we need some time apart i hope you have a great time see you around x what had he just broken up with me over text message i immediately rang him up but he turned his phone off just great here i was stuck at home for the entire thanksgiving and christmas period being a jobless boyfriendless loser to make it worse even my little sister gina had a boyfriend who adored her this is so unfair one night my parents were out to buy a christmas tree and gina had her boyfriend over to help put up christmas lights and decorations well needless to say love was in the air and that festive vibe didn't help at all with my misery so i refused to join them and curled up in my room feeling so lonely and miserable i downloaded tinder i usually wasn't one for dating apps but i was feeling so low i would have happily spoken to anyone i didn't feel like being me i was sick of being me so i used the fake name crystal and just put some artsy scenery pictures up i could be whoever i wanted to be and you know what it seemed to be working as a few guys wanted to talk to me okay most of them were also bored or only after one thing but then there's this guy called carl that caught my attention like me he had no pictures of himself but instead he had images of song lyrics and movie quotes including the quote the more you know who you are and what you want the less you let things upset you i love the movie lost in translation so i sent him a message telling him he had good taste in films and he messaged me back complimenting the scenery photos i took after that we started chatting days and nights we talked about everything from the dumb to the meaningful he actually helped me out a lot and made the christmas period bearable for me it was all going great until christmas eve he sent me a message to wish me a merry christmas along with let's meet up for a drink oh no even though the app said he was only a few miles away i wasn't ready for meetups i actually was nervous upon reading his text my heart was pounding and i found myself worrying about what he would think of me when we met what if he didn't look like what i imagined what if he'd be disappointed when he saw me why does that even matter though unless i developed feelings for him i don't even know anymore but it's certain that i couldn't face him just yet i politely refused his invitation he was cool about it then we still continued to talk like normal i survived christmas and then for new year's eve gina persuaded me to go to a party with her boyfriend and friends i wasn't really keen to join but i guessed i needed to do something to stop this gloominess as i was walking in i was so busy brushing off the snow on my shoulder that i bumped into a guy to my horror i looked up and saw that it was my old boss adrian why was he here in my hometown he was also shocked but managed to smile at me but i just gave him a glare rolled my eyes flipped back my hair then strode off what a mood killer i grabbed a drink and sat in the corner in an attempt to avoid bumping into adrien again gina found me and tried dragging me onto the dance floor but i refused then she winked at me and in a tipsy voice said you need a man to dance with i'll be right back five minutes later she excitedly waved at me and shouted over found one i just want to face palm as i saw her dragging adrian by the hand over to me talk about awkward but still i mumbled out a high down to shot for courage and then chatted to him okay it turns out he was visiting his grandparents who lived around here and he was actually an okay guy to talk to after i spent most of the night talking to him he bought a drink then said to me i have to admit that after the death stare you gave me on entry i was afraid for my life but it turns out i've enjoyed chatting with you sorry i blushed no it's okay i'd be mad with me too if i were you letting you go from work was nothing personal i had to let one person go and i only chose you because i knew you were wasted there um thanks i guess i laughed let's get another shot okay so maybe adrian wasn't that bad of a person after all and i don't know if it's because of all the drinks we downed the atmosphere or the fact that everyone else around us was sharing new year's kisses that i almost felt like adrian looked like he wanted to kiss me on the strike of midnight too and i too didn't dodge it luckily nothing happened i mean that would have been weird right the next day adrian messaged me saying he would help me set up a job interview at a big media company wow that's amazing now i had no excuse to soak around anymore i needed to get back to the city and sort my life out only i still couldn't get carl out of my head i guessed these feelings were real to clear up my mind i decided to confess to him online but then he messaged me back saying i think you're great and i love talking to you but i have a crush on my co-worker i'm sorry but i'd like to stay friends ouch rejection hurt back in the city i felt lonelier than ever yes i'd got the new job and it was going well but i was sick of seeing loved-up couples everywhere to make it worse gina came to stay with me for a while and she's always on the phone giggling and face timing her boyfriend now i couldn't even escape lovebirds in my own apartment feeling down i messaged carl again just casually asked him to meet up later this weekend when i would be back home again for my mom's birthday well to be honest i just couldn't give him up just yet maybe he would change his mind when we met or i would be able to get over him once we meet but he made up some excuse to reject me again that was it i told myself it's official over now depressed i called adrian up for a drink he arrived looking kinda cute but the sting of rejection was still on my mind i confided to adrian and i asked him if he thought carl was a fool for turning me down adrian slammed his drink onto the table and turned to me and said you're the fool why are you stupidly chasing after some guy online he might not even be real he might be some 60 year old pervert why won't you just open your eyes and look in front of you then he stood up locked me in his arms and tried to kiss me what i was so mad i pulled myself away from him and slapped him straight across the face before i stomped off he was meant to be my friend not some guy after just one thing i was so hurt i cried while texting carl about what just happened but he didn't reply the next day i woke up with a pounding head and puffy eyes i checked my phone adrian had called me but nothing from carl he must have been too busy with his co-worker huh suddenly i heard the door knock my sister answered it and told me it was adrian i reluctantly went out to see him i mean i guess i needed to at least hear him out he was standing there looking sheepish as he said i'm so sorry about last night sonia i was slightly drunk and i guess i've read the signals wrong for what it's worth i think that carl guy is a fool for letting you go you're amazing i wasn't in the mood to talk to him so said it was fine then told him to leave i closed the door and threw myself on the sofa then about 10 minutes later there was someone at the door again i answered it and there was adrian but this time he changed his outfit confused i grumbled what else do you want then he politely greeted me hello crystal let me introduce myself i'm carl we've been talking for months i guess if you think about it the more you know who you are and what you want the less you let things upset you i stared at him open mouthed he just quoted lost in translation and he'd called me crystal then reality struck me omg all this time and adrien was carl i dragged him inside we sat down on the sofa and talked everything out it's so unreal turns out the guy i've been chasing after is literally right in front of me how ironic i was so happy i hugged him and broke down crying apologizing right then my sister walked out from the kitchen took one look at us and laughed out well well well isn't this the awful boss who fired you but most importantly isn't he the guy i brought to you at the new year's eve party you two owe me big time we all burst out laughing so yeah after a horrid holiday season now i finally could start a promising new year with a great job and a pretty awesome new boyfriend i guess things always have a way of working out in the end right thank you for listening to my story and wish you guys a good start into the new year you

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Published: Sun Dec 20 2020