[ SECRET POST #2023 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2023 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

17. http://i.imgur.com/Yt55q.png

My memories... :(

[al28894]

Reading this secret made me realize just how much I have grown. When I was young, my entire family would drive over to a nearby shopping mall just to see the movies. Sitting in the car, talking to my sisters about the movies... There's nothing that can ever replace that. Now that my sisters are going to Britain this August for uni, we're trying to watch every movie that catches our eyes just for the memories. Maybe you can convince your siblings to watch this together as a parting gift. I hope that you'll make your last months wih your brothers and sisters memorable. :)

[rubbertea]

I don't have anything to say about the content, but that's the most beautiful secret I've seen in a while. The design is pretty and the story is very touching.

[(Anonymous)]

This secret is so pretty!
Awww OP :( I'm so sorry.... *hug*. It's understandable that you'd be upset about this, stuff like that is important. I hope you and your siblings can still find some way to share the joy of the movie, at least by talking about it or something. *hug*

[thene]

The LOTR movies were the only films I ever went to see with my father (eh, I dimly recall him taking me to a couple of Disney films when I was <7 yrs old, but definitely the only once since then). I remember the whole family - my father, me, my two siblings - driving over to see the second and third ones as a post-Christmas treat two years running. He died last year, and I don't have that many good memories of him, so. I guess I'll end up seeing The Hobbit with new friends but now I'm tempted to fly back home and go see it with my brother and sister.

[habilelapin]

Aw, anon, there's nothing wrong with being so upset. You're losing a big routine of your young life/childhood. It happens as you get older, and it's painful to let those things go like that. You don't have to be ashamed of missing your siblings.

Don't take it out on something else you love though. You can still enjoy the movie. You have good memories.

[(Anonymous)]

ah, I sympathize, op. every year, for as long as i can remember, on Christmas Eve my brothers and I slept in the same room and watched movies all night. My brother and his fiance bought a house this past year, and I cried uncontrollably when I realized we wouldn't be doing it anymore.

but my younger brother and I ended up driving to his place anyway because we have an unhealthy reliance on each other and didn't want to give up tradition. I'm sure my brother's fiance was thrilled haha

[elaminator]

D:

I cried all the way home from my brothers wedding (he lived with us until then, and we were very close; always playing video games together and watching anime or movies). I totes understand this. It's good that you still got to spend time with him! (Was he happy? I bet he was!)

[(Anonymous)]

ah, i totally understand. we helped them move in and the minute i got home, i cried haha. he was happy, contrary to the other anon opinions. the 'im sure his fiance was pleased' was a joke. we are all very close and her brother spent the night too. it was like starting a new, if similar, tradition.

[elaminator]

I assumed the comment about his fiance was a joke. Really people, what happened to jumping to conclusions and making assumptions about people? You never said he didn't invite you, and since he did he clearly wanted you there. It's great that you got to start a new tradition!

[(Anonymous)]

Nice of you to intrude on their first Christmas together in their new house. Get over yourself and grow up.

[(Anonymous)]

hahaha he invited us, actually. and no, i never mentioned i was going to miss doing it, so it wasnt out of guilt. he actually had to convince us to come. shocking as this may seem to you, some people actually like their siblings and enjoy their company.

[(Anonymous)]

you obviously don't have siblings you're close with. not only is what she did totally understandable, no big brother would ever mind that. i'm married but no one will ever replace my brothers or my sister, and i want them all close to me on christmas.

[(Anonymous)]

You're obviously the same person but, just for the record, I love my sister dearly and definitely want to be with her on Christmas. I would not, however, have wanted her to sleep over on Christmas Eve the first year my now-husband and I were together in our new house. There's a difference.

[(Anonymous)]

What a selfish ass you are.

[(Anonymous)]

as i told the other anon, he invited us. i didn't just show up at his house. nor did i try and guilt trip him into inviting us. and it's not like we spoiled his christmas morning, we (my younger brother and i, that is) left at like 6am. my brother's fiance had her sibling over as well. so it was like our own new tradition at their house.

[elaminator]

This is a lovely secret in all ways. Seriously, the story is touching and the design is gorgeous. Good going OP.

I don't think there's anything at all silly about this. It seems in your case this isn't just about the movie to you; it's an obvious sign that your life is changing and things will never be quite the same. It's perfectly normal for you to be sad about that!

Although I love these movies of their own right, I know each time I watch them I think about sitting in the theater with my family, all of us crying our eyes out because we're saps, and the excitement of discussing it afterward. Happy moments like that where you can bond with your family are very important, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

I hope something changes and you get to watch the movies with them. If not OP, enjoy. (It's gonna be awesome!)

[tabaqui]

But it's *not* 'just a movie' - it's a moment in time with your family, a memory-making time, something you did together that made you feel happy, closer, special.

I totally get it, and your secret is making me cry. I hope you can somehow watch together, even if it's just over Skype sometime or something.
*hugs*

[rabidsamfan]

So ask your brother and sister if there's any way they can get time off to visit when the movie comes out so you can all walk over together. They may feel about it the same way you do!

[shinysylver]

I understand how a movies can become valued traditions. In college I always went to the Harry Potter movies at midnight with my friends. Then I moved away and got a job and had to see Half Blood Prince by myself at 9 pm. It was bittersweet but at least we still got to talk about it together on the phone and internet.

It may not be the same, but you could still talk about it together and maybe watch it on DVD together the next time you do see them. It can still be your thing you just may have to change a few of the details.

[dancing_serpent]

I feel with you. With the LotR movies, I had a large group of friends to share with me. We would sew costumes and go to the midnight premiere. Now all of them except one have moved away for jobs or relationships and are several hundred kilometers away in all directions.

I'm determined to make the best of it, though, with the one friend who's still here.

[diabolicalfiend]

You can't tell them this and have it turn into An Event with the three of you? Make a big deal out of it and make a whole new memory.

[maiira]

You say that "it's just a movie," but it's not about the movie at all. It's about that time that you spent with your siblings, and it's perfectly okay to miss that.

Maybe you guys could all call or Skype each other after you've all seen it and use that time to reminisce. It won't be the same, but it'll give you a way to remember the good times you had and cherish those memories. And, who knows, maybe you'll create another tradition.

[(Anonymous)]

I unerstand you SO well. I've just recently moved to another part of the country, and thinking about all those traditions we had with my little sis (including LOTR, yeah) still hurts so much.

On the other hand, people moving to other places is a good thing. It is another adventure, a real one. When you are children you have small adventures, once you've grown up you adventures get bigger.

Also you are still a family no matter where you are and you still have a chance to get together. (BTW, it's going to be a Christmas première, isn't it? I am totally making Christmas visits our new tradition, screw ticket fees)

That's what I keep telling myself. Still hurts though.
*hugs*

[fuchsiascreams]

Pretty secret.

That is all, good sir.