Do you ever get depressed over.....

[NHdisneylover]

I too can relate to feeling left out and depressed when finances keep you from doing the things you have always done. We don't even go to movies anymore--saw two last year and have not seen any yet this year

Anyway, I want to piggyback on startann's advice of having a game night. It is a lot of work (and sometimes MORE depressing at first becasue you compare everything to what you sued to do), but make the effort to get OUT and find low cost or free things to do.

We do a lot of game nights. Or have friends over for wine and cheese. Everyone brings a bottle (nothing realyl pricey--rarely over $10) and one type of cheese and we just nosh and drink and chat the night away. On our own we make an effort to go take a picnic somewhere and go out hiking, etc (okay not great hiking in Dallas but some nice lakes to go to and hang out on the beach). We check online or in the paper and find free concert and fairs and go and people watch.
No, it is not the same, but it feesl good to have plans.

If you are so incliend you can get involved in a local community theatre. Start working on a show and you suddenly find yourself with NO free time whatsoever and (hopefully) some fun people to hang out with

 

[wallyb]

"Well, That's a turd in a punch bowl"

Happy now?
Wally is bummed out.

 

[UKMark]

Sometimes it's only our obsession with Disney World that keeps us going. During April this year Mark's Dad was diagnosed with cancer, my Aunt (one of the ladies who helped raise me) died, both of our debit cards were cloned and our bank accounts were emptied, then to top it all our land lord asked us to move out of the house we've lived in for 7 1/2 years

I think the only thing that kept Mark & I sane (well, fairly sane) was planning our next trip to WDW. We're taking my Mum and Step-Dad and we're going to make sure they have the trip of a lifetime. It's great to have something to look forward to, even if it is 6 months away

 

[jamieandben]

"Well, That's a turd in a punch bowl"

Happy now?
Wally is bummed out.

Freak!

 

[zendisney]

Hey my partner and I are obsessed too. It isn't weird. We call it DLD when we leave Disney. We call it Disney Let Down. We have now devised a new way to adjust when we leave Disney. We leave Disney... we call it a "soft leave" and stay in Florida for a couple of days... This year we are going to stay at Vero Beach. It seems to help. We just started it this last year, It worked pretty well for us. We are very obsessed. Our three year old makes pretend ADR's on her toy phone and she constantly talks Disney. Her teacher told us... " Lakyn talks about disney a lot." My in- my-head response... "Like this is a problem?" Anyway we plan our next-next trips before we even take the next trip. We joined DVC on both coasts... So I guess I am a Disney addict too. Hello, my name is Carla and I am obsessed with all that is DISNEY.

 

[OrlandoMike]

Our three year old makes pretend ADR's on her toy phone

 

[zeitzeuge]

Thanks for all of the advice and kind words.

We really ARE excited about the upcoming trip. I think what makes it worse is that last year we went three times: February, July and December. Of course, that won't be a possibility ever again unless I win the lottery. We'll always go once a year and twice if we're really lucky. I think this year is only one trip because we decided to do a Non Disney (gasp!) and go to San Francisco. It's tough when you want to go to Disneyland/world all the time. We basically had to sit down and force ourselves to plan a trip elsewhere.

So we decided last night to go out and have a few drinks with friends. Of course that turned into more then we wanted. Hangovers at work are NO fun. We decided that we're going to get out of town for Memorial Day and I'm taking Steven back home with me to Nebraska to meet family. It's a short trip that will only cost us gas money. I think that once we start getting out of town and doing things, our excitement will build and we'll feel less like hermits.

With the very few friends that we have, getting them to have a game night or a dinner club (potluck style) is almost impossible. I can't tell you all how many times we've tried and had it fail. We have good intentions, but it just seems to fizzle out quickly. I guess we get an A for effort.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Sometimes it's only our obsession with Disney World that keeps us going. During April this year Mark's Dad was diagnosed with cancer, my Aunt (one of the ladies who helped raise me) died, both of our debit cards were cloned and our bank accounts were emptied, then to top it all our land lord asked us to move out of the house we've lived in for 7 1/2 years

I think the only thing that kept Mark & I sane (well, fairly sane) was planning our next trip to WDW. We're taking my Mum and Step-Dad and we're going to make sure they have the trip of a lifetime. It's great to have something to look forward to, even if it is 6 months away

I can so totally agree with that. We have really tough weeks and we just keep saying to ourselves and each other that we have Disney to look forward to.
Sorry about your tough times

 

[rpmdfw]

With the very few friends that we have, getting them to have a game night or a dinner club (potluck style) is almost impossible. I can't tell you all how many times we've tried and had it fail. We have good intentions, but it just seems to fizzle out quickly. I guess we get an A for effort.

For this to work, all of the friends have to really be into doing it. We've been doing game night/pot luck with our group of friends about once a month since we gave up on finding a "new place to hang out" after the Adventurers Club closed, just so we can remain social with each other (and to be honest, we love the fact that it's SOO much cheaper). We've also done movie night at home and everyone pitches in for pizza. This also isn't terribly expensive and might appeal to people who don't want to play games. It helps that we've got friends with a projection TV and we watch movies on the whole wall, of course. But again, everybody has to want to do it for it to work.

 

[soulmates]

I'm kind of the opposite when it comes to the days leading up until the trip. I get even more excited because I have something to look forward to. What's always depressing to me is the night before you have to head home. That always bothers me.

On the other hand, I know exactly what you mean about being unable to go out and do anything. I'm currently at a point where I don't go out unless I absolutely have to because I don't want to/can't pay for more gas. Financially speaking, living week-to-week isn't even the best way to describe it. It's more like living day-to-day right now. And what's depressing is that I honestly don't see a vacation being planned anytime for the next couple years for me.

I too am like this. I get EXCITED!! I totally LOVE all that comes with the planning. To me, it's half the fun. I love reading trip reports, dining reviews...all of it. I've watched the Disney Planning DVD so many times, poor Christy is OVER it.

I feel for you, but your trip is ALMOST here!! Wish were going the same time, I'd love to share that drink we almost had in Dallas!

 

[rosiep]

In this economy A LOT more people are turning to home entertainment. James and I have a group of friends that play guitars and hand drums. We all meet pretty regularly at someone or others house to chat, eat pot luck and sing. Sounds corny, but I absolutely love it. No one person is over burdened playing host, it's very informal so everyone is relaxed and new people are always welcomed.
I am frugal by nature, and honestly the only things I ever spend money on is food and Disney (and my daughters..but they're special). James and I are also homebodies so this saves us money too.
Disney seems to be the only thing I splurge on.

There are worse things eh?

 

[soulmates]

What a cool idea Rosie? We have such a small circle of friends, that wouldn't work. We just moved here less than 2 years ago...so only have 3 other couples, we hang out with.

We're homebodies too. Christy is in law enforcement which means, NO weekends off. That's DD's & my time, and it's usually, at home. We're thinking of doing some wine tastings over the summer...but that's really it. Cool idea!!

 

[rosiep]

What a cool idea Rosie? We have such a small circle of friends, that wouldn't work. We just moved here less than 2 years ago...so only have 3 other couples, we hang out with.

We're homebodies too. Christy is in law enforcement which means, NO weekends off. That's DD's & my time, and it's usually, at home. We're thinking of doing some wine tastings over the summer...but that's really it. Cool idea!!

We're the newcomers to the group, my neighbor of several years started inviting us along..and well..it was right next door...so we went and everyone was sooo friendly. It's been a year now and I can't tell you the difference it has made in my life. I always come away happy and have actually started to sing along.
I love to sing, but only in private and around my family. Singing in public is for me what standing naked in public is for others
But this group is so accepting and encouraging....so I am comfortable singing along and am not self conscious at all.

 

[soulmates]

We're the newcomers to the group, my neighbor of several years started inviting us along..and well..it was right next door...so we went and everyone was sooo friendly. It's been a year now and I can't tell you the difference it has made in my life. I always come away happy and have actually started to sing along.
I love to sing, but only in private and around my family. Singing in public is for me what standing naked in public is for others
But this group is so accepting and encouraging....so I am comfortable singing along and am not self conscious at all.

Ya know, I would have NO problems singing in public, but the naked...ahhh, not in THIS lifetime! You crack me up!!
Our group of friends really aren't the singing type, but they ALL love wine. We have yet to introduce the one couple to our other wine loving friends. I think we'll have to do the wine tasting thing and follow it with a nice meal. We could do that monthly...yeah, good idea Chris!!

 

[Sphyrna]

honestly the only things I ever spend money on is food and Disney

I'm sure it helps not having a huge clothing budget!

 

[rosiep]

I'm sure it helps not having a huge clothing budget!

I like that you get me!

 

[OrlandoMike]

Cedar Point opens tomorrow and I'm stuck in Orlando......talk about depressing!

 

[zeitzeuge]

I'm officially not bummed at the moment. We're heading out to rainbowranch.net for the weekend to hang out with about 300 hairy bears. Grrrr!

We made 300 jello shots for the event. They have little gummi bears floating in them.

 

[M4travels]

I'm officially not bummed at the moment. We're heading out to rainbowranch.net for the weekend to hang out with about 300 hairy bears. Grrrr!

We made 300 jello shots for the event. They have little gummi bears floating in them.

Off to check out Southwest Fares.......

 

[zeitzeuge]

Off to check out Southwest Fares.......

It's a great place. Set on a nice lake. Gay owned/operated. Full of cabins, tent spots, trailers and about 200 permanent trailer residents, pavilion, pool, stage. There's going to be a beerbust meet/greet tonight, BBQ potluck, comedy drag show, bear beauty contest and the Furball Dance tomorrow night. We were lucky and got a great cabin on the lake for his event and the fall event, Fall Fur Fest.

My Ex partner and I started these events at The Ranch. Since we broke up, I haven't been back much at all. Looking forward to see everyone.