h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There is one very good reason not to date somebody (even somebody you're madly in love with) and it's call Christmas. Two family Christmases in one year is a bit much, especially when the families live so far apart.

I don't know if many people are overly familiar with Victoria, Australia... On Friday night, my boyfriend and I drove from my place in Hawthorn to my parents' place in Euroa. Approximately 2 hours. On Saturday afternoon we drove to his parents' place in Rye. That's about 4 hours. On Sunday we went back to my boyfriend's place in Seaford. An hour. Monday he had to work, and he works in Rye, so there's another 2 hours accounted for getting there and back (plus me sitting the car reading for the 5 hours he was working... I was going to shop, but it kept raining).

SO DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT CHRISTMAS CHEER!!!!

That doesn't sound bad, 9 hours in 4 days. We went to my grandparents' with my family on sunday, that's about 6 hours in one day with five people in a pretty small car (I suppose there were just the two of you in your car) and that was totally voluntary. And we like to go to Lappland for about a week on easter and that takes 13 hours there and another 13 back (or even longer if we stop for a night at my husband's relatives' place).

You have my deepest sympathy!!!