Dear 2016...

[lacandy]

So, I posted in the "Dear X" thread, and a few others wanted to say a few things to 2016, so I thought let's all bid adieu to 2016...

Dear 2016,

Thanks for the few good points of the year, really, I appreciate you stopping by, but it's time for you to go.

I think that you've overstayed your welcome and taken too much from the world and from me personally this year. Things were good when you first arrived. Seemed to be going along pretty well, but then you started to be an asshole. You took some great people from the world, including one that I loved and I had to tell my kids about shattering their own perfect world. Then came the cancer bomb? Nice way to really earn the distinction of unwanted guest.

And then there's the whole "President Elect" thing...good GOD! Just stop!! Just go away and we won't mention your name anymore.

We won't even talk about the total screw up of my feelings and sex life this year...

So, don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out!

Fuck off 2016!

Signed,

Ready for your predecessor

 

[makemewet69]

X posted from Dear X

Dear 2016,
You sucked so hard and not in a good way. You took my dad and with it a piece of heart. That devastation will be with me forever. You also took some other people from my life, but that was more of a weeding of the field. You really find out who your friends are when your world collapses.
You haven't been all bad though, 2016, for you brought CJ into my life. Meeting him and sharing what we do has been the highlight of this year.
I'm ready for 2017 and going in with a very open mind and heart, please be better to us than 2016...

Signed,
A little jaded but still optimistic

 

[NorthRockJohnson]

2016 can make like a dick sucking machine and suck my dick.

2017, don't want to say it's going to worse, just that its going to begin with Trump being sworn into the presidential office. So really I just want to tell all of you that it's been nice knowing you. I'll see you all on the other side. Where hopefully it will be an amazing party.

 

[curvyangel1969]

2016 can make like a dick sucking machine and suck my dick.

2017, don't want to say it's going to worse, just that its going to begin with Trump being sworn into the presidential office. So really I just want to tell all of you that it's been nice knowing you. I'll see you all on the other side. Where hopefully it will be an amazing party.

Way to suck the hope and joy out of my life. Thanks a bunch hon!

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

Dear 2016,

You were pretty much like most years. You started off with hope and promise, then, over time, you allowed chaos to reign. You were fun, then sorrowful. You were helpful, then nasty and horrific. You were able to combine tenderness and ruthlessness - all together.

As with all years, I don't want to see you again. 2017 is eagerly awaited. Out with the old, and in with the new. Just like how you treated me at work this year. I went from being on top, and happily looking forward to retirement in 2017, to disillusioned and pissed, and cannot wait to get the fuck out of Dodge. That is hard to do in a single year after 34 OTHER good years in the business.

As the countdown begins during New Years Eve, instead of looking forward into 2017, I'll probably have visions of the Titanic and seeing the last of her hull slip underneath the water as the countdown ends. Then, once the seas calm, it'll be time to look forward again.

 

[NorthRockJohnson]

Way to suck the hope and joy out of my life. Thanks a bunch hon!

Hey, there's gonna be an amazing party!

 

[Titts4Tatts]

Dearest "2016"

You where rough on me physically and mentally. I survived. I will be stronger and better in 2017. I thank you for all of the ups and downs. Climbing those mountains gave me stronger legs and a clearer vision. You blessed me with so many sweet people in my life. I watched my wee one grow taller and more into the young man he will soon be. You brought sadness and sorrow for those we have lost. You graciously left us with wonderful memories. So while you didn't take it easy in me I thank you. It's time to say goodbye as we usher in a new year. New beginnings. A renewed HOPE as my HOPE is far from gone. As some would like to suggest it was. Hardly. I'm anxiously awaiting with FULL support what this new winter and New Year brings. What's that saying out with the old and IN with the new !

 

[debaldone]

I can't do it any better than this:

https://youtu.be/G9t2H1fC2hY

 

[ExiledWelshman]

Dear 2016,

There is no other way to put it; you have broken me.

Physically, mentally, emotionally.

You have taken away people I love and taken me away from others.

You're a fucker and I cannot wait to see the back of you.

 

[Ask For More]

Dear 2016,

Please give them all back.

 

[Leigh81]

Dear 2016

I think I'm the only one that didn't mind the past year.
2014 was a very rough year for me so it could never get worse than that.
I hope everyone here has a spectacular year in 2017

L

 

[sogrl90]

Dear 2016,

You were mostly a good year for me. A few things I could have done without and yes you took some good people and gave us Trump for president. (Still trying to understand that btw.)

2017 will start out rough, but for me it will end very happily. Whatever happens in between.....I'll deal with it.

Signed,
Not that sorry to see you go

 

[curvyangel1969]

Dear 2016,

You ran a very close second to 2005. I had really been optimistic that being this fucked up could only happen once in a person's lifetime. Apparently I was wrong. Let's see if we make it past 2017. Fuck you 2016 and good riddance.

 

[beachbaby179]

Dear 2016,

Ciao. I can't decide whether the good or the bad prevailed. I got to see one son graduate from college and the other be excited to start. I got laid off but now have the opportunity for a fresh start. I was kind of hoping you'd let me see 2016 on my divorce papers, but you've left that privilege for your successor. I've found a bit of happiness where I can, and I've faced and conquered challenges I never dreamed of. So I'm thankful. I have the unwavering support of my family and a great support network of friends. You didn't break me. I still have a ton of hope for the future. So, yeah. Ciao.

 

[ChainedUp]

2016

On a macro level, it wasn't the best of years. Tolerance lost ground to intolerance, the "haves" have more and the "have nots" less. Celebrities seem to be falling by the wayside faster than I ever recall. The loss of people I knew hurt more than the loss of any celebrity so I'm glad those numbers were small.

On a personal level it's been a really good year. More friends gained than lost, my work is better now than it was 12 months ago, and friendships online and offline have strengthened.

I'll pat 2016 on its head, give it a cookie as it leaves and look ahead to 2017.

 

[Spenser41]

This has been so so for me. I saw a new grandchild come into the world but saw my youngest daughter go through hell. Marriage still sucks but yea that is never going to change. Been alone for a long time and no sex or anything in years.

Job has sucked and my health has not been great.

So yea I am ready to see your old ass leave....

 

[Eva_Star]

Dear 2016,

There were good times. There were bad times. There were days I smiled so much that my face hurt...but there were days when I thought that I couldn't go on.

2016, I'd like to blame you for giving me the worst day of my life thus far. Raise my fist in the air and curse you to the depths of hell for that one day, that one phone call that changed everything....but that would discount all the good days, happy moments you gave me too. I'll miss her every single day of the rest of my life but I did not die with her. I will live.

I guess it all comes down to deciding what I want to remember, what I want to come to mind when I think of this year. I choose to remember the good...it's really the only way that I can move forward and staying here, stuck in grief is just not an option.

Goodbye 2016.

May 2017 bring peace and happiness to all.

 

[NorthRockJohnson]

On my road trip I was going to stop off and spend a couple of much needed days in New Orleans. Unfortunately I couldn't go because there was a mass shooting the very morning I was going to arrive.

This perfectly sums up everything that 2016 was to me.

 

[BradBigBrain]

Dear 2016,

Fuck off.

Bowie.
Muhammad Ali.
Prince.
Keith Emerson and Greg Lake.
Alan Rickman.
Leon Russell.
Garry Shandling.
Florence Henderson.
Vanity.
Doris Roberts.
Maurice White.
Paul Katner.
Gene Wilder.
Leonard Cohen.
Nancy Reagan.
Patty Duke.
Jose Fernandez.
Arnold Palmer.
Alan Thicke.
Gordie Howe.
Merle Haggard.
John Glenn.
Carrie Fisher.
Debbie Reynolds.

Superstars all.

I know that 2017 is going to be much better...as The Beatles sang, "it can't get much worse."

 

[LadyJS]

Dear 2016,

Fuck you!

With all sincerity,

An extremely dissatisfied customer

P.S. Fuck you!

 

[Endless_Night]

2016

You've been a busier than expected, particularly this last few months. That extra responsibility I picked up midyear really ramped up the stress. I am...tired.

In the plus column there are too many items to list. I love where I live. My decision to make a career shift was inspired. No monetary or health complaints. All my important personal relationships are running along smoothly.

There might have been a little procrastination in a couple of areas, and a questionable decision or two, but nothing I can’t clean up quickly.

I’m expecting 2017 to be stellar!

 

[NorthRockJohnson]

2016

You've been a busier than expected, particularly this last few months. That extra responsibility I picked up midyear really ramped up the stress. I am...tired.

In the plus column there are too many items to list. I love where I live. My decision to make a career shift was inspired. No monetary or health complaints. All my important personal relationships are running along smoothly.

There might have been a little procrastination in a couple of areas, and a questionable decision or two, but nothing I can’t clean up quickly.

I’m expecting 2017 to be stellar!

Positivity, I dig it!

 

[Endless_Night]

Positivity, I dig it!

That's because you're:

The Man.
The Myth.
The Legend!

 

[NorthRockJohnson]

A few positive things in 2016 were trekking cross country and back, hanging with family, reconnecting and being around for my niece to be born. Definitely very big positives.

I can say that most of the good stuff I made happen myself as a direct result of the bad stuff. So that's empowering and something positive I can take with me into the next year.

 

[NorthRockJohnson]

That's because you're:

The Man.
The Myth.
The Legend!

Haha that's what they tell me. I'm at least one of those things.