Finding Family on Craigslist?? People are Filling their Hearts, and their Stomachs, Online this Holiday Season
December 5, 2008 – 6:52 pmDid you know people are finding Surrogate Family on Craigslist this holiday season?
Sounds like a strange question, but that’s just what Gloria Goodale, staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor, was asking last week as she prepared an article about seasonal gatherings.
Her article, “To fill a table, they go online:
Web connections, made with care, can add to holiday cheer and gatherings of new friends” made some interesting points about how people are searching for, and successfully finding, meaningful connections over the web!
Web connections, made with care, can add to holiday cheer and gatherings of new friends” made some interesting points about how people are searching for, and successfully finding, meaningful connections over the web!
Even company for something as traditional as last week’s Thanksgiving dinner could be found on Craigslist.
I spoke with Gloria, and Thrive Boston Counseling was quoted in the article.
A Short Excerpt is Provided Here (and a link to the full article is below)
Call it Home for the Holidays 2.0. Whether it’s the newly married couple transplanted across the country, or the emotionally troubled 50-something Boston-area businessman…work schedules are turning to the tools of today to find “family” for the big seasonal gatherings.
Some experts see a nascent trend with growth potential, especially during tough economic times. “The more mobile we get, the more isolated and lonely people are,” says Anthony Centore, a therapist with Thrive Boston, a counseling center in Cambridge, Mass. Many, especially in the younger generation, use the Internet to stay connected to friends – old and new. “But we are made for in-person contact,” says Mr. Centore, “and that’s what people will seek out, particularly at high emotional times such as the holidays.”
Searching Boston Craigslist for Christmas!
A look at the Boston Criagslist today shows people looking to car pool home for the holidays, free “Christmas kittens”, and charities seeking volunteers for holiday events.
No postings for Christmas dinner yet…
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