New Years

We were invited to go visit one of the downtown areas in Istanbul for the festivous occasion. I was excited to hear about it and very excited about the idea, but as soon as I mentioned it to some of my co-workers the bombs began dropping. DANGER DANGER DANGER!!!! Apparently Taksim, the area we were gonna visit, gets extremely crowded and chances of SOMETIHNG happening are extremely high. I've heard that from a few of my non Turkish co-workers and so naturally not being convinced by the gossips of others I went on the internet to do my own research, which resulted in nothing more but guided advices on how to best spend your new years in Istanbul, or the places to go and visit when in the area of Taksim. So once again I was back on the market asking around about what is up for the holidays and same story, but this time coming from the Turkish part of the population, which in the end was convincing enough to dissuade me from the trip across the continents. The most convincing part was the possibility of my wife being groped in a public and extremely crowded area. I can take care of myself and can handle my own problems but my wife being groped about wasn't just appealing enough for me. I guess the situation would be if she actually enjoyed being groped by strangers. Not the case however. So a house party with co-workers it is.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

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