Post by thinkofthesoldiers on Oct 19, 2015 12:24:36 GMT -5
I'd go nowhere and be sure my family knew why I wasn't coming. And I'd only eat the stuff I like and make sure to have enough leftovers. And I'd get my Xmas shopping done...and probably order some of the product your sister sells from another person and give it to my mom at Xmas just to pis sister off. But...I'm a bitch sooooo....
Oh and lots if alcohol all by myself. Why? Because fuck you family.
Anyone in W MI who needs a place to go for a kick ass TG dinner can come to my house.
It will liven up the dinner that usually ends in my parents accusing me of becoming a liberal (gasp! Oh noes! The horror! ). But on the plus side there is usually whatever the liquid equivalent of a ton of wine and booze and beer.
My parents are taking me to the beach (FL) that weekend, and my H isn't coming because he has to work. You can share my room with me and my puppy. I swear I'm not a creeper and I have a cute dog
You are more than welcome to come to my house. C will want to touch your "Ariel" hair all day, my H will likely be sick and in the bedroom all day and so it will just be you, me and my IL's. Fear not there will be some tragic eggplant and cheese dish you can eat.
I'd go nowhere and be sure my family knew why I wasn't coming. And I'd only eat the stuff I like and make sure to have enough leftovers. And I'd get my Xmas shopping done...and probably order some of the product your sister sells from another person and give it to my mom at Xmas just to pis sister off. But...I'm a bitch sooooo....
Oh and lots if alcohol all by myself. Why? Because fuck you family.
Ha. My mom knows why I am not interested in coming. My mom also knows I'm the stronger daughter and that I will be ok regardless. Versus my sister who my mom worries about on a daily basis.
I don't want to punish my mom - but I don't give a flying fuck about my sister's feelings at this point. Managing my disdain for my sister and my desire to be kind to my mom is hard.
But I take it you're not inviting me over. THAT IS FINE OK I UNDERSTAND.
LOL If you want to come to my house, I'll make sure to make an all GF meal. And I have a kickass dog. And your pups are welcome. And I have well-behaved kids who make mealtime fun. We can discuss horrible family members (because lord knows I have 'em). And we can laugh at how my MIL is a snatch who can't appreciate that we are traveling twice in two months to see them for the holidays.
I take a trip every year over Thanksgiving for this very reason. I use the excuse that it's done to maximize PTO and not have to take lots of time off. Sorry your sister is being a donkey.
Post by jojoandleo on Oct 19, 2015 13:44:19 GMT -5
You can join me for Thanksgiving in El Paso with my in-laws. My MIL hates me, yet wants me to have babies ALL AT THE SAME TIME! There are about a million cousins, I am sure one of them is single. I think one is becoming a priest? It will be especially fun with MH and I having issues. You could use the experience to write your first novel or soap opera script.
Oh, and BIL isn't talking to FIL and MIL thinks MH should get in between FIL and BIL and make them talk, because they aren't grown adults or anything. (MIL and FIL divorced over 30 years ago and they do not talk either.)
Last year DH and I went to Cracker Barrel. First holiday by ourselves and plans fell through with who we were supposed to have dinner with so I had nothing bought/prepared besides a giant casserole of sweet potatoes...
It was a life saver but this year I'm being more prepared. Cornish game hens for an individual meal since we don't need a huge turkey, and the necessities.
I'm sorry your sister is being passive agressive but I think this would be a good time to set up boundaries with her. Calling you at work constantly is inappropriate, and I don't think you should skip out on family time/dinner just because of her. Feels like you would be playing into her passive aggressiveness and give her something else to hold against you.
I'd invite you but I'm not 100% sure what our plans are this year. It'd be perfect though because my H is celiac too and everything in our house is gf.
Post by VeryViolet on Oct 19, 2015 14:29:19 GMT -5
You can come to our house for Thanksgiving if you want to come to the east coast. We were just talking last night about how we really want to bail on Thanksgiving this year but we can't because we have friends who come over every year and we don't want to leave them high and dry. Our family we were totally fine with bailing on. LOL
I do stuff my bird with gluten filled stuffing usually but I can put gluten free stuffing in there if you send me a recipe. I refuse to not stuff the bird though.
Really though I am sorry your sister sucks and I hope your Thanksgiving is filled with lots of laughs and yummy food.
You can come to my house. It's quiet, tasteful (and the food is fairly tasty too). We're really low key group. We usually have about 6 or 8 for dinner, we dine at 1:30 PM.