**Holiday flamefuls, early but I'm bored**

[FloFTW]

Turkey is not good, even when it's supposed to be good.

[fuddyduddy]

Nov 13, 2012 14:04:42 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

I have a few:

- I HATE PUMPKIN. I'd rather eat a chocolate pie.

I'm not a fan of most pies. I don't like the texture of cooked fruit or squash in that form.

[cjeanette]

My MIL wants to have a separate dinner for her 3 kids outside of the slightly larger family even on FIL's side.

Her and H are fighting right now and I hope this means that he will tell her no. H is expected to do all of the cooking over at her house so it would be a large time commitment.

[heyrebekah]

I don't think this is really flameful, I just want to vent about the stupid name drawing gift exchange in DH's family.

I was happy about drawing names as a way to save money, but then we got an email with all the names drawn and saw that the gifts should be in the $50-75 range! So $100-150 from the two of us - that's MUCH more than I would usually spend on all of these people combined! And this is just for Christmas Eve with the extended family, we still need gifts for DH's immediate family on Christmas Day.

[Deleted]

I hate pie

I also barely eat at Thanksgiving. Typically I have turkey leg (no gravy), asparagus, and bread. The rest adds no value to my life. So Thanksgiving is a pretty healthy day for me food-wise!

I don't think either of those are at all flameful.

I hate spending holidays with my in-laws for the following reasons: (1) my mother-in-law is a terrible cook; (2) my mother-in-law becomes a nervous wreck when entertaining; (3) their house is small and there's nowhere to escape to so we all have to sit in one room and talk to everyone for hours; (4) conversation is dominated by my husband's uncle talking about his model train club and bashing democrats; and (5) TYPICALLY ALCOHOL ISN'T OFFERED UNTIL DURING DINNER, and even then like 2 of us will have drinks. And though my sister and my mom can get into arguments during the holidays, at least the food is good, the alcohol flowing, and the conversation is interesting. And there are several rooms involved so you can talk to different people at different times.

[Chirp]

Pumpkin and coconut creme pie are basically the only two pies that I'll eat. I hate the texture of cooked fruit. It's just weird.

Stuffing should be it's own food group. I was pregnant over thanksgiving in 2010. My mom made so much stuffing... My sister still talks about it. She's my stuffing-lover second in command. Mashed potatoes and corn are equally awesome. The rest of the meal is rather "meh".

I have no opinion on Target opening on Thursday. TRU has been doing it for a couple years now and no one said anything.


My gripe - Why does cold turkey smell like farts?

[audette]

My family has decided to spend Christmas in Paris. I'm not sure I'm entirely thrilled about this.

With our upcoming move, DH will not likely be back in North America for Christmas for 2-3 years after this, so we let folks know we wanted to spend it with my family.

My brother and his family had already been planning a European thing for the holidays, so we're all glomming on to that (with encouragement from my brother and SIL). They'll be in Paris for Christmas, so that's the plan.

Paris isn't high in my list of places I want to see, particularly in late December when the weather is likely going to suck. But, DH is thrilled, and really looking forward to it. He's even looking up different things he wants to go see while we're there, and a couple tours he wants to take, too.

[bunch]

I am relieved that sil called off her engagement yesterday because there were rumors of us being asked to house her loser ffil over Christmas. Hell no to that.

I begged h to let us cancel on my parents for thanksgiving but not tell his so that we could just go to lunch at our favorite restaurant. He said no so off to south ga with my folks we go. There was no way in hell I was going to be stuck with instant mashed potatoes and stovetop again.

Eta my ga family no only doesn't serve alcohol, they don't allow it. Omg.

[Deleted]

Nov 13, 2012 14:14:15 GMT -5 @champagna said:

I’m hosting Thanksgiving and have ordered one of those T-Day packaged meals. I’m probably making only one or two things from scratch. I don’t enjoy cooking and I also don't really have the time, so this works for me.

I'm doing this too!!! I am saying screw it this year.

I know I'll probably host Tday (& every other holiday) for the next 20+ years...I'm not particularly interested in it however. My sister & I work our asses off & everyone else sits around relaxing & gets waited on. I kind of hate that.

[Deleted]

I still haven't talked to my dad and his FI - they have no idea that I know about Saturday night's incident. They are acting like nothing happened and have not apologized to my sister/FI's daughter for what they witnessed--no discussion whatsoever. I obviously have reached out to my siblings and I called my grandmother to key her in.

I am supposed to go to their house for Thanksgiving next week, and I honestly don't know how to look them in the eye. I am so, so angry at both of them. We are also exchanging Christmas gifts next week since SO and I will be OOT this year, and it's taking everything in me to not present them with a book on how they're fucking up their children.

[winnied]

My SILs want to go Black Friday shopping 1.5 hrs away. I hate shopping, am done with Xmas shopping, and it's 3 hrs round trip. I'm going b/c 2 years ago when I didn't go their husbands let the kids run around SHRIEKING all morning and I was about to cry. I'm just annoyed that one SIL dictates what everyone else does.

[Nonny]

We still don't have Thanksgiving plans because my MIL keeps fucking things up:
First she wanted us to go to her house, but all of that was contingent on what some of H's sisters were doing.
Then she was going to come to our house and it would just be the three of us, only for that to morph into us hosting Thanksgiving for seven people (I said fuck no to that).
Now she's talking about staying home again and hosting one of H's sisters and her kids, but probably not us.

I told my H last night that we should say fuck it all and get reservations at a restaurant for just the two of us.

[Deleted]

Nov 13, 2012 14:15:12 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

I don't have a flameful, but Swizzle's post made me think of something that pisses my mom off.

What say MM?

My sister always stays the night with her IL's (Xmas eve into the day). My mom doesn't understand why they have NEVER had a Xmas morning alone.

Weird or not weird?

I think it is weird to think that's weird. They should spend their Christmas morning however makes them happy.

We spend our Christmas mornings alone because we have spent Christmas Eve with one family and will be spending Christmas Day with the other family and don't want to have to drive the 2 hours (plus traffic) on Christmas, don't want to leave the cats alone, and my in-laws have no room for us to stay over comfortably (and they go to church in the morning -- no thanks)... But it is kind of boring and not at all festive or special. I would prefer in some ways to spend it with family (but not enough to ever take my sister up on her offer to stay over at her place so we can watch her kids do the Santa thing).

[heyrebekah]

Nov 13, 2012 14:15:12 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

I don't have a flameful, but Swizzle's post made me think of something that pisses my mom off.

What say MM?

My sister always stays the night with her IL's (Xmas eve into the day). My mom doesn't understand why they have NEVER had a Xmas morning alone.

Weird or not weird?

I'm not seeing the weirdness. Sounds like that's just their tradition. Maybe she doesn't want Christmas morning alone and prefers waking up in a house full of people.

[winnied]

Nov 13, 2012 14:15:12 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

I don't have a flameful, but Swizzle's post made me think of something that pisses my mom off.

What say MM?

My sister always stays the night with her IL's (Xmas eve into the day). My mom doesn't understand why they have NEVER had a Xmas morning alone.

Weird or not weird?

Is your sister local? H and I have never had a Christmas morning to ourselves because we're always traveling and we stay with relatives to keep the peace.

[M]

I don't really want to go up to NC for Thanksgiving this year. It's cold which I hate and I selfishly want to have Thanksgiving alone...just us two. I always feel like after visiting H's 50000 sides of family, I didn't get to see my parents much and need a vacation.

I hate how when his family gets together, they always talk about the past as if I haven't heard it 1000x as if I really care anymore.

[ohgillian]

I am thrilled that the relatives I invited aren't coming. This includes the ILs and my brother's family.

[vtdiamond]

My future MIL is coming to Thanksgiving at my parent's house and is meeting my parents for the first time. I'm not really looking forward to having to share the holiday with her, but I am dying to see how it all goes as FMIL is very self absorbed and doesn't really ask other people questions about themselves (just talks about herself).

Last year the future IL's bailed on Thanksgiving with us the day before Thanksgiving so there is a chance she may not show up this year.

[countthestars]

Nov 13, 2012 14:15:12 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

I don't have a flameful, but Swizzle's post made me think of something that pisses my mom off.

What say MM?

My sister always stays the night with her IL's (Xmas eve into the day). My mom doesn't understand why they have NEVER had a Xmas morning alone.

Weird or not weird?

What is weird about it? We leave for my parent's house as soon as we get up on Christmas day and do all of our gifts there. I think gifts with just H and I would be boring.

[lurkergirl123]

My husbands family was invited to Thanksgiving at our house. They declined. I'm totally fine with that...more than fine actually.

They are now mad at my husband because he's still planning on having Thanksgiving at our house. With his wife and children. Apparently they believed their turning us down meant that he would change his plans, despite the fact that we have 13 other people coming to our house.

I really hate them.

[winnied]

Nov 13, 2012 14:24:43 GMT -5 M said:

I hate how when his family gets together, they always talk about the past as if I haven't heard it 1000x as if I really care anymore.

This is my family and it slays me. My family does this and H's either doesn't talk at all or they talk about math. I'm not kidding.

[Deleted]

I might lie to my mother and tell her we're still taking our Thanksgiving trip to see DH's grandmother so she won't expect us to come have dinner with my family. I can't stand eating holiday dinners with my family because the food is so bland and it kind of ruins everything. It's just bad. Last year on Easter my 6 year old nephew was eating some noodles and he was like, "Mom, I need some salt.....MOM...I really need some salt...mom....these noodles......THEY TASTE LIKE NOTHING. It's like I'm eating flour." And he's right.

The best part of this was that me and my sister just sat there and stared at each other, because we have endured these meals for over 20 years and we felt his pain. Sometimes we try to lure my mom and aunt out of the kitchen so we can spice things up.

[ckinla]

Thanksgiving is all about the sides. I hate turkey (and gravy). I like the taste of pumpkin pie, but the texture makes me gaggy.

[ssmjlm]

Early? LOL I've been on a thanksgiving rampage since last week.

We've hosted Thanksgiving the last 2 years b/c the year before we found out even though BIL was in town, he left FIL home alone to eat soup on Thanksgiving day.

This year MIL says she would like to host and rather than argue b/c really, FIL doesn't want to go 45mins away to his ex-wife's plus my parents being in town, I said ok. Then DH decides he would really prefer to host. Except instead of calling MIL the day he tells me that he sit on his ass for a week and doesn't talk to her until Sunday. Of which she informs him that yeah, she doesn't really want to host (b/c she's lazy) and would rather us do it, but OH BY THE WAY she bought a 24lb turkey and a ham for us to cook.

Um, no fucking way am I accommodating my Thanksgiving to cook a fucking 24 lb turkey when there will only be 9 people! But of course DH has yet to tell MIL there's no way we can cook a turkey that big plus all the sides, etc. God I hope he talks to her today. Oh and plusalso MIL only knows one way to cook things, overdone, so we'll get to have cold dried out turkey and ham, whee!

Thank god I bought my own turkey breast to do in the crockpot so there will be something edible for us and my parents as leftovers.

Then today DH finally asks BIL what the deal is with SIL and the kids. Well technically this isn't the year they have the kids, but OMG all of sudden it might be all 7 of them! Yes b/c my house only seats 12 people between the dining room and the kitchen, but hey let's all pile in! Not to mention my BIL constantly makes comments about how small our house is.

Oh and BIL and SIL actually have the biggest house, but heaven forbid they host a fucking holiday in the 5 years they've been married. Nope, SIL once told me she's cooked a turkey once in her 43 years on earth.

And since I can't drink I may just go BSC pregnant lady if someone even makes one comment to me.

[Chirp]

Nov 13, 2012 14:15:12 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

My sister always stays the night with her IL's (Xmas eve into the day). My mom doesn't understand why they have NEVER had a Xmas morning alone.

Weird or not weird?

I'll say "weird" if your sister doesn't really want to go, but does anyway to appease her H who has to wake up "at home" on Christmas morning.

Wouldn't be the first time I've heard of that.

But there are reasons why that wouldn't be weird.

I wouldn't do it though. I learned my lesson on staying with family over the holidays. No thank you. I'll pay for a hotel. Or just stay home. Either way.

[ohgillian]

Pie is gross.

[pugz]

Nov 13, 2012 14:13:24 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

I think people who don't like stuffing are evil.

WORD! mark the beast, 666 and all that

[thatgirl2478]

who can hate pie and stuffing?!? ya'll are crazy!

[SJ]

We always sleep at my parents' house on Christmas Eve and wake up there Christmas morning.

They live 30 minutes from us.

We do this because Christmas Eve involves HUGE quantities of booze (at my parents' BFF's party). Every single year Mom is the DD, but we booze her up when we get back to their house. Last year she did shots with us.

Not sure what we'll do when we have kids, but I wouldn't be opposed to just all sleeping at my parents?

[Deleted]

Nov 13, 2012 14:06:27 GMT -5 FloFTW said:

Turkey is not good, even when it's supposed to be good.

Turkey is very good, when it is very good.

Tips:

- Buy a better turkey
- Eat the dark meat

Otherwise, you're doing it wrong