Can we have a thanksgiving bitchfest?

[kwpnjumper55]

I will start: my inlaws came for thanksgiving dinner at my parents house, we didn't know they were staying overnight. Apparently they are and are staying at our house! My house is a freaking mess and is no way in shape for guests! To make matters better, my BIL and his Gf stopped by unannounced for a visit and the GF was trying to convince my MIL to give the kitten to her. Even though GF has given away 4 animals in the past 2 years to either friends or the pound.

I'm so freaking tired of my IL's not giving us notice that they are going to stay with us and then I feel like a crappy SAHM when my house is trashed!

[joenali]

I have nothing to bitch about. It was a good thanksgiving!

[Deleted]

All I have to bitch about are the customers that were so rude at the store today. It's thanksgiving for christ sakes no one should be treated poorly. And no retail employee Gould be treated like shit, while spending the holiday away from their family, because you waited until the last minute to buy something and we had run out.

[hallows]

Sorry for those of you who had a crappy T-day. I really missed my family today, but it was actually really great. I got to skype with my mom, heard my dad sing the turkey song (by Adam Sandler), everything I made turned out amazing, the conversation was great, and now H and I are just chillin with boozy hot chocolate.

[tacocat]

I don't want it to sound like I had a crappy thanksgiving! I didn't. Just hurty now. I'm sorry koosh. I hope it will be ok!

[jennlin]

FWP: FIL likes to be big and manly and carve the turkey, but he doesn't know how and we end up eating shredded turkey every year.

[niq]

Nov 23, 2012 1:59:18 GMT -5 jennlin said:

FWP: FIL likes to be big and manly and carve the turkey, but he doesn't know how and we end up eating shredded turkey every year.

LOL. That's not very manly, then!

Sister L held up okay, but man is she insecure and it's all in her head. My wife is not a raging B who hates her, dad does in fact love her even if he's dating someone, the food was good, serving spaghetti instead of a second thanksgiving is not some sort of crime against humanity, if your in laws overhear family problems they're not going to think less of you, etc. The list goes on and on. She really needs to relax.

Mon was pretty pleasant by mom standards. I think she was happy to have us around. She even found a way for me to have a comfortable bed in her condo!

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[carylee07]

Thanksgiving was pretty awesome but we do have one cousin that's a bit cray. She always wants to be the center of attention. When she found out everyone was going to actually be together in Cali, she posted on FB how happy she was we would all be together and tagged everyone in the family in the post. So thennnn, we start eating at 5 and she ends up not even showing up until 8:30. Everyone started leaving at 9:15-9:30. And she flies out this morning. Soooo why the big fuss if you are not actually going to spend time with us? My other cousin took her home and he said she talked on the phone the whole way. Anddddd her first night here, she told her brother to come spend the night but then made plans to go out with a couple boys.

And what's kind of funny is that she's been in the States for about 20 some odd years now but still mixes up her phrases/sayings. Last night she posted about how she ate 5 times yesterday and that she "feels like a fat kid loves cake." Yeah, you're not using that right.

Other than that, our family time is always a riot. Love it!

[llh0211]

No complaints here. A couple funny things... I used to have blonde hair, and a couple months ago I decided to go brunette. It's a pretty dark brown color now. Anyway, I haven't seen my grandparents for awhile, and they've never seen me with dark hair. So my grandmother was asking me why I dyed my hair, and why not just go back to my natural color (truth is, it is just a couple shades darker than my natural color) and how she didn't recognize me with SUCH DARK hair. No biggie. Then she noticed my mom also colored her hair and went on and on about how nice my mom's hair looks. And how much she liked it. Knowing my grandmother, it was definitely her way of saying without actually saying that she didn't like my hair color. I don't really care. I just thought it was funny.

Overall it was a really nice Thanksgiving. I was bummed my grandmother didn't make scalloped corn. She instead made rutabaga. We've NEVER had rutabaga at Thanksgiving. Other than that, everything was delicious.

[Deleted]

No complaints here! I'm sorry to everyone who had a less than stellar t day. *hugs all around*

[jennlin]

haha i'm glad i'm not the only one who ate shredded turkey last night.

[sarack]

Had a great thaanksgiving! Just weighed myself. Not good. Lol. Looks like I need to enjoy and once these leftovers are done, its back to the gum. Seriously considering putting my 2 weeeks in st my second job.

[Kahala]

Squishy cheek love! So after a full day of skiing we ate leftovers then H played video games till 4a. Well his buddy is a good friend from high school who didnt go home for TG and he is stuck in TX, so i cant complain that H was spending time with him

[picksthemusic]

I personally had a great Thanksgiving. I can't wait for leftovers!

The only thing that bugged me was the FB posts about "Happy Needless Turkey Murder Day" and "Happy Native American Genocide Day".

I mean... I get it, but come on. Let me have my Thanksgiving dinner without the guilt trip.

[llh0211]

Nov 23, 2012 15:39:29 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

I personally had a great Thanksgiving. I can't wait for leftovers!

The only thing that bugged me was the FB posts about "Happy Needless Turkey Murder Day" and "Happy Native American Genocide Day".

I mean... I get it, but come on. Let me have my Thanksgiving dinner without the guilt trip.

Seriously? Wow. I didn't have any of that. I'll be happy when everyone's 30 days of thankfulness is over though... I know, that sounds bad, but seriously? Ugh.

[jennlin]

Nov 23, 2012 15:48:44 GMT -5 llh0211 said:

I'll be happy when everyone's 30 days of thankfulness is over though... I know, that sounds bad, but seriously? Ugh.

lol. this.

[tacocat]

Nov 23, 2012 15:48:44 GMT -5 llh0211 said:

Nov 23, 2012 15:39:29 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

I personally had a great Thanksgiving. I can't wait for leftovers!

The only thing that bugged me was the FB posts about "Happy Needless Turkey Murder Day" and "Happy Native American Genocide Day".

I mean... I get it, but come on. Let me have my Thanksgiving dinner without the guilt trip.

Seriously? Wow. I didn't have any of that. I'll be happy when everyone's 30 days of thankfulness is over though... I know, that sounds bad, but seriously? Ugh.

I thought it was sweet for about 2 days. Then I quit and started ignoring everyone. I get being thankful, but they are either novels, bragging, or vaugebooking.

[mkate710]

Nov 23, 2012 0:39:46 GMT -5 @sounderschick said:

All I have to bitch about are the customers that were so rude at the store today. It's thanksgiving for christ sakes no one should be treated poorly. And no retail employee Gould be treated like shit, while spending the holiday away from their family, because you waited until the last minute to buy something and we had run out.

Wow, this makes me sick to my stomach. As much as I was relieved that some stores near us were open in case I forgot something last minute (which I didn't), I felt really bad for the employees who had to be at work for the stores to be open. I can't believe anyone would be rude to someone who was away from their family and working on Thanksgiving. Sheesh. I'm sorry

[mkate710]

No turkey day bitching here. Ours went really well. I didn't get to eat that much because I was super preoccupied making sure everything was on the table and everyone had the seconds they wanted, etc etc. But that's ok. We have leftovers

That said, hosting thanksgiving is a fancy term for washing a lot of dishes. We're talking around 18 hours of prepping/cooking/cleaning. Plus black friday shopping today, it's a FWP but man do my feet hurt.

[karebear219]

My Turkey day went pretty well too. The worst part is IL like to drink a lot so I feel iffy today.

I think it is so terrible of people to be rude to people working holidays. I used to have to work Christmas at my old job and people would be so mean. I mean really?!! You are going to yell at me on Christmas. I just tell myself those people are going to come back and work customer service for their entire next life.

I felt bad running to Michael's last night to get my Christmas trees because I was promoting them being open on Thanksgiving, but I couldn't go today so sorry Michael's employees. At least I was really nice.

[BlackCanary]

Nov 23, 2012 1:59:18 GMT -5 jennlin said:

FWP: FIL likes to be big and manly and carve the turkey, but he doesn't know how and we end up eating shredded turkey every year.

That's bad? That's pretty much how we end up doing it. It still tastes like turkey whether it's sliced or shredded, right?

[fiddles]

Mil brought a poinsettia yesterday. Yes the plant that is extremely toxic to animals. Our cat ate a couple leaves before we caught her. Last night was not fun watching her.

From my phone yo!

[larzhope]

totally late to this party. our thanksgiving was good, but it further reiterated our conversation from the other day - parents who don't watch their kids make me so mad! One of our friends has a 4 year old that they brought and at one point he walked out our front door because his parents weren't watching him.

Especially after being over Jennlin's yesterday and seeing how great LauraLynne was with her son - I retract my "I dislike kids" statement, and instead change it to "I dislike parents who don't pay attention to their kids."

[Kahala]

I was also impressed with LL chasing her little one around and being totally unfazed/ not stressed with his antics and being involved with all our conversations without missing a beat.

[jennlin]

Nov 23, 2012 22:37:32 GMT -5 BlackCanary said:

Nov 23, 2012 1:59:18 GMT -5 jennlin said:

FWP: FIL likes to be big and manly and carve the turkey, but he doesn't know how and we end up eating shredded turkey every year.

That's bad? That's pretty much how we end up doing it. It still tastes like turkey whether it's sliced or shredded, right?

it definitely does not taste the same!! part of thanksgiving is slicing into thick slices of turkey....mmmm....