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Ideal_Rock
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Are you hosting this year? No? Why not? Yes? What are you looking forward to and/or dreading?
Me? Heck no!
I'm soooooo over the hosting Thanksgiving thing. Originally, it was fun, then it became a defense mechanism, so that I didn't have to eat at my aunt and uncle's filthy house: dishes sticky when they come out of the cabinet, and a large dog with even larger ticks! Don't forget the bathroom No thanks!
I'm coming up on year 30 (THIRTY!) of being the Thanksgiving lady, and I'm over it.
No one ever brings anything good (aunt brings cranberry-who-the-hell-knows-what that only she eats!), no one helps clean up, and honestly, is it THAT hard to handle stemware? I am down to 4 glasses from 24!!! Another aunt got insulted when I asked someone else to bring the salad and not her, so big drama. Well, screw it, I never liked that weird onion salad.
So, DH and I are staying home and I'll make turkey and stuffing because it's one of the few things I'm good at. I might make one of my pies, with cherry on one side and apple on the other. No one else is invited. I'll tell them we're going to a restaurant if they ask. DD will be there, don't really care if DS and DIL come, they haven't come since they got married. We'll have a quiet day, good food, and we'll actually get to keep some of the leftovers for a change. The relatives used to come with coolers to take home leftovers! No freeloaders this time, and I bet my stemware will come out intact.
Are you hosting this year or not? Why?
Me? Heck no!
I'm soooooo over the hosting Thanksgiving thing. Originally, it was fun, then it became a defense mechanism, so that I didn't have to eat at my aunt and uncle's filthy house: dishes sticky when they come out of the cabinet, and a large dog with even larger ticks! Don't forget the bathroom No thanks!
I'm coming up on year 30 (THIRTY!) of being the Thanksgiving lady, and I'm over it.
No one ever brings anything good (aunt brings cranberry-who-the-hell-knows-what that only she eats!), no one helps clean up, and honestly, is it THAT hard to handle stemware? I am down to 4 glasses from 24!!! Another aunt got insulted when I asked someone else to bring the salad and not her, so big drama. Well, screw it, I never liked that weird onion salad.
So, DH and I are staying home and I'll make turkey and stuffing because it's one of the few things I'm good at. I might make one of my pies, with cherry on one side and apple on the other. No one else is invited. I'll tell them we're going to a restaurant if they ask. DD will be there, don't really care if DS and DIL come, they haven't come since they got married. We'll have a quiet day, good food, and we'll actually get to keep some of the leftovers for a change. The relatives used to come with coolers to take home leftovers! No freeloaders this time, and I bet my stemware will come out intact.
Are you hosting this year or not? Why?