Guy Meets GF’s Parents For The First Time On Thanksgiving, Steals Their Turkey And Runs Off

Sounds like turkey thief got his girlfriend hooked on hard substances, or she met him through hard substances and he keeps her on the hook by supplying her. Mary is going to end up at rock bottom or... Anyway, she knew about the turkey, and its the only reason she came to thanks giving and brought the trash bag with her.

Screw Mary and her bastard boyfriend. I'd take this to small claims court just for being petty, after all he's admitted he did steal the turkey, and tell Mary that she can choose whether she wants to be with an overdrinking shitbag of a thief or if she wants family. Seems like she dearly needs a reality check.

He stole the turkey and Mary was in on it. But What shocks me more is the bomb threat to the funeral home. Creepy and so mean. Could his phone number not been given to the police for an investigation?.

This is a horrible family situation, no doubt. I'm not saying any of it was okay. That said, aren't all the sides the best part of Thanksgiving? The drama would hinder the joy, but to have to run around to stores and restaurants and to ruin the meal? That small part seems dramatic to me. My family would have carried out some justice for the drama, but then we'd be happy eating as a family. I get the symbolism, but, also, a turkey is just a turkey.

MIL will be haunting Chris for the rest of his life.

Sociopath + alcohol is never a good combination. The amount of disrespect here is off the scale.

Will always remember that if I ever brought a boyfriend home and if he wasn’t treating me right or generally wasn’t nice my brothers would ‘sort him out’, only happened a couple of times and violence is never good but sometimes a stern talking to and a threat of repercussions works wonders

Would be a shame if the full name of Chris and where he goes to college would be leaked by some "random" person....

All I got to say is that dude would have to watch his back for the rest of his life if he did this to my family. No way in hell I'd let that fly. The daughter would just have to be pissed. He disrespected the generosity of the family and what may be the last holiday of a sick family member. I honestly would have found out where he was staying and "persuaded" him to eat the whole turkey, bone and all. I'm not normally a violent person but screw with my food or my family and you'll never know peace again until I'm satisfied with the punishment.

Should have called the cops

You might send a letter to all of the attendees if that fateful Thanksgiving. Be honest, stop beating around the bush. Acknowledge the truth of who stole the turkey. You are truly sorry how things turned out. Then deal with your daughter. Explain since you know that money going to her is being shared with him the buck stops now. They will need to find jobs to support themselves. If they aren't soulmates that should open her eyes. Always let her know you love her but life has challenges and burdens and Chris is hers.

It's a shame that the MIL's orher siblings are blaming the OP for her death earlier than expected. It wasn't something anyone could have expected and its very unfair to keep laying on the guilt a year later. That does no one any good and what happened can't be changed.

The fact that the daughter left to attend the party with Chris shortly after the Turkey was stolen makes me believe she was in on the turkey going missing. She doesn't sound like she can be trusted no more than Chris or has any respect for the family. As far as family members being upset seems a bit selfish because the situation was out of your control and definitely time for the family stick together. You may have cut verbal contact with Mary but if you're still supporting her financially, sadly she is the winner. Mary, Chris and the upset family member seem like AH . Heartbreaking that this happened, may peace and love be with you.

Wow. That’s a new low……

Is Chris controlling Mary & using her for the financial support they are still providing her. I can see why the husbands sib is angry at you two for NOT doing a damn thing about it. Cut the money and Chris colors will show. Also it's very apparent you didn't raise your daughter to love & respect her family because she absolutely does not. She shows up when she needs money and boom she's gone again. Also I bet it's not all Chris but Mary too. She probably showed up to the viewing got some money then texted Chris she was ready to go. Or she called it in herself cause she had better things to drink or snort or shoot up. Stop the money! Mary wouldn't feed you if you were dieing of starvation.

I guess this is a good lesson to why when it is going to be a special and possibly last holiday, to say no dear this is family only because it is just family.

How TF did a total stranger literally walk out of your house with an entire turkey and no one seen him and your daughter acted dumb? How is this even possible??? Why would he do this?

I've read some far fetched stories on BP but this one really is scraping the barrel of made up nonsense 😄

On the day when Mary said she had to leave to go to an event with Chris that's the time you offer to give her a ride and go pick up your turkey at the same time!

This is actually sad as it's so common in families when a family member gets involved with an unsuitable person. In this case, Mary's boyfriend is probably a real criminal in his own right. That girl is going to have a really hard life lesson when she realises that man is slowly destroying her whole life. It will be very hard for her family to ever forgive her, the day she comes crawling back home for that forgiveness.

Financials are complicated 🤬 I would involve tge polices. Starting with the turkey incident. And, people, have survey cameras!

This family has a far bigger problem than a missing turkey. First of all, they can blame the boyfriend for "making her change", but they should blame themselves for bringing up such a selfish, entitled creature. She doesn't seem to understand what's wrong with her boyfriend's behaviour or how much it affected her family, and that's not the boyfriend's fault. There's also that imbecile sibling who is offended because they "disrespected" his mother, as if his brother had planned all this situation on purpose. Honestly, those two idiots (the sibling and the daughter) should get lost. Everybody would be much better without them.

The biggest wtf about this is how their family blames them. Like how tf were they supposed to know their daughters bf was going to pull that bs?? How awful of them.

All he would have got from my family is a good thrashing.