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It's rare that you get to see your closest people in one place, so whenever such an opportunity arises, we yearn to make the most of it. But then your sibling complains there's no green bean casserole this year, your aunt starts questioning your relationship status, and after your dad brings up politics, disappointment sneaks in, making these letdowns the highlights of your time together.
But in order to remind ourselves that there's no such thing as a perfect family gathering, let's take a look at one Reddit post. Through this platform, user Badshark1352 invited everyone to share the juiciest Thanksgiving stories they have. Its comment section is full of memorable experiences, proving that life really can be stranger than fiction. Hopefully, they can allow you to see some normality in the chaos!
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#1
Not as juicy or dysfunctional as everyone's here but it's kinda sweet so I'll share.
My girlfriend and my parents met for the first time, so it was a combination of families celebrating. My parents hardly speak English (we're Vietnamese), her parents hardly speak Vietnamese (they're white).
BUT, her family loved my mum's cooking, our parents were able to somehow chat and have a 3 hours long conversation in broken English, and I got to play GTA V with her nieces and nephews, and her brother (who will be my brother in law).
AND when everyone was leaving, my parents and her parents took photos together :') it was so cute you guys.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Now THIS is a juicy Thanksgiving dinner drama that we want to hear about! Well done! 😘 🥰
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
How could anyone NOT fall in love with Vietnamese people and their good?!? I was there for five weeks last year and, genuinely, plan on moving there. My absolute favorite country for so many reasons.
CG 2 years ago
I'll be honest, I had Vietnamese food for the first time about 2 months ago, and I immediate fell in love with it. Had a very nice Pho with soft boiled quail eggs, pork, and chicken.
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Melody Shanahan-Kluth 2 years ago
trying to figure out why 'theyre white' is the relevent bit here - surely their colour has nothing to do with their ability to speak the language? Maybe 'they're English/American' etc would be better?
cecilia kilian 2 years ago
Assuming they are in the US or Canada, not many non-Vietnamese people speak the language. If Op had said "We are Dominican" or We are Mexican", it would be the same. Op's comment was just to clarify that the two sets of parents are not from the same culture. This a wonderful story about how food brings people together.
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MaximumKarmaSaint 2 years ago
So you can't learn Vietnamese if you're white? I get what you all mean when any of you say it, but white isn't a nationality.
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#2
Not drama, but the big convo this year was my dad revealed he secretly quit smoking in April of this year. He smoked for 60 years.
Sergio Bicerra 2 years ago
Depends on how much he smoked before, a couple a day may be unnoticed, a pack a day wont
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Stress is linked to a number of harmful side effects, such as worse sleep and increased skin problems. However, with Thanksgiving and the approaching holiday season, it can feel almost unavoidable.
So we contacted psychiatrist and author Pamela Cantor, M.D., to talk about managing it. "The holidays can be reminders of someone we have loved and lost, and of physical distance from family and friends," Cantor told Bored Panda.
"They can also be times for taking stock of our careers and relationships, of what feels like success, or where we may be falling short. And anyone traveling during the holidays knows that dealing with traffic, bad weather, or jam-packed planes, trains, and buses can be very stressful!"
#3
My stepdaughter's boyfriend moved in with up last year because his mom is a piece of s**t. She left his dad and shacked up with a boyfriend who didn't like him. So he came to us and has been here since. She attempted to maintain a decent relationship for a while. Left the guy. Got a good job to take care of his two younger siblings. This is while my husband and I have been dealing with the fallout of her lack of common sense coming out through him. ( He is a great kid, but has serious knowledge gaps, like oil changes and taxes) So in October she met her 4th love of her life so far this year. She tried pretending that her driving ten hours to Louisiana wasn't for romance, they were good friends. So she then abandoned her younger son (15) and took her daughter (14) to Louisiana to live with this guy and his son. Now she's back for the holiday and is flipping s**t that her son's would rather be at my house instead of where she is staying. Even going so far as having the daughter call sobbing asking them why they love us more then their real family. And her calling me and my stepdaughter trying to get us to convince them. Hard no. You don't abandon your teenagers for random a*s men after demolishing the only home they knew and then expect them to just welcome you whenever you feel like playing mom. He's 18 but guess what, he's a part of a household of which I'm in charge. You lost your power here by being a s****y human.
Libstak 2 years ago
Thank you for giving them a safe space through all the turmoil she causes.
Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
For real! You have essentially become a foster-parent! Through you, those kids will have what may be their first experience of stable, unconditional love! It will change them, no matter how long they stick around. Bravo!
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Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Cut the kid some slack.Oil changes and taxes aren't common sense, and have to be learned. Sort of like making words plural without an apostrophe, except that you don't learn about oil changes and taxes in 3rd grade.
Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
And why was that the mum's responsibility to teach - where's the father in all of this?
Load More Replies... Kit Black 2 years ago
Is no one else wondering what happened to the 15-year-old she also abandoned?!?
Dont Sellmyinfo 2 years ago
It sounds like OP took him in too. She said he was there for Thanksgiving
Load More Replies... Shark Lady 2 years ago
I've taken a few of my daughter's friends in over the years, three of them think of me as a surrogate mum.
Blayze Infyrno 2 years ago
Had a hard time keeping track of all the he's and she's in this one!
dawn edonme 2 years ago (edited)
Everyone's bashing the mom, fair, but what about the dad? Where's his responsibility?
Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
Thank you!!! - she even blamed the mum for the kid not knowing oil changes and taxes. Someone doesn't go off the rails like this overnight, she could've had a 'nervous breakdown' or just at the end of her tether after a crappy marriage - there's so much more going on other than simply being a 's****y mother'.
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Brandon Parisien 2 years ago
Taxes are in no way common sense...I prefer the app. And let someone else do the oil, I'm sure they need my money anyway.
#4
We planned for six (including my wife and I) to attend. We host and it's always a pleasant time. Thanksgiving is my favorite because it's just about family and food.
Unfortunately my uncle's dementia has really kicked off over the last few weeks and due to various reasons we simply ended up cooking then delivering that food to multiple locations to support a family bring crushed by one of the most horrendous diseases I've ever witnessed.
F**k dementia. F**k the VA. F**k the US "healthcare system". F**k social services. Just f**k it all.
Limey Cheesehead 2 years ago
I feel for you. Your frustration comes across loud and clear...and it's understandable.
Anne Jones 2 years ago
My bff has dementia. Her husband is in denial. It’s breaking my heart to see my dearest friend fading away. 😥😓
Auntriarch 2 years ago
My father has Alzheimer's. This may be our last real Christmas with him, even if he's still here next Christmas
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Kiss Army 2 years ago
We went through this with my husband's dad... I feel for this family. I can honestly say that out of all of the loved ones we have lost over the years, when his father passed there was a sense of relief because he was not the man he had been we felt like we had grieved the loss of him many years prior. With that sense of relief, there was also a sense of guilt for feeling relieved that someone we loved had died but, again, the person we loved had really been gone for some time.
Lola July 2 years ago
Wow, at least you have each other, food, family that cares. Just learned my only daughter has stage 4 incurable cancer. There's only 4 of us and her daughter will be an orphan. We had Chinese for Thanksgiving. It will crush me, I too am heartbroken. Try to still enjoy the love, it's really all that matters.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
I am so very sorry to hear that. Hugs to you and your family.
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I lost my grandpa to dementia in 2021. It was horrible to watch what that disease did to him and my family.
In 2022, the drivers of stress for this time of year included worries like affording holiday gifts (50%) and meals (39%) as well as finding and securing holiday gifts (37%). But while we're running from one store to the other, it can be a good idea to take a break, spend some time with yourself, and forget about material possessions.
"Show gratitude and practice altruism," Cantor, who studies how we develop, learn, and reach our potential and can help others reach theirs, suggested. "Take a few moments to think about, maybe even write down, what you are most thankful for. It could be your health, a roof over your head, or friends you take walks with."
"Then choose something to do for someone else. Prepare a meal and deliver it to someone living alone, bring warm coats or toiletries to people in need, or make a donation to a cause you believe in. Doing these things reduces stress and boosts mood," the physician explained.
#5
My grandma got a new wig (short brown bob) and now bares a striking resemblance to Uncle Fester in Addams Family Values.
Red Reilly 2 years ago
'Grandma I got you this lovely white blazer. no reason... no reason at all. you cold? I have this grey turtle neck'
Hellcaste's Wife 2 years ago
I'm sorry...I couldn't help it. I busted out laughing at this one. LMAO!!
#6
Well, my ex wife called me. Asked if she could talk to me about something. One of her male coworkers was on a dating site and saw my girlfriend’s profile. I didn’t know and later today I get to have a conversation with her and let her know I have screenshots and she is now my ex girlfriend. The kicker? I caught my ex wife (of just over 20 years) cheating the day after thanksgiving last year. I hate this f*****g holiday.
Hphizzle 2 years ago
My mom died the day before thanksgiving and my grandmother (mom’s mom) died around the same time the next year. Sometimes holidays just suck.
Cheryl Ramsay 2 years ago
My husband died on Nov. 14th of 2023. I was invited to spend Thanksgiving with my stepchildren but I decided to stay home by myself. Other than giving thanks that day for a wonderful 35 years with him, it was a bit lonely.
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Pittsburgh rare 2 years ago
Hmmm. The ex wife knows the girlfriend of less than a year and the male co-worker recognises her as well?
Red Reilly 2 years ago
Oh Damn. Hopefully the ex was letting them no in a 'hey I saw this and you need to know' not a 'haha, look at this'
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Idk that sounds a bit suspiciouse to me. How does the co worker of your ex wife know how your now girlfriend looks?
#7
One year after announcing the ending of my engagement to a man, I’ve announced I’m gay and very in love with a wonderful woman. My Catholic family is less than enthused…
Papa Het 2 years ago (edited)
My mom wasn't enthused either when I told her my sexuality, but we're okay again. Hope everything works out with op too Edit: spelling (who the hell puts the u and I next to eachother)
Michael Largey 2 years ago
My mom went way, way out of her way to make it clear that my being gay didn't make her love me a bit less. That was nice to know, even though I was not in fact gay.
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Rob(erta) Roy (They/Them) 2 years ago
I ALMOST came out to everyone at my thanksgiving.... but I didn't really know how to :/
BTDubs 2 years ago
I'd bake a cake and ice it in my pride colors. Or create a power point presentation using aaaaalll the childhood clues...
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Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
Well, I can assure you that your BP fam is very excited to learn the news! For what it's worth, we think you're the bees knees!
GhostlySnail (she/her) 2 years ago
I found out over thanksgiving that my dad is seemingly very against Pride, so that’s really fun for me :)
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
Boooooo to religion and 5000x's YAY to being gay and finding love!!!!! 😁❤️😁❤️
RavenTheCat 2 years ago
Im so happy for you regardless of what anyone says ^^ this is coming from a gay dude with a religiously dysfunctional relative background. No offense to any christians here ^^"
Karen Philpott 2 years ago
Hey, you're happy, feeling like your true self. If they give you s**t, remind them that Jesus wouldn't disown you or treat you badly for being you. And that regardless of sexuality you are still their daughter, and that should never change.
#8
Got into a verbal fight with my grandma because she wants grandkids and tried to ship me with my 2nd cousin (last time we met was when I eight). Tried to tell her she was making her and I uncomfortable with her creepy remarks (“you two would make beautiful children”) and then it spiraled into implying I was gay because I wasn’t into my cousin.
Kit Black 2 years ago
This is when you start talking to other nearby adults : ~Oh my goodness how long has she been like this? Have you guys started looking into Care Homes yet? I'm so sorry, I know it's difficult when they get to this stage...~
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Remind her that you are one of the people who will pick her assisted living facility
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cdubaya 2 years ago
maybe I'm misunderstanding? She's your Grandma and she wants grandkids? Aren't you her grandkid? Or is it she wants great-grandkids? Sorry, I'm slow today.
Mermeow Overlord (they/them) 1 year ago
Maybe the family has had quite a lot of incest in the past and the family tree has been messed up enough for grandma's great grandchildren to also be her grandchildren.
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Luke Terrill 2 years ago
We're related and I don't want kids with as many birth defects as you grandma
Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
Sounds like she might be experiencing some dementia. When I was 8 or so, my grandmother once went on and on about a "nice young man" that was coming over to visit, and how much I would enjoy playing with him because of our common interests. I was confused but excited to meet this mysterious individual. My aunt & uncle arrive, my grandma says, "Oh, Kevin! Here he is," and introduces me to my cousin...who I had spent holidays and summers with since I was a baby. I was too shocked to correct her. 😢😟
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Grab it and run with it, maybe the old broad will leave you alone if she thinks you're gay.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
There are 49 other states and the District of Columbia which all serve as alternates to living in Alabama.
#9
Sister-in-law revealed to her ultra conservative Christian parents that she's part of a throuple less than 6 months after she separated from her husband. Wife and I are sitting back and watching the drama unfold.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
No, they were just roommates for real.
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Bob Brooce 2 years ago
"Mom, dad. can I bring my new boyfriend over for Thanksgiving?" "Of course you can, honey, we'd love to meet him." "Great. Can I bring my other boyfriend, too?" [gets popcorn ...]
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Jut to clarify, are you telling us you're too stupid to understand the most simplest things about anatomy, and are confused about whose arm it is? Or do you not understand the most basic things about light and shadow? Even more importantly, tell us what and where you think our ears are.
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Was planning on my mother, my brother and his wife for dinner with my family. It’s our first Thanksgiving in our new house. My brother’s house is tiny (no dining room and 1 couch) and we are a family of 5 so can’t fit. My mother is a hoarder and there’s no place to even sit in her house. My brother decided he couldn’t leave his house, SIL stayed with him. Mother decided to go to their house. I have spent a ton on food, my wife spent the last two days cooking and I spent the days cleaning. Now I have a ton of food and I am left with the realization I am only good to fix all the stuff that breaks around their houses.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
So you received some very important information abut your family, ended up with a clean house, and now have enough food for a week. Sounds like this was a big win for you.
Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
Well said! Just because they are your relatives it doesn't automatically make them decent people. Spare yourself the emotional beating and plan on just the 2 of you for next year!
Load More Replies... Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
May I come over? I really wished I could have had Thanksgiving dinner this year. It's never bothered me before, but this year it's tearing me up.
Petra 2 years ago
There's always loads of lonely people on the holidays. How cool would it be if there was an app/website where we could connect with each other? Just imagine: you could choose to host or attend. Everyone creates profiles and goes through a background check. Then the hosts can send invites to the attendees they wish to welcome into their homes. And the attendees profiles will be taken down once they accept an invite, so that the invites get spread around more evenly (and no one drowns in invites either). Like Friendsgiving, but with strangers. Strangegiving? Hey, I actually kinda like that name! It's a strange concept, so I think it's a fitting name in more ways than one. I think a website/app like this would be very cool and wholesome!
Load More Replies... Lola July 2 years ago
Next time they ask for help tell them you'll be there. Then DON'T SHOW UP. Explain you didn't feel up to leaving your house, next time ,you didn't want to leave your wife etc.,
Sonja 2 years ago
Then you decided to rather go to your inlaws... Perfect if wife has a brother with a tiny house
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Joe Average 2 years ago
You're not alone. Lots of us have flaky siblings. I had to go low contact with mine. Many more stories but not now.
Dainty72 2 years ago
I'm from the UK and although we don't do thanksgiving, I'm absolutely gutted for you both!! This is an indication of who's the favourite. Go LC or NC and see what happens when they need you, then hang up the phone on them. Disgraceful to do this to you, and your brother knew exactly what he was doing and thinks he's got one over on you!!! Until they NEED you. Good luck with everything going forward!!
Karen Philpott 2 years ago
You could ask friends or neighbours if they have anywhere or anyone to celebrate with?
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Pack up and freeze for later use, and pack up some in disposable containers and feed some hungry people. It won't go to waste and you've learned some valuable lessons. Don't invite them next year.
David King 2 years ago
I would also suggest, be prepared for the mental manipulation your family will try to pull at the next holiday. Because I have a feeling they will try to manipulate the situation in the future and even play the victim in the future. My heart goes out to you man. I’ve had similar issues with my family. I’m really sorry my friend.
#11
My mom walked in and started, "You look frumpy, OP." So I went up and changed into a full suit and tiara. My mom somehow did not catch on but my brother and his wife pulled me into the other room so they could laugh their a**es off.
Isa's left eye 2 years ago
OP's mom didn't think they looked nice enough, so they changed into a full suit and tiara (very overdressed) as sort of malicious compliance to make the mom seem silly. OP's brother and his wife thought it was funny.
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Mechanician 2 years ago
I bought my mom and myself tiaras we could wear to watch Downton Abbey and The Crown together. It is hilarious fun. Every girl is a princess! No matter how many birthdays she has had.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Long time ago on a ski trip I sat down to dinner in my Patagonia lightweight thermal undershirt. Somehow my mom knew it was an undershirt, and said I couldn't come to the table in an undershirt and had to change. I went upstairs and changed int my midweight Patagonia thermal undershirt, which looks exactly the same, except for the Patagonia label/logo on the chest. That was just fine because she didn't know it was an undershirt, and it's being an undershirt and not what it looks like that's important.
María Hermida 1 year ago
Because when you grow up in a dysfunctional environment you think being dysfunctional is normal. Because lots of people (including mental health professionals) can't see the signs and tell you you are too sensitive, instead of scratching the surface and seeing the "low intensity" but constant humiliation, criticism and bullying you are suffering are in fact abuse. Because you end up believing you deserve being treated like s**t. Because you probably end up with one mental illness or another, be it depression, anxiety, whatever, and you can't see clearly. Because after years of struggling you feel too tired to do anything about it.
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Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
TBH, it sounds like your mom fails to catch on fairly frequently...
#12
My dad says I’m fat, and need to get in shape.
I’m 45, middle age *is* hitting me. But I weight within about 10 lbs of what I did in high school, and ran a half marathon this morning. I work out nearly every day, lifting and running. Also, he actually is about 80 lbs overweight, diabetic, and riddled with health problems.
Nothing like reminding me of that one right as the turkey comes out of the oven.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Tell your dad to eff off and stop having Thanksgiving with him. I'm stressed out just reading this - can't imagine what it's like to be there.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
Tell your Dad that when you get as fat as him you'll think about it. End of discussion.
Jessica Cain 2 years ago
Same. It doesn't matter what I do, he just lifts up my shirt a little and pokes my stomach. My first ememory of him was telling me I'm to fat to wear a bikini. I currently have an eating disorder because of him :)
Tamra 2 years ago
Oh HELL no. Anyone who did that to me would get a sound slap, father or no. That's disgusting behavior.
Load More Replies... Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
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Apachebathmat 2 years ago
Remind him of his weight, then don’t give him any Turkey 🦃 as you feel you have to watch his weight as he does yours… then tell him to get to f**k!
Andy-Pandy-Panda 2 years ago
Sounds like he is trying to guilt you into eating less so he can shove more food in to his fat face!
Chickens are fluffy 2 years ago
Unless it gets in the way of living a normal life (like you can't walk, or get up, do normal stuff), or a doctor says it's a problem, I don't really believe in overweight
#13
We did winco house brand vs stove top stuffing blind taste test and winco $.89 a box stuffing was like hands down waaaaaay better than the national brand. Things get pretty wild around here.
Florence O'Grady 2 years ago
Where can we buy the WinCo house brand, please? Have never heard of it before today.
Tabitha 2 years ago
Basically, sometimes the generic/store brand is just as good, or even better, than the way more expensive name brand. If you’re trying to budget for groceries, try the generics/store brands. But don’t wait until you’re cooking for some occasion. Just buy some and fix it for a regular meal, so if it isn’t as good or better you know ahead of time. Actually, just randomly replace the name brands with the generics and see if your family notices the difference.
g90814 2 years ago
WinCo Foods, Inc. is a privately held, majority employee-owned American supermarket chain based in Boise, Idaho, with retail stores in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington. It was founded in 1967 as a no-frills warehouse-style store with low prices. Wikipedia
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nancy 2 years ago
People always tell us how much they love our stuffing. Ironic, because it's Butter Ball (and to me, tastes salty and full of chemicals... but that's just me).
nancy 2 years ago
And for those who will ask, "why do you serve it if you don't like it"... my husband loves to cook, and 99% of everything he makes is absolutely amazing. So I'm just appreciative that I don't have to cook, and would never dream of saying something didn't taste good. If someone else is cooking, I'm happy and will enjoy the food. No complaints.
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karen kerslake 2 years ago
Are you all fir real? Make it from scratch 100% better and much easier.
#14
I found out my aunt had a stroke a month ago and instead of going to the doctor she decided to pray on it. She now is in rehab because she has no function of the entire left side of her body. Love that catholic Hispanic logic.
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
Hey, even the Pope sees a doctor. Twelve in fact in 2021, when he had his colon op.
Lucy Navi 2 years ago
Yep. This definitely isn't a catholic thing. Perhaps she was just scared of seeing a doctor.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Well of course that didn't work. She needs *thoughts* and prayers. Even the whackos know that prayers alone aren't enough.
KDav 2 years ago
Same thing happened to a friend of mine who isn't even 60 yet. She didn't pray on it, but she did wait to see if the issues resolved. Two weeks later, her friends finally talked her into going to the hospital. Her recovery time was extended due to her not getting help immediately.
AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 2 years ago
Many years ago, there was a very old school Mexican lady who lived a few houses down from me. She was convinced that her husband was cheating on her, she was right. Because of that she swore that all her health issues were due to the husband's mistress having put a hex on her. She had all the symptoms of diabetes but she was adamant that it was a curse. Her children and friends begged her to see a doctor. She refused. As her condition worsened, instead of going to the hospital, she went to Mexico to find someone to take the curse off of her. She spent months there. Needless to say, it didn't work. By the time she came back, she was doing so badly, she finally agreed to see a doctor. Unfortunately, it was too late to save her sight and her legs. She went completely blind and had to have both feet amputated. She spent her last years in a wheelchair. It was all so unnecessary.
Load More Replies... Florence O'Grady 2 years ago
God created science and expects us to use what He created. Go see your doctor when warranted. Doctors use science to help us to stay healthy.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
God , the almighty spaghetti monster, created noddles , meatballs etc. Science is discovered. The art of making such good dishes is discovered. His voluntee is that we have to learn that such important things in live. Ramen!
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Jane Hower 1 year ago
My mom did all the rehap after her stroke and nothing improved, sad to say.
Sonja 2 years ago (edited)
A pious man lived by a river. One day, the river rose over the banks and flooded the town. The pious man climbed onto his roof and prayed to God for help. Soon, a man in a rowboat came by and shouted to the man on the roof, "Jump in, I can save you." The stranded man replied, "No thanks, I've prayed to God and He will save me." Then, a motorboat came by. "The water's rising fast," the motorboat driver said. "Climb in and we'll take you to safety." But the pious man refused, saying, "I have faith that God will save me." With the water level rising higher, a helicopter appeared. The pilot dropped a rope ladder and shouted down to the man on the roof. "Grab the ladder and we'll fly you to safety." The pious man stubbornly replied, "I trust God. He will save me." Eventually, the man drowned. In heaven, he asked God, "I had faith in you. Why didn't you save me?" God replied, "I sent you a rowboat, a motorboat, and a helicopter. What more were you looking for?" The moral: pray for your soul and help yourself
Rivers of Belief 2 years ago
People will adjust any religion to fit mode of thinking. Any religion.
Zaphod 2 years ago
In pharmacy school, I did an externship at a hospital. One patient came in to have her breast cancer treated. It was stage 4 and so necrotic that she had a fenistration (hole) in her chest and you could see a tumor. Maybe the worst thing I have ever smelled. She had refused treatment when it was stage 2, two years previous. She was 7th day adventist and wanted to pray on it. The only thing we could do for her was make her remaining time as comfortable as possible
#15
My dad decided to explain to the whole table that happiness is a choice and that how we feel about “bad” things that happen is just opinion.
So my step daughter asked if he meant that the day her brother died was only a bad day “In her opinion”.
He said yes.
My wife (mother of the deceased) was sitting right there.
I think we were all too shocked to know how to respond, but we won’t be getting together with my parents again. I keep wondering if this is really the same guy who raised me or if something happened along the way.
Deb M.F. 2 years ago
my family have turned into raging MAGA-ites and I do spend some holidays with them but if I do there is zero political talk...if they do I leave. They weren't like this when I was growing up but in the last 10 years its become unbearable
Kit Black 2 years ago
What on Earth does politics have to do with someone so rude that they pretend the death of a child is just a bad day?!?
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BabaBizzle 2 years ago
I’m so sorry for the loss of her brother and your father’s marbles. Sicko.
#16
My fiancés mother pulled me aside and essentially told me that the reason she’s been so cold towards me is that she feels I’m an inadequate partner for her daughter.
Her daughter who is a stay at home mom because I bust my a*s working to pay for everything we have. Who, upon hearing what her mother said, burst out laughing.
Definitely not any issues between my lady and I but it does suck to know your future MIL thinks poorly of you.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Why do people continue to have meals with people who treat them so poorly?
Zoe Vokes 2 years ago
Because they think they can put up with it for a couple of meals a year - Thanksgiving, Christmas, MIL’s birthday. Plus you would think that the family members could behave for a few hours.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
Tell her she's an inadequate mother for her daughter. Because she is.
Mario Strada 2 years ago
My MIL told me more or less something similar. Along the lines of "You'll break my daughter's heart". That was in 1986. We are still happily married. More now than back then because we polished our hard edges in the river waters.
Horosho Bodka 2 years ago
In the 90's I had my own biz, with 9 employees. We lived super well. Her mom (my MIL) would tell people "He doesn't have a job" and drop off groceries at our house weekly. Well, free groceries!
Rasha K 2 years ago
When my husband and I first started dating 35 years ago, his family hated me. That lasted for about 20 years. I used to agonize over not being able to bond with them. My mother gave me some great advice, which was to accept them for exactly who they are, stop wasting time hoping that they will be different, and do what I can to be of service when I'm around them (which is maybe once a year). About 15 years ago things started turning around. Now my mother-in-law calls me, her daughter and my brother and sister-in-law call me their sister. I would have never guessed this would happen in a million years but things changed. Just keep being you, @op ❤️
Janet Sparrow 2 years ago
I would NEVER say I didn't care for a partner unless they were a drug dealer or something.
#17
Dog jumped on the table and ate a turkey leg.
Edit: she jumped up again and licked the butter. Dachshunds are sneaky when people don’t push in their chairs.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Someone needs to supervise/train this poor dog before it ends up dying from eating turkey bones or chocolate cake. This is a failure to keep one's pet safe.
Mrs. EW 2 years ago
I host Thanksgiving for around 20 people, friends and fam. One year our friends brought their chihuahuas and I have two beagles. They’re sneaky about stealing food and get nasty about sharing. All went well and we had to go containers for anyone who wanted to take leftovers home. Well one of the puppers got a turkey leg. All 4 of puppers are at the top of the stairs, having a good ol’ time, sharing a turkey leg. Had to be some kind of Thanksgiving magic in that turkey leg. Lol
Shadow 2 years ago
Our dog jumped on the table to eat butter once. He may have also ate grapes. Now we make sure theres nothing that he can get on the table. He doesn't do it anymore though, he's a very fast learner. And it wasn't that we didn't train him, we had just adopted him and he's 8 years old. Min Pins have so much energy though.
Kit Black 2 years ago
LPT - small dogs can be just as much of a problem as large dogs and should be gated off into a separate room when meals are served if they exhibit this kind of behavior - it's not cute!
cecilia kilian 2 years ago
Large dog owners tend to train their pups better, because they have to. Some small dog owners tend to think "it's tiny, how much damage can it do?" When I walk my son's large, well-trained dog, it is always the little dogs that get all yappy and aggressive.
Load More Replies... Red Reilly 2 years ago
As a child I thought Dachshunds were the cutest dog ever, as and adult and dog owner, I cannot STAND Dachshunds. Owners never train them, and they turn into completely little demons. Bark constantly, one tried to bite my dog and the owner tried telling me off, no no no noooooo.
Kiera DeCanio 2 years ago
Once when we were eating dinner at my grandmother's house, my brother finished and got up from the table. Didn't push his chair in and the dog jumped up on the chair while we were distracted with a conversation. He was a squat little Scottish terrier mix, but he could move when he wanted to. He grabbed a piece of ham off the plate and ran away so fast the plate was spinning. He did get a thorough scolding though, haha.
Vira 2 years ago
Okay so I would be pretty upset if this happened, but dachshunds really are naughty buggers. Also, this reminds me of my own family "drama." I have a chunk of family members who NEVER train their dogs. Ever. I'm starting to see how it has also permeated their child rearing. I have tried taking over cooking and hosting as a result. They let their dogs lick everyone and everything, and then serve it. Their dogs lick food, and utensils, on the counter, and they still use it. It has led me to stop eating the things they serve.
#18
My 70-something aunt who has dementia began taking off her clothes just as my uncle began the blessing before the meal.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Bless her heart. Hope someone had the decency to help her rather than humiliate her.
Pandapoo 2 years ago
Help her take her clothes off? I know that’s not what you meant. 😄
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FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
My 92-yo great-great-aunt with dementia flirted with the waiter (family decided to all go to a restaurant), her grandson, and me. Asked the waiter to meet her outside later, asked me and her grandson when we were going to marry her (she doesn’t remember us beyond knowing that she likes us). We just played along. I love her, and hanging out with her is the highlight of any family gathering. She’s kind, she’s interesting to talk to, and she tells great jokes. Wonderful woman, and G-d bless her she seems happy. Happiness is the best outcome of advanced dementia imo.
#19
My mom admitted, in front of two random people she invited for the meal, that she wants my kid to call her mom. And basically chose her grandparent name to get as close to it as humanly possible. When she asked me why my kid couldn't call her mom, I told her because she isn't my kid's mom, I am. And I looked at her like her head sprouted dild*s. The awkward silence for the next few seconds was great, let me tell you. /s
Rahul Pawa 2 years ago
Sounds to me like being called "grandma" makes her feel old and she doesn't like to be reminded of her age.
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Littlebunnyfufu 2 years ago
How old is mom and is this new behavior. If she's getting on in years and it's new behavior, please get her checked out to rule out any number of physical things including dementia that could cause this.
geezeronthehill 2 years ago
Early onset dementia, possibly. Hit my late wife in her early 60s. Turned out to be low blood oxygen from the beginning of COPD.
Load More Replies... The Mom 2 years ago
My mom and her sisters (79, 80, 81) called their parents Mother and Daddy. They called their Mothers parents Mom and Dad. ??? I've always thought that was weird.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
My elderly friends from the south do the same. It is strange to me but actually somewhat endearing.
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Sassy Frass 2 years ago
My Mom hated kids, resented me (her daughter) the most because my late Dad actually liked spending time with me (she insisted it was because he made him) but would mimic the things I'd done with my son when he was a baby (like try to sing the song I'd always sing to him at bedtime). Always referred to him as "her boy", etc. He's been going to college in, living only like 15 minutes away from her for over 3 years. I live 2 hours away. He only goes to visit her if I'm there, and we love hanging out together shopping, going out to eat, seeing sites together when we can. I never look forward to spending time with my own Mom.
Sonja 2 years ago
When I was younger, my siblings and I called our mother Mama, and our grandma Mutti, both is in Germany used for your mother. Think like mama and mami in english. But this was not intentionally so. Our grandparents build a three story house with my parents. And when we gre up in that house, we always heard our mother and father both refer to our grandparents as Mutti and Papi, so we called them that too, and we learned to call our parents Mama and Papa. My mum told me, she called my grandmother so, because she was more a mom to her than her own mother ever was. And as children we picked that up.
#20
My sister brought her foster pup over. The pup bolted out the door and we chased her all over the neighborhood until it got dark. She's still out there somewhere, and we're worried about the coyotes and cold. I wish the drama was more about a rude guest or racist uncle. 😕
Michael Largey 2 years ago
No matter how much you want them to, the rude guest and the racist uncle never seem to have the presence of mind to bolt out the door.
Dainty72 2 years ago
OMG that's spot on!!! I'm from the UK so we don't do thanksgiving, but I've read many stories about exactly this around the American holidays.
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My cousin was recently converted into being a flat earther and wanted to argue with people.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Why do people allow crazy people to dine with them just because they share some genetic material?
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
I *really* want to meet somebody who honestly thinks the Earth is flat. I have so very many questions, and asking them would be great sport.
DJR 2 years ago
It isn't fun. They are NPCs, not actual people capable of thought.
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BlueBlazer999 2 years ago
This picture wouldn’t even work… it would just be perpetual daytime everywhere.
Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago
I am in favour of the idea (proposed elsewhere on BP) of a reality TV show where teams of flat-earthers race to reach the edge first. Q1. Are Australia and New Zealand on the same side as the USA? Don't challenge them just pursue the idea to its illogical extremes.
Sweet Taurus 2 years ago
Ugh, this was my 8 yr old last year at Christmas. Her Dad has drank the flat earth kool aid and is now force feeding it to her. I had to step in and stop my 19 yr old brother from arguing with her because it was getting way too heated for an argument with a child. I have no idea how to reverse this brainwashing as of right now.
Spittnimage 2 years ago (edited)
Yep, all the other planets are globe-shaped except Earth, it's a frisbee 🤦🏻♀️
#22
Plumbing went haywire with water shooting out of the toilets. Very nice plumber came and found a blockage - it was a condom. For a variety of reasons, it can’t be anyone who is here visiting - and the house has been empty all summer as my father has been quite ill. So we are all trying to figure out who was using his house as a secret sex den and was also stupid enough to flush condoms down the toilet.
Tabitha 2 years ago
Does OP have teenage kids? Maybe during that gap between school being over and parents getting off work, a latchkey teen decided to invite their friend over. Hell, at least they used a condom, so there won’t be any announcements about a grandkid being on the way at Christmas.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Fun fact: water only shoots out of toilets in the movies. Clogs can certainly make them overflow, but you'd probably need to stick a fire hose in the vent to make the water shoot out of one. Multiple toilets? Definitely a fantasy/nightmare in a movie.
bonjour marlene 2 years ago
One time our toilet got blocked and my dad had to call a plumber. They found a whole tissue box (like thin cardboard) in there. It was from the previous renter before us and it only started causing issues after like 4 months weirdly.
#23
My relatives are arguing over my great aunt’s estate.
I couldn’t care less, but everyone else is fighting with the family member who served as the executor to the estate.
My grandma is also being scammed by someone she thinks is an army general. She is constantly fighting with my aunts and uncles about whether or not he’s real, and why it’s okay to send him a grand at a time when she has it.
I stayed away from that mess this year.
Zakaar Bovus 2 years ago
I'm prepared for some hell when my mom dies. My oldest brother is a selfish prick always saying he deserves this or that because he's the oldest. Luckily after having everything of my dad's taken by a literal evil step mother I really don't care about that material c**p
Michael Largey 2 years ago
As far as grandma and the general go, call the police. Ask for the fraud department.
Ansi 2 years ago
Why do people go insane when it comes yo inheritance? My MIL and her sisters got in fights over FURNITURES when their mother died. Some of them (they are 4 sisters) still don't talk to each other 7 years later. The money was divided equally, so _furniture_ is what broke their sisterly bond. 🤦
Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago
The executor should immediately call everyone together and tell them that if there is one complaint he/she will employ a solicitor and that will end with damn near all the assets being sold to pay the bils. And likely no one will get anything.
Vira 2 years ago
Ah, yes. Reminds me of the vultures in my family. I have a grandmother who was alienated from me as a kid. Recently started talking again. Found out my sibling, and cousins, keep taking to her about getting her house when she passes. She was shocked that I have no interest in her house. I found out all of this after I told her that I loved her home and when I was looking for my house I wanted to find one with a yard like hers. I found it and I'm happy. I can't believe my greedy family are just pressuring her for her house. - I mean, I can because I cut them off for a reason, but I'm still disgusted.
Sweet Taurus 2 years ago
I watched an episode of American Greed about people preying on the elderly and people who are lonely. Some of those people gave their life savings away. That broke my heart. I believe there's a special punishment for people like that. Someone needs to step in and stop her from sending money. Let the VA take care of him if he's a general.
Brandon Parisien 2 years ago
Your daily reminder to never send money to someone you've never met in person...and the government will never call you.
Agent of Karma 2 years ago (edited)
Anyone who believes those Facebook friend requests from widowed retired doctors, and military commanders either was never very smart, or is in the early stages of dementia.
Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago
Totally agree re doctors, generals, politicians, etc. But Nigerian diplomats? weeeell ....
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They’re probably talking about it being the third year in a row that I didn’t come. It’s the type of family where if you don’t show up for thanksgiving (or any other major holiday) you better be on your death bed or worse. I don’t care for spending my whole day being uncomfortable around judgmental people, so I just don’t.
Jill Bussey 2 years ago
I am just glad we don't celebrate thanksgiving. It sounds like an excuse for drama and bad behaviour.
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
You should remember that, especially in online forums like this, people tend to talk about the problems much more than happy, peaceful times. Our Thanksgivings, both back on the farm and here near DC, have been enjoyable times with a good bit of work, but with good food, good friends and family, and even a little introspection and contemplation. I honestly can't remember anything that would qualify as 'serious drama' - except maybe the time when the dog decided to raid the ham sitting on the counter. I've been fortunate enough to have great people around me, and I suspect many, many others do as well. But those who don't often turn to these venues to vent, to seek advice, or just to commiserate in the 'shared grief is less burdensome' way. It can present a skewed picture. Hope everyone here had things to be thankful for nonetheless!
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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
See that's the way you do it! Screw em, do your own thing and be happy.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Good for you. A lot of other people ought to be doing the same thing instead of attending and then bitching about it to everyone.
nbfresh 2 years ago
....or using every opportunity the complain on a thread made entirely for bitching. SMDH.
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#25
My partner’s aunt made a huge stink that the cranberry sauce had to be this specific kind from a can. And no, it couldn’t be that same brand of cranberry sauce that had been purchased because said can had actual fruit in it. Partner’s dad had to hurry to the grocery store to buy the “right” one. Only after the meal was over did anyone notice that neither cranberry sauce had actually been put out for dinner.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Doesn't auntie have a way to get to the store herself? Why do people coddle people who are this rude?
Tostones 2 years ago
Enough already. I am going to think you are one of the children on this site because you clearly have no life experience . Stop criticizing things you do not understand.
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Jill Bussey 2 years ago
If you don't like the sauce, don't eat it. Like it or lump it. It was obviously a power play, as she didn't even notice it wasn't on the table after all.
Ace 2 years ago
Thankfully I live in a part of the world where such things as canned cranberry sauce are not found in shops, so we always make it from scratch for our xmas dinner. You could surely shut up the brand-aware aunt by simply doing that instead of buying a different brand. ( I can only assume that home-made is better, having never had it from a can).
Zakaar Bovus 2 years ago
Me. You get some of that with some turkey and mashed potatoes on your fork and shove that into your food hole.. mmm God it's delicious
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Charles McChristy 2 years ago
I would have just said, "I guess that means no cranberry sauce for you."
#26
my girlfriend's parents found out that we've been dating (we hid it for almost a year) and now they've taken all forms of communication away from her are pulling her out of school and wont let her leave the house because they're religious nuts and i'm not a member of her parents religion. there's nothing i can do about it either so i'm laying in my bed contemplating driving over there and busting her out and then remembering how much worse that would make everything.
Montanavanna 2 years ago
A whole year and they never noticed. I would think the relationship is not a hindrance to her schooling or other responsibilities. To punish her that way seems a step too far.
charles folger 2 years ago
Bust her out. It can't make it any worse than it's going to get anyway
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Right. She's almost certainly in high school at best, so what could go wrong?
Load More Replies... Rob(erta) Roy (They/Them) 2 years ago
I don't think my partner's parents know we're dating... they're Mormon, so you're not supposed to date until you're 16. Spoiler alert: neither one of us is 16
Jesha 2 years ago
Dude you got way bigger Mormon problems than the being 15~ part, yikes. Be careful out there, tiny peoples.
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Phil Green 2 years ago
I can only assume they are Christians? It certainly seems like a particular brand of "Christianity"...
#27
I've been asked when I'm going to get pregnant and have babies, asked if I'm still on birth control, and asked why I'm so pale and told I should go get a tan. So it's pretty standard.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Why . . . do . . . people . . . submit . . . to . . . this . . . stupidity? 😳 😵 😖
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
Because human stupidity has no limits! 🎤 NO NO, NO NO NO NO, NONO NONO,NO NO THERE'S NO LIMTS
Load More Replies... Donna Peluda 2 years ago
Just say that you are off birth control but because with the kind of sex you have you can't get pregnant!! That will paint them a them a picture.
Sunny Day 2 years ago
"well, now that you mention it... I'm ovulating today, so I think tonight I'll head over to the biker bar, get naked, and lie down on the pool table. One of those guys should have some hardy swimmers, don'cha think?"
Janet Sparrow 2 years ago
Love this. Reminds me of when I was young and got cat-called and I so wanted to say "OK dude let's get into it right here" and rip off my clothes in the street. I responded like this once and the guy just RAN! Lol
Load More Replies... Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago
Precede the above comment with "I find the question(s) incredibly intrusive and embarassing and would prefer not to discuss this as it is none of ...."
Load More Replies... Jill Bussey 2 years ago
Starting/or not starting a family is nobody's business but yours. I didn't tell *anyone* until I was about three months pregnant. MYOB.
#28
My kid told her cousin Santa wasn’t real. All hell has broken loose.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I still remember my sister telling me, I have never seen my mum lose her temper to that degree, before or since.
cdubaya 2 years ago
It's the spirit of Santa and not the actual person. I have 5 kids, 3 adults and 2 middle schoolers. The two youngest have finally realized the me (the Dad) is Santa and if you don't believe in Sant you don't get a big Santa gift each year. My 3 oldest did learn this the hard way. Now they still ask what Santa is going to bring them and the oldest is in his 30's and the youngest adult is 23.
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
I figured that out on my own when I was like 6. Because all the presents that said "from Santa" on the labels were in my mum's very distinctive handwriting.
Tabitha 2 years ago
Same here. Didn’t bother me at all. I still made out like a bandit at Christmas.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
An older kid, trying to get me upset, told me there was no Santa. He was so obviously trying to get me upset that I didn't believe him.
#29
My whole family decided to go on vacation for Thanksgiving. They neglected to tell me until yesterday. They were like oh hey we are going to New Orleans and your sister and her family are going to Disney. Which means you get to spend Thanksgiving alone. Oh I'm so blessed....
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
After reading about these other families, you appear to be the lucky one.
Charles McChristy 2 years ago (edited)
Yes, please tell them that they should be thankful for being a victim...
Load More Replies... Florence O'Grady 2 years ago
Now you have the time to finally think without your family pushing their intrusive beliefs on you. Get paper and pen and write how you want your next Thanksgiving to be like. Write your plan on how you are going to accomplish it.
Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
Call all the people who are your real friends, and see if anyone is having, or wants to come over for, Friendsgiving. F**k your “family”, who are apparently all just a bunch of selfish pricks. They’re not even acting like family anyway. From now on just I nvite the people you actually enjoy spending time with. Leave the a******s you’re unfortunately related to behind.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
We can go together next year. I can't cook, but I can certainly order.
BookFanatic 2 years ago
I spent this Thanksgiving alone. Hands down one of my favorite celebrations.
Brandon Parisien 2 years ago
My family planned a vacation over my 40th birthday next year... it's in January, I've not been invited. Definitely not a surprise gift.
#30
My wife and I grew up very conservative and religious and we were outed as swingers and that our "best friends" were actually our polyamorous partners. We weren't ready for that but to their credit, both of our families (it spread very quickly) have caused very little drama.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
As long as it's legal and everyone is a consenting adult, it shouldn't be anyone else's business.
Panda Bear 2 years ago
Yep, as long as it’s safe and consensual it is nobody else’s business
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
They may have thought it was better than cheating behind your spouse's back. Come to think of it, they're right.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Brings up some interesting questions. Is it still adultery if everybody's okay with it? And are you still conservative and religious, and as hypocritical as most conservative religious people, or did you get rid of the religious conservative nonsense when you realized that consensual adultery isn't a moral failing?
Jason K 2 years ago
It's not a moral failing as long as there is no objective morality. Eventually you end up with entire populations deciding what they believe is right or wrong and look where that has gotten us.
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Raquel Mencke 2 years ago
I think it is due to the fact others are relieved their secrets have not been exposed. Better them than me kind of a thing.
Mechanician 2 years ago
You probably aren't hearing a fraction of the drama. Everyone has to be in everyone's business.
#31
Mother-in-law's artificial hip popped out of joint. The last 2 times this happened they had to surgically repair it. This time the doc got it back in place and she is able to drive and go home. Told my wife she needs to buy a lotto ticket because our luck is never that good.
#32
I walk away from all drama just got back to the hotel in fffn shock. The house exploded in a fight. Nephew high as a kite told cousin he screwed her HS Boyfriend. I am 60 years old but Cringeworthy I am going to watch football. My wife is freaking out
g90814 2 years ago
perfect response to this on Reddit: "He who lies with another man shall be stoned. Says so in the bible. Nephew did the correct thing." 😂
The Camera Man 2 years ago
"He who lies with another man shall be stoned." LOL. I had to re-read your post twice before I got it. Nicely done.
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Not drama per se, but I told my Mom that this is the last year I’ll be attending Thanksgiving and Christmas with the extended family. Not because I don’t like them; I’m truly blessed to have the family that I do. I told her I’m proposing to my girlfriend next month and want to get more involved with her family and start building our life together. She’s sad, but thinks it’s really sweet. I’m excited to see them for Christmas in a month, but honestly even more excited to ask the love of my life to marry me and start our own chapter! My mom is passing down her ring to me to use, so I think the sentiment is really cool. Waiting until my late 20’s was the perfect move. Today was a great day overall. Good food, good people, no drama whatsoever. Today I truly feel happy. :)
Jesha 2 years ago
I'm reading it as 'we have to choose one for each side to do day of'. These are the little normal social niceties you gotta do sometimes when you merge houses.
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Jessica Bertram 2 years ago
Genuinely curious about why you see red flags here
Load More Replies... Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
I get the whole focusing on your new family, but don't cut your extended off ( unless there's a good reason, like they're toxic or something). I envy folks who have big families they get along with and can go see. I had to cut out 90% of mine ☹️
Barbara Skolly 2 years ago
I cam see having to cut back on visiting with the extended family as long as they still make time for the immediate family. Once my cousins and i grew up and had kids its hard for my kids to see their cousins and then me still try to see my cousins etc.
Julia Ford 2 years ago
After spending time with her family you may be rethinking the weird decision to solely go with them. Also this is kind of weird.
Hey! 2 years ago
My youngest son and his wife spends Christmas with her family. My daughter spends Christmas in RD with her partner's family. My oldest son spends Christmas wherever he is that year. I don't really care because I don't celebrate Christmas but I love Thanksgiving (October in Canada) so we all try to enjoy the day together.
#34
I'm having an argument over whether to watch the 49ers Seahawks football game, or the Michigan Stanford basketball game. It's getting pretty heated, but since I'm here by myself, I figure I can compromise and flip back and forth between the two of them.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
*giggles* I don't care for sports, but I like your style.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
I remember my dad had a portable TV so he could watch the basketball and the football game. This is of course in the olden days and we only had 5 channels and TVs that probably weigh more than a FIAT.
Devin Schmitt 2 years ago
Spoiler Alert: Don't watch the Seahawks. It'll ruin the whole dinner.
#35
My family all think that I’m fat and need to diet. I’m getting married hopefully in 2025, and today my grandma and parents chimed in that I used to be so pretty, but that I’ve let myself go these last few years. I really need to diet. I think diets are unhealthy, and that I just need to be more mindful of what I eat. But oh, no, that won’t do. I need to buy special food and cut everything out. They know I’ve been trying to work on my weight. But I guess my efforts haven’t been good enough. It was humiliating.
Jp@nda 2 years ago
People visit their families for a variety of reasons, mostly out of guilt and a sense of duty. Some people really just don't have the option of not seeing certain family members. Family is hard, everyone knows that. But why do you keep making the same comment over and over judging these people like it's their fault because they go?
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Zoe Vokes 2 years ago
I’m thankful for my fiancé who loves me. I’m thankful for the hundreds of days every year that I’m not spending time with my cruel and judgemental family. I’m thankful that I’m healthy.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. This is frequently misquoted as "Blood is thicker than water," implying family comes first. Not always!
Load More Replies... Apachebathmat 2 years ago
Raise your middle finger, steadily rotate yourself so all can bear witness to your awesome message, grab your stuff and leave, nobody has the right to dictate what you should or shouldn’t do with your body, also on the way home, buy a cake, take a picture and send it to the family group!
Shark Lady 2 years ago
Definitely not the right conversation to have when you are going to be eating one of the biggest meals of the year during a holiday that is mostly about food.
#36
My uncle introduced me and my brother as his oriental nephews.
nancy 2 years ago
For the record, he's likely just ignorant and doesn't realize he's using the wrong term. Just correct him and see how it goes (before deciding if he's a d**k).
Load More Replies... Sunny Day 2 years ago
I would have used a fake accent for the entire visit. Like a 1940s Charlie Chan.
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
And done Chan-like quotes of wisdom suited to the occasion. "Mouthy uncle like elephant in parade - nose high in air but much clean-up afterwards."
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Kioh81 2 years ago
Oriental is a freaking rug and it's older white people slang. I hated it getting called that growing up. Only thing worse was being called "that foreign child" in small town USA.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
What would be a better word to use instead (assuming there's an actual need to use one)?
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Craig Reynolds 2 years ago
That's pretty triggering considering that "oriental" is STUFF, not people. Tell your ignorant uncle that you are Asian and he is a white monkey...
KathyT 2 years ago
People don't even know the context of this introduction and come to the worst conclusion, which is probably the main problem in a lot of comments in BP. I guess it's perceived to be more interesting to be be cynical.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
"I try to be cynical. But it's so hard to keep up." - Lily Tomlin
Load More Replies... Agent of Karma 2 years ago
I've almost broke my husband of using oriental instead of Asian. But your uncle is a piece of work.
#37
Well I and the rest of the family learned that my step-aunt has throat cancer that spread to her brain, so there’s that.
#38
My cousin's wearing a MAGA sweatshirt and it's taking all my willpower not to take the bait.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
"Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it." --Mark Twain
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Steve Hall 2 years ago
You should never allow someone else's views to bother you, you might find out a lot of worse things.
Jane Hower 1 year ago
Seems Most of the Bored Panda people are raving lunitic commie/dem idiots that don't know their a*s (Biden, et al) from a hold in the ground.
#39
Last night, i found out that my partner is using some very heavy drugs & I'm unsure how to confront him about it. Also, we're long-distance, so he's happily enjoying the holiday with his family while I'm hundreds of miles away from mine & kind of losing my mind about this new discovery. But I have delicious crab bisque to eat, so I'm thankful for that today.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Dinosaurs Taking Medicine For Angina. Difficult Teenagers Making Flan Angrily. Doodling Tiny Marmoset Flees Area.
CF 2 years ago
Wait, wait, wait y'all. I absolutely can understand getting rid of him after a relapse or two, or if he refuses to get help. But give him a chance first. It is very true that you can't help someone that doesn't want help, but the OP doesn't seem to have confronted him yet and so does not know oif he needs help. If the relationship is otherwise great, and as long as he is not putting her in any danger, it may be worth confronting him and even giving him a week or two of denying it (it will always be denied at first) before the ultimatum. I say this because I was that person. Though we did not end up staying together long term, I will never forget how he stuck with me through the denials, arrest, loss of my career and loss of everythjng except basically him and my cats, rehab, relapse, rehab, then finally I was done and I'm good. Though I had wanted to stop for months, which was key. I just had to realize I didn't have to do it hidden and alone.
Bewarethere@gmail.com 2 years ago
Cut him out out of ur life immediately!!! Ur love will not "cure him"
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
Do you want to spend the next years of your life sad, frustrated and beating your head against the wall?
#40
I'm a metrosexual because I cooked our turkey and am a good dad according to my MIL (think she called me gay?).
Aileen Grist 2 years ago
That's a compliment. Means you're a man who can manage to think as a woman when needed or vice versa if you were a woman. My husband is one, but I'm not.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
So you need to be able to think as a woman to cook a turkey?
Load More Replies... Mark 2 years ago
Men who have a lifestyle of shopping, partying, etc, stuff you’d do in a stereotypical metropolitan environment. I had to look it up as well. Tbf with the current state of the world it may actually be plausible to be sexually attracted to rail vehicles.
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Clueless Panda 2 years ago
That is a very odd comment to make. She could have just said OP is a great cook and wonderful father. Why attach a lable to that other than Awesome Person?
Florence O'Grady 2 years ago
Men who can cook/bbq better than their spouse. I have a relative who does that. Most top professional chefs are still men, people.
Phil Green 2 years ago
Hahahaahaah!! She'd love meeting me! I am a British ex-military bloke. My wife has probably cooked maybe five or six times in the twenty-three years we've been together. This is our second attempt at successful marriage. I cook every meal. Christmas Day, although we don't really celebrate, is a long drawn-out meal of five or six courses, cooked by me. I am an ex-chef, why should she cook? I have also worn a dress, worn heels, and don't give a f*** what people think (I do it for laughs!) Good for you, OP! I hate idiots who attach labels to stuff that doesn't relate to their 50s ideals!
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Are you looking for a reason to dislike your MIL? I don't think that's an insult at all.
Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago
In the 90s, "Metrosexual" was the term created for a man who took basic care of himself and could do basic stuff like cook and clean. I think it was derogatory at first. Masculinity can be so stupid.
Jeevesssssss 2 years ago
Raj in The Big Bang Theory said, "It means I like women, as well as their skincare products."
#41
Nothing serious.. We're celebrating Saturday and Grandma (90) is concerned about the turkey being spatchcocked, because it cooks in only 2 hours and she's used to waking up at 2AM to start it cooking to be ready by noon. Hers is normally extremely greasy on the bottom and dried out in the breasts. She is unsure if this way will taste as good, but she was very sweet to being open to let us try it this way. I was mildly irritated by catching her licking the spoon multiple times while scooping mashed potatoes from the mixer into a bowl (she didn't realize anyone was in the room bc she can't hear anymore), but I didn't say anything cuz I love her and I didn't want to hurt her feelings 😕
Florence O'Grady 2 years ago
She has been doing this for years and this is the one time you caught her. You and others in the family have been ingesting her DNA for years. You're still living or you wouldn't have been able to tell Bored Panda this story. The woman has got some longevity on her and you do now, also.
Ron Baza 2 years ago
If she has a cold now, she’s spreading the cold now - even if she didn’t have the cold in previous years. The same applies for anything else she might be spreading. Fun fact about viruses and diseases: They don’t travel backwards in time.
Load More Replies... Tabitha 2 years ago
Grandma’s turkey is greasy on the bottom and dry on top because she either isn’t buttering it before putting it in the oven then basting it a lot, or she doesn’t use either one of those turkey bags or at least some aluminum foil to cover it and keep it moist before browning it.
Cheshirecasss 2 years ago
Made from scratch (cut up potatoes) normally requires a mixer.
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Groaver Andout 2 years ago
"Hers is normally extremely greasy on the bottom and dried out in the breasts." At 90, I wouldn't be overly concerned about this.
#42
My mom can’t accept that my siblings and I have gone NC with our dad, who is an addict (allegedly he’s a couple weeks clean atm). She’s tried to guilt us into talking to him “because it’s Thanksgiving and it would encourage him” if we could call and talk to him. But sorry mom, that’s not what NC means.
Becky Lombard 2 years ago
Good for you! If he truly has gone clean, he knows why you're NC. Part of Good for you! If he's truly going clean, he knows several things: Two weeks is not out of the woods He has a lot of work ahead of him before resuming contact with you His recovery is up to him, not up to others Your mom enables him and should probably learn about codependency
#43
The power went out at my mom's house 20 degrees before the turkey was done cooking. We kept the oven shut, and it kept cooking. The breast got to temp, but the thighs and other dark meat didn't. My parents have a solar battery that had enough power for the microwave, so we microwaved the candied yams and reheated the stuffing in there (it was... Ok lol). We couldn't postpone dinner because several people had a second thanksgiving to get to later, and one aunt had to leave before dark. Thankfully the power came back on right as we were sitting down to eat, because my legally blind grandma wouldn't stop complaining about how dark it was. Could have been worse, but it was stressful for a hot minute.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
One Easter my oven blew up just as I started the pork for a 24hr roast. I cooked dinner for six using a slow cooker and a frying pan. It turned out OK considering how badly it could have gone.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
That happened here, too - here on the island the power goes out ever time the wind blows a bit harder. The fire department was really busy getting people to the hospital with carbon-monoxide poisoning. Darwin's law just doesn't want people in the gene-pool who think cooking a half-done turkey on the barbeque inside the house is a good idea.
Sweet Taurus 2 years ago
I feel like in times like these this is when my family shines. If there's an emergency or mass chaos everyone works together for the greater good. It's when things are going well that drama starts lol.
Devin Schmitt 2 years ago
1983 Thanksgiving Day Storm (Washington) knocked out power regionally. Our family cooked the turkey in the trailer's oven - it worked, but there were 10 people crammed into a tiny travel trailer. My wife's family (we didn't know each other then) finished their turkey on the barbeque.
Ace 2 years ago
Yes, and? "Legally Blind" implies visual impairment severe enough to be unable to drive and to be allowed to access any special services or facilities for the blind. It doesn't mean she cannot see anything at all, but will likely struggle much more when the lights are low than other people.
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#44
I have a cousin who’s been getting a bit too close to another cousin every time we have our biannual family thanksgiving reunion. They’ve caught them in a closet a few times and she always runs off with him. The guy cousin, here’s the kicker, has like 5 duis right now. So while obviously we are worried about the odd incest going on, the best way to get her away from her own cousin is to keep bringing up he has duis so she shouldn’t go alone with him in a car.
DragonflyGreen 2 years ago
Capitalization of acronyms are your friend. I had to look up what a duis was, when I realized the poster meant DUIs. I thought it was some kind of STD. See how that works?
Kit Black 2 years ago
Second cousins are allowed in most States, largely because the science shows there isn't much more consanguinity than in unrelated people at that point. But if you have to keep reminding them about the DUI - just walk away they don't really care and there's nothing you can do about it
Dainty72 2 years ago
Are they second cousins? It states cousins, but I could be missing something
Load More Replies... Ivy la Sangrienta 2 years ago
I can't imagine feeling attracted to my cousin. We all grew up together and eeewwww!
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I'm not saying it's necessarily a good idea, but in the UK you can marry your first cousin.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
You can also fart in a crowded lift, but 10/10 do not recommend.
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Anne Melocco 2 years ago
Australia allows first cousin marriage. Know a couple who did & their grown up children are fine.
#45
My SIL who claims to not be drinking showed up with liquor in her water bottle and got belligerent.
Rahul Pawa 2 years ago (edited)
Many alcoholics go through a phase where they think they can hide it. Pointing it out likely won't yield results, they'll lie and deny. They have to find bottom before they're willing to get help.
#46
My father wouldn't come to the table to eat, because my mother criticized his gravy. Had to play moderator to some grown adults so they could sit down to eat and be civil humans.
Tabitha 2 years ago
Any holiday that involves getting together with family, no matter where in the world or what holiday it is, carries the exact same risk of a family squabble. I am sure there are holidays where you’re from where it happens too. No one is immune.
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Agent of Karma 2 years ago
I'm not criticizing anyone's cooking. If it's terrible don't eat it. I get to claim too much sodium for most things.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
ARE YOU KIDDING?! Criticizing a guy's gravy is a mortal sin! She deserves being taken behind the woodshed and spanked!
lawrence Andrew 2 years ago
My wife keeps bringing up that I put in too much corn starch in the gravy last year.
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Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
I remember a couple of years ago, my dad upset my mom for some stupid reason and she had an outburst and left the room. I could tell he immediately regretted but it said to me, "Go tell her to get back here and I'm sorry." I immediately said, "I think your legs work just fine. You go do that yourself." I seriously wondered if he was going to smack me for saying that but luckily he got up and did just that. Sometimes parenting the parents becomes life.
Alexandra 2 years ago
Reading all this, I wonder why people still celebrate Thanksgiving. It just doesn't seem worth the hassle, hatred and general mayhem.
g90814 2 years ago
99% of the time it goes fine and no drama, good food, good company. These are the 1% that don't.
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My cousin announced he was a wear-wolf. Like full on…wear-wolf gloves and all. No joke.
Rob(erta) Roy (They/Them) 2 years ago
Wait like a furry? Or am I just not understanding correctly
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
WTF is a "wear-wolf"?! A really fashion conscious werewolf, maybe?
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
For some reason I first read that as "sweater wolf" and was going to ask how sweater wolves are different than sweater puppies.
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#48
I found out those mashed potatoes my uncle had been making by hand all these years are actually store bought.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Well. For some families that is quite the scandal. I'm curious how he got away with it though, if OP means the instant kind. They have a very distinct taste, unlike the real deal.
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detective miller's hat 2 years ago
Like the time I asked granny what her amazing stuffing recipe was and she laughed and said it's just Stove Top with a chicken Oxo cube thrown in.
Clueless Panda 2 years ago
I need details. Was he claiming they were hand-made? Did he refuse to give anyone the "secret recipe"? But most of all WHAT BRAND WERE THE MASHED POTATOES???
Colleen Foley 2 years ago
THIS. Because I have never had any instant, frozen, ready to eat mashed potatoes from a store that actually tasted like homemade.
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#49
My dog rolled around in raw sewage that had leaked from my wife's aunt's septic tank.
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Now how does sewage leak from a septic tank anyhow? A septic tank is enclosed and buried under the ground. When my septic system acted up before needing to be replaced, it caused a nasty back up in the basement shower.
Kat Lyle 2 years ago
Some people actually request you bring your animal. Why do people insist on passing judgement before knowing a situation.
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#50
My neighbor’s son was stabbed in jail cause he won a game of dominoes and the other guy got mad.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I had a friend in prison who would get depressed if she lost a game. I started cheating to lose after awhile. It got interesting, as she figured out what I was doing. It took a fair bit of mental dynamics, trying to come up with new ways to cheat. Prison tends to be boring.
Kioh81 2 years ago
I'm confused by the first two sentences of your comment. She's in prison and you're playing a game with her? So you are in prison too?? I mean it's not like they are just killing time playing video games online while on lockdown and I don't think you can play board/tabletop games during visitation?
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#51
I tested positive for Covid today. My family is supposed to be hosting Thanksgiving. Now none of the guests want to come. We have 20 pounds of food. My Mom is low-key crying. 0/10 would not recommend.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
I assume you are OK with them not coming because you love them and don't want them to catch COVID.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
People not being willing to take health risks trumps your food prep, sorry. Covid is still lethal for some people
Alethea Fletcher 2 years ago
Happened to us at Christmas last year. There were tears due to not being able to he together, but not because of the food (it's freezable after all). We ended up having a wonderful New Year christmas day instead 🥰.
KathyT 2 years ago
I'm sorry. The first year of COVID I tested positive, and my husband and I had to celebrate Thanksgiving alone. I always serve it for my whole family. (Four kids, spouses and g-kids) It was a false positive and I only got that result the day after. Oh well...such is life. We've made up for it.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
What's up? This is the second post whining about having more leftovers.
#52
Great uncle is deciding if he has the mental fortitude to juggle two elderly women, since he finds them both "seductive". One he's been with for 2 yrs, but says the spark is gone, new lady has red hair, which isn't normally his cup of tea. If he has to pick, he is leaning toward the red head that vacas in mexico 3 months out of the year so he can house sit while she's away. Asked my dad for sex/fingering advice and thought my dad was going to hurl up his pecan pie. Excused himself to get a second Heineken. Dad texted me 🤮🤫 with 🥲 to express his disgust. Came back to the table with pumpkin cheesecake. Great uncle by marriage will not be invited next year.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
My in-laws never ask me for fingering advice. What am I doing wrong???
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Had to read that line several times before I figured out that it's "He, the uncle, asked my dad..." and not "I asked my dad for sex/fingering advise..." - Anyway, funny either way. APML [=almost pissed myself laughing]
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#53
I found out yesterday that my BIL and his new wife are accusing me of domestic violence through a completely unmerited source. The source allegedly saw me strike my wife while having an argument in the parking lot of a wedding and caused my wife to have a black eye. Even though an hour later my wife was posing in numerous wedding pictures with no such black eye and I have never struck anyone in anger, ever. Apparently this information has been spread through the new wife’s family and I am being slandered. So that’s putting a damper on the mood today.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
That's why we have courts: to motivate these sort of individuals with the stinging pain of having to part with considerable sums of money to abstain from spreading stories of this sort.
Patricia Steward 2 years ago
Hrm, I think I read somewhere that black eyes take longer than that to appear.
#54
My brother-in-law's parents didn't come because they don't like that I say f**k all the time. Oh well, more f*****g pie for me.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
I say "f**k" all the time, too, and people still keep coming over. Guess I'm not doing it right.
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
You missed the step where you need to have friends / family with rods up their @$$es.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
It's always handy to have a magic word that makes some people disappear.
Hellcaste's Wife 2 years ago
Sentence enhancers just go over people's heads sometimes. People don't appreciate the beauty of a well-placed "f*ck" in a sentence! LOL
Michael Largey 2 years ago
People don't appreciate the beauty of a well-placed "f*ck" - period.
Load More Replies... #55
Current argument is my sister in law arguing with my brother about the proper way to measure screen size. He's right you measure diagonally. But I am staying out of this.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Wait till he tries to explain to her that going from a 10" tablet to a 12" one increases the screen area by 44%.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
You are very fortunate that this is the extent of your 'Thanksgiving drama.'
#56
My aunt brought her boyfriend that she publicly ended things with and then got back together with 3 days later. For cheating on her. For the 3rd time. With the same woman! The last 2 times it happened it went exactly like this. Public post, tell all your friends/family, que the sympathy, take post down 2 days later, get back together act like nothing happened. Everyone was pissed and none of us have ever liked him to begin with. The dude sat next to my grandfather and tried to have a conversation like he didn’t f**k around on his daughter and then tried to boss around other members of my family. Add this Thanksgiving being the first she’s been to in 7ish years it was a tension filled dinner to say the least.
#57
My girlfriend's brother passed out and got rushed to the hospital. Currently sitting in the waiting room.
Kitty 🥀 2 years ago
Just checked Reddit. It was something called “vasovagal syncope” and he was sent home, so it must not have been too serious.
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 2 years ago
That's what happened to me - passing out because of my new blood-pressure medication. Fortunately I could dissuade them from taking me to the hospital, but it still scared the s**t out of them. So now I am hiding it every time things go gray before my eyes.
#58
Step kids were supposed to be here at 5 pm so we had everything ready by 5. It’s now 7:11 and one of them is literally just now walking in the door and the other one called her dad at 5 on the dot and said that they are going to her boyfriends families house first to eat and then will be here. I’m pissed. I’m hungry and the food is now cold. His kids are so rude and disrespectful.
Sandra Morison 2 years ago
I would not have waited more than 10 minutes. You have every right to enjoy your meal hot. Don't cater to bad manners
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Dinner is at 5pm, you show up at 5:05 and the food will be getting cold. Adult? Act like it. Stop coddling rude people.
#59
I'm no contact with an uncle for hitting my grandma and beating the c**p out of me then trying to make me take the fall on video and getting upset I didn't bruise. Despite wanting to go cross country to kill him at the time, my relatives spend almost an hour on and off going on about how well he's doing, how great, look at this picture of him OP, he's so successful, isn't it great? One relative also kept spending the entire night calling me Rudolph after his wife went "OP! Why's your nose so red?" really loudly. It happens when I'm stressed. When I was alone with my mom, who doesn't like him, she asked why I was so quiet. When I told her somehow that made me the bad guy. Meanwhile I get nauseous when I think about him and my heart races when I hear his name or voice Highlight of my night was feeding the cat a squeezy stick. She loves those
kansasmagic 2 years ago
Usually has something to do with guilt and "your mom/grandma will be sad if you're not there", because seeing people only counts if it's on Thanksgiving apparently.
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SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago
Not very kind of me, but I hope said uncle eventually got his sorry behind Superman Punched by another relative or someone not willing to put up with his c**p. SMH!
Colleen Foley 2 years ago
I think I would have grabbed my plate and a few of the cat treats and spent my time with her.
#60
My cousin secretly has 15 cats and two dogs and they had to hurriedly move out of their apartment and into an air b&b because they “forgot” the lease was expiring this month. They also forgot (ie too lazy) to spay and neuter their existing cats. The male cat in question impregnated his mother and sister 🪕
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I love cats. I really do. However, I do NOT want one impregnating my mother or sister (if I had one).
Chickens are fluffy 2 years ago
This is why when I get a cat I'm making sure I do a lot of research, and making sure they are spayed and have everything they need
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
How can you secretly have 15 cats and two dogs? 1 or 2 I could see getting away with.
#61
My mom is super mad that my kids call themselves nerds. Like she's super offended as if it's the other other n word. I have no idea where her incredibly strongly held beliefs about the word nerd come from, but I assure you they are not organic.
Kit Black 2 years ago
Point out to your mom it's incredibly weird of her to be so vocal about having peaked in high school🤣
Tabitha 2 years ago
And point out that all the tech millionaires and billionaires were all nerds too. Nerds end up making bank after college.
Load More Replies... Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Lexicon changes over time. Nerd is no longer a bad thing to call yourself. I myself am a "plant nerd".
kansasmagic 2 years ago
Maybe a nerd once got revenge on your mom, and she's still upset by it.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Nerds are little hard candies in a very colorful box.
Rinso the Red 2 years ago
"Nerd" used to be just about the worst thing you could call a kid. It's ironic that those "nerds" are now some of the most valuable members of our society.
#63
My FIL, who lives in an ADU in our back yard, has started installing fence posts in the yard because he doesn’t like the previous fence line we had agreed to (but not yet built). It’s not his first aggression. It’s telling that we have family living in our own backyard that we’re not spending the holiday with.
#64
My dad told us that if my generation and the next "can't figure out how to adapt to it being two degrees warmer" then the Earth is better off without us.
Ace 2 years ago
I don't think the Earth itself cares one way or another, TBH.
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kansasmagic 2 years ago
Dad doesn't understand the concept of "global averages". Let me guess, he's looking forward to global warming so winter is more tolerable?
Greenmantle 2 years ago
Ask dad what he thinks about his grandkids being in hardship because of his generation's lack of action.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
I don't know why the morons are downvoting some of the posts, but I'll do what I can to fix it.
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My 22 year old sister brought her 35 year old fiancé (who she’s only known for 2 months) to thanksgiving and he was high as a kite. We’ve never met him before today. They got there late and only stayed long enough to eat. Whatever makes her happy I guess.
kansasmagic 2 years ago
Why can't these high m***********s just get drunk like everyone else???
nbfresh 2 years ago
idk, i'd rather smoke grass than drink alcohol any day of the week.
Load More Replies... #66
Not juicy but I caught rsv from my grandchildren. I have food in my house for 25 people but I’m too sick to have people over. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday since I’m the typical Nana who shows love by cooking. I’m sitting here with my husband, feeling down. Oh well, maybe next year.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
After reading the stories of some of these Thanksgiving horrors, you are probably better off. 😉
Xenon 2 years ago (edited)
Respiratory syncytial virus. There is a vaccine for it from what I've read.
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My dad is arguing with my mil and fil about gay frogs he heard about on joe rogan. Fml
MicrowaveGoddess 2 years ago
“I don’t like them putting chemicals in the water that turn the frickin’ frogs gay!!”
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Dumpster Fire 2 years ago
Who cares if the frogs are gay? Seriously, how does that affect your day to day life?
#68
Dog humped the newly walking baby.
#69
I have food poisoning and missed everything ☹️☹️☹️
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Too bad. Traditionally on Thanksgiving you can get food poisoning and be there.
Sleepy children love Moon 2 years ago
well, you are welcome to come to my Thanksgiving celebration next year, or we could have our own little celebration!
Load More Replies... Cheryl Ramsay 2 years ago
If your extended family is like any of those on this post, you've dodged one bullet!
#70
We’re getting sued for nearly a million dollars by my cousin and his girlfriend bc our dog bit his baby.
Tabitha 2 years ago
Do you see evidence of a dog bite on the child? Are we talking infant here? If they’re an older baby, like crawling or just walking, they may have mistreated the dog. I would say the parents are the ones who were negligent by not keeping an eye on THEIR child, who evidently doesn’t know how to act around a dog—-whose home the child was in, so no, the dog was not going to be shut in a room, ffs.
Duh 2 years ago
I was attacked by a dog I knew in a house I was welcome in. Just saying. You have valid points but let's not pretend a dog biting a baby is nothing at all. As an adult it took me about 3 years to not have flight or fight reactions to dogs, and I LUUUURVE dogs.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
May be a scam set-up. Did they coat the baby with liverwurst first?
JK 2 years ago
The fact this OP has deleted almost ALL his comments on this Reddit post, I'm gonna guess that it was either a) entirely his fault, b) he has a dangerous dog, or c) he's lying outta his a$$ (considering his other posts and the incredibly NSFW groups he's in, I would angle for all 3 as viable options!)
Sami-Jo Ross 2 years ago
I would bet money they have a pitbull and cousin doesn't want an "aggressive fighting dog" in the same hemisphere as him so they pulled a frame-up.
#71
SIL was in charge of stuffing this year. She wanted to make it from scratch. Have you ever tasted something over salted and proceeded to politely ignore what was left on your plate and make up an excuse why you don't want anymore? Well, that didn't happen this time.... It was more salt than stuffing and we spit out our food in obvious disgust. She was mortified, but we were all laughing. First Thanksgiving in a while where stuffing wasn't served.
#72
We ordered our food from a local grocery store. We told everyone they didn't need to bring food. 5 people didn't show. Everyone still brought food. Fewer people and double food. Spent the morning doing so much work for no reason lol.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago (edited)
Less of the crazy people and more of the food. Sounds like one of the better Thanksgivings that's been shared on here.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
Ya know? Mix and match the leftovers so everyone gets something different, then compare notes!
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I've got two. I'm gonna use fake names for this to make things easier. Aunt Maria has been dating a divorced man and Aunt Lola and one of her daughters confronted Aunt Maria's mom about being a "homewrecker." Apparently, the divorced man's ex-wife still had feelings for him and Aunt Maria takes all her boyfriend's money, according to the rumors. Aunt Maria and her mom currently aren't on speaking terms. This one happened over the span of two days and is still somewhat ongoing. Aunt Alicia got arrested because her underage daughter Amanda would often run away from home and was overall a delinquent. Amanda wasn't home during the arrest but returned at some point after we went to pay for Aunt Alicia's bail. Amanda's return, along with Aunt Alicia's handling of the situation, has been a huge point of contention for the family.
#74
Had my husband help with the turkey for the first time ever. He got the turkey ready for me to put the stuffing in. I stuffed the turkey but not the neck part. About an hour and a half into cooking. I keep thinking this smells off. Open the oven and look, notice something weird in the neck. Yeah he missed the paper wrapped giblet pack! We took it out but I am pretty sure the turkey was ruined from it. In his defense he doesn’t cook ever.
lawrence Andrew 2 years ago
If you knew he never cooked a turkey before it's on you. There is no reason he would have known about the secret compartment. My MIL cooked the turkey with the giblets still in the chest cavity, she swears that she could not find them.
Ivy la Sangrienta 2 years ago
We don't have thanksgiving and rarely eat turkey in my country, so I have to ask: why do they leave a bag of giblets inside the turkey? What's the purpose?
Xenon 2 years ago
People use the giblets for gravy or stuffing. The neck cavity is the perfect place to store them. Not everyone knows this though. It would not have ruined the turkey at all.
Load More Replies... kansasmagic 2 years ago
Why do you think the turkey is "ruined"? It's not a bag of poison. Fun fact: you can cook a turkey from frozen. After 1-2 hours it will be thawed enough that you can remove the giblets while in the oven. No biggie.
#75
My tablecloth is ugly...according to my aunt.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
"Gee, auntie! And I put it out just because you were visiting. Because it reminds me so much of you."
Starry starry night 2 years ago
Yes I thought you brought it for me that’s why I put it on display
#76
Brought the dog to the in-laws. She found a mound of cat poop out back and went to town. Didn't realize till later when she slobbered on me and I realized my pants now reeked of wet old poop slobber. Dinner's almost ready, and I don't know about you, but I tend not to bring a change of clothes to Thanksgiving. This will be fun
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Me neither, but who can you get to babysit the kids on Thanksgiving?
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#77
SOMEONE over salted the deviled eggs!
kansasmagic 2 years ago
Deviled eggs. One of those "we *have* to have them!" things that...nobody eats.
Kioh81 2 years ago
Deviled eggs are the best!! Where are you going that these things are not completely devoured by everyone?!
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#78
Grandma forgot the whipped cream for the pie.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Good apple pie doesn't need whipped cream. And bad apple pie won't be improved by it.
#79
My step-daughter announced that her baby will be named "Dexter". Oh, FFS!
Caroline Nagel 2 years ago
It might have some association with a rather bloody tv series...
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 2 years ago
Just to be safe they could give him the middle-name Laevus. Or Sinister.
Load More Replies... Florence O'Grady 2 years ago
Dexter is a character on a TV show. He helps solve the crimes he actually commits.
Zakaar Bovus 2 years ago
OR it's an extremely intelligent child with a secret laboratory and a sister named DeeDee who destroys said laboratory
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What do you think ?
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
By my estimate, at least half of BoredPanda is full of stories of dysfunctional familes and relationships.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
These were some pretty depressing stories. Most of them were from people who need to cut back a little contact with their families, from the sound of it.
Rob(erta) Roy (They/Them) 2 years ago
I'm really glad my Thanksgiving wasn't like any of these!
BookFanatic 2 years ago
Major, major drama at my house. I cooked steak and one cat stole a bite...and then got that bite stolen from him by the other cat. Mass hissteria and flying fur. (eyeroll)
kansasmagic 2 years ago
One of our best decisions was to start doing Tgiving at home, just us, with the occasional visit from MiL. No "cooking for 20 people" nonsense or family drama. Here's a shocking thought: If you want to spend time with family, then spend time with family. You don't have to wait for one crazy busy day to see everyone all at once.
the_avenging_knight (her/she) 2 years ago
My BF and I went to my parents for thanksgiving and arrived just in time to hear everyone yelling at my cousin after they found out he was gay, and the "friend" he's been bringing to every family event for the last 4 years is actually his BF. Fun times!/s
Amelia Jade 2 years ago
We don't do Thanksgiving with extended family. We're no contact with half of them, and the other half live far away. It's just me, husband and kids. Cozy, lazy day--cause we do prep the day before--good food, board games, and the MST3K Turkey Day marathon.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
I would have soooo loved to contribute a Thanksgiving drama story, but I have no material. My step daughter helped prepare and cook, and then went over to her friends' place, and my significant other and I had dinner and marathon-watched 'The Crown' on Netflix.
GirlFriday 2 years ago
We had the typical Thanksgiving with all of the family. My cousin had previously told us she couldn't make it but ended up showing up anyway, much to my mother's dismay. Not that mom doesn't love my cousin, it is because she and I are the two girls closest in age and we might as well be sister, and when we are together teenaged shenanigans ensue. My mother spent most of the day telling M and I to calm down and "act like ladies." We said no and proceeded to have the best time. My mother said that we exhausted her and she had to lay down for a while.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I have to admit I'm a little less depressed about not getting to have Thanksgiving now.
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
By my estimate, at least half of BoredPanda is full of stories of dysfunctional familes and relationships.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
These were some pretty depressing stories. Most of them were from people who need to cut back a little contact with their families, from the sound of it.
Rob(erta) Roy (They/Them) 2 years ago
I'm really glad my Thanksgiving wasn't like any of these!
BookFanatic 2 years ago
Major, major drama at my house. I cooked steak and one cat stole a bite...and then got that bite stolen from him by the other cat. Mass hissteria and flying fur. (eyeroll)
kansasmagic 2 years ago
One of our best decisions was to start doing Tgiving at home, just us, with the occasional visit from MiL. No "cooking for 20 people" nonsense or family drama. Here's a shocking thought: If you want to spend time with family, then spend time with family. You don't have to wait for one crazy busy day to see everyone all at once.
the_avenging_knight (her/she) 2 years ago
My BF and I went to my parents for thanksgiving and arrived just in time to hear everyone yelling at my cousin after they found out he was gay, and the "friend" he's been bringing to every family event for the last 4 years is actually his BF. Fun times!/s
Amelia Jade 2 years ago
We don't do Thanksgiving with extended family. We're no contact with half of them, and the other half live far away. It's just me, husband and kids. Cozy, lazy day--cause we do prep the day before--good food, board games, and the MST3K Turkey Day marathon.
Christof Irran 2 years ago
I would have soooo loved to contribute a Thanksgiving drama story, but I have no material. My step daughter helped prepare and cook, and then went over to her friends' place, and my significant other and I had dinner and marathon-watched 'The Crown' on Netflix.
GirlFriday 2 years ago
We had the typical Thanksgiving with all of the family. My cousin had previously told us she couldn't make it but ended up showing up anyway, much to my mother's dismay. Not that mom doesn't love my cousin, it is because she and I are the two girls closest in age and we might as well be sister, and when we are together teenaged shenanigans ensue. My mother spent most of the day telling M and I to calm down and "act like ladies." We said no and proceeded to have the best time. My mother said that we exhausted her and she had to lay down for a while.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I have to admit I'm a little less depressed about not getting to have Thanksgiving now.
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