“Don’t Touch My TV”: 44 Thanksgiving Hosts Call Out Behaviors They Can’t Stand From Their Guests

yeah i never understood this. i fry a turkey with my father every year. he and i do all of the turkey prep and frying, while my step mother and her mom prepare all of the sides. once we eat, anyone who didnt cook clears the table and rinses plates for the dishwasher, then we divide up leftovers and put pans in the sink to soak. the next morning i come back and clean up the fryer and all of the oil and seasonings, and pack it back away while my father and step mom do the big dishes. maybe its just that my family doesnt like football but the whole idea of women cooking and cleaning while men sit around has never been acceptable in my family. probably because my grandfather, father, brother and I are the only men in a family of about 25 women, my father has nothing but sisters and i have 4 sisters and one brother, all of our cousins are women as well. we were never given the option to not help. so it seems very strange to me that some people just sit there all day. any man who has married into the family has picked up on this as well.

The work is more even in my family, and nobody watches football.

Honestly I prefer this while cooking. Stay out of my kitchen of you don't know what you're doing and aren't willing to follow instructions. They can help clean up though.

I make the whole meal and wife joins me for the cleaning.

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It's called division of labour.

Too wordy. "People."

Word. Especially since I didn’t invite anyone!

I celebrate Thanksgiving alone, and that is what I am thankful for.

More than once we have told people we had other invites for Xmas dinner. We actually go to the beach for a sandwich picnic and just relax. 🙂

You n me both lmao ,🤣

Sorry? "Hit your dog!" Mmm! Get the flying f##k out of my house.

The very second they hit my dog would be the very second I would have kicked their asses out of the door.

They lay hands on my dog, they get my hands on them (or immediately kicked out, I'm not picky).

Don’t blame you if you never have them over again. And tell them why.

We had friends whose 3 kids were exactly the same. The final time they wrecked a room. Never spoke to them again.

Ugh! I have a relative who aways says she will come earlier than told "so we can eat earlier". Uh, Auntie, others are coming too. This is not a banquet in your honor.

Worse...when people show up too early, then stand around the kitchen talking to one another while you're trying to get a huge meal on the table. If you're not cooking, GTFO of my kitchen.

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Every year my Mom does the cooking, and I do the clean-up. I honestly don't mind because I stick in earbuds, and don't have to listen to conversations.

Always grab this job. It's the easiest one at Thanksgiving.

EXACTLY!

I would actually love that. In fact, all my people know they do me a huge favour by bringing groceries and cooking. I hate doing that and i do everyone a favour by doing it is little as possible.

Small kitchen needs some communication skills but a big kitchen where the hosts works their a*s off alone seems a bit anti social

If you are older than 10, I don't want to hear how I don't make my food the same way that your mom does. I actually 86'd a friend from celebrations because he whined that I make certain dishes from scratch and not the Stove Top stuffing and packaged mix scalloped potatoes that his mother always made for the holidays.

Give her an empty bowl and ask her to pass her contribution around.

Oh, boy, I would have taken a whole container of salt and POURED it into every single dish right in front of her. Want Thanksgiving and don't like mine? Go get your own.

Obvs didn't put salt in anything.

Does mother smoke? Salt is very tasty to smokers but the smoke and other things in said smoke destroy their taste buds. My mother would use so much garlic that I would be gagging but she "could just barely taste it"

And the "I'd rather have a cup of tea, I'll make it myself" no you fechin won't this is a one-bütt kitchen and the drinks are in other room get out.

My biggest pet peeve! They stand around in the way, staring and making "helpful" suggestions. Get. Out. Of. My. Kitchen.

See, in my family, the kitchen is the social hub of the house. When we have a family event at someone's house, we all end up in the kitchen chatting and helping make food.

how about 'don't host'?

im glad she still has her sister. one of the most pleasant surprises i have had growing older has been the relationships with my younger siblings. im the oldest of 6, with siblings that are between 3 and 12 years younger than i am. we are all grown now, my youngest sister is in college, and i talk to all 5 of them all the time. two of my sisters are married, one is a DNP in pediatrics, the other is in med school. my brother is in special forces, i wont say which one for his sake but think navy seals but not in the navy, another sister is in college at where i and my Dr. sister went to school, and the other is in school in the state going to dental school. we meet for dinner twice a month at the halfway point between all of us, and we always make the drive for birthdays and celebrations. we didnt get along much as kids, but we all get along great as adults. The greatest joy and pride I feel in my life is seeing the wonderful people they have turned out to be. im so proud of them all.

Did they know they needed to feed 30 people?

you should have fun of him like "is all so smal" and stuff like that... See that he wont do again

Fling empty Tupperware out the back door

That’s the way it should be.