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People In This Online Group Share What Things Their Family Members Had The Courage To Do At Their Thanksgiving Gathering (30 Stories)
Celebrating big and important celebrations is what brings all families together. It is one of those times when despite all of the difficulties such as time, distance, differences, and old family drama, everyone shows up to have some quality time with their loved ones. However, even though this might be the goal of the evening, sometimes things run a different course. Very often there is that one person who can turn things upside down and make the night one to remember.
Having this in mind, Reddit user @IAmA_Wolf asked people online to remember and share “the trashiest thing somebody has done at your family Thanksgiving.” This gave a green light to a lot of people who decided to reveal who from their family did the craziest thing during Thanksgiving dinner, and how.
Thousands of people decided to reveal what embarrassing, annoying, or crazy funny things their relatives or just guests did during the gathering. From collecting leftover food the minute everyone sat down to eat to fistfighting or finding out their significant other was cheating on them, people had some juicy stories to tell.
Which one of these stories did you like the most? Don’t forget to share your own Thanksgiving story in the comments down below!
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#1
Almost trash, but not. I'm at a huge Thanksgiving dinner at my son-in-law's brother's place. His redneck dad had been drinking and deep frying turkeys all morning. Mostly drinking. He comes in to learn that his daughter's spouse had a bit of change and went from "Bill" to "Jane." Nice time and place to come out, right? He goes right up to Bill/Jane and says, "Well, we all love you no matter what." Then we all had a dinner that could not be beat.
Marcellus II 4 years ago
The twist being it doesn't belong in this topic? Hm.
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Marcellus II 4 years ago
Sometimes... See the BP "Thanksgiving disasters" to see some of them rather burned.
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Sofie 4 years ago
It could have been trash if the redneck dad reacted in a bad way.
Load More Replies... Angelar 4 years ago
*Then we all had a dinner that could not be beat* made me listen to Alice's Restaurant again. .
Rage of Aquarius 4 years ago
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.
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Douglas Turner 4 years ago (edited)
Wait... what about deep frying turkeys PLURAL all morning? Just how many damn turkeys? And were they breakfast turkeys?
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#2
This was just a joke, but I still felt It was worth sharing...My uncle made a scene about having dropped something on the floor. When he was sure enough of us were now paying attention, he bends over to pick it up, his shirt rides up and we see a tramp stamp tiger crawling out of his buttcrack. It was a temporary tattoo that he had my aunt help him put on specifically put on for this occasion.
Poppy 4 years ago
At my 9th birthday party I had friends and family round for food, fun and games. My cousin was only 3 months old and my dad made sure everyone saw him carrying my cousin round so people knew he was holding him. He then sneaked into the house, put my cousin down for a nap, picked up my life like doll and walked out carrying that saying 'I think he needs a nappy change' loudly to everyone so everyone was looking at him. He then proceeded to drop kick my doll across the garden. The screams of shock and fear where deafening. Luckily everyone saw the funny side and my cousins mum already knew it wasn't her baby as she'd seen my dad put him down for a nap.
Shinyravengirl 4 years ago
‘Tramp stamp’ is such degrading language. It says a lot about the kind of people who use it.
WildBerry 4 years ago
It's just the name used 30 years ago when tattoos right above the buttocks became popular. And women didn't mind those tats being called that either. Just a slang term for it. We've progressed over the decades. Maybe
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Every year my family "subconsciously" gives all the left overs to whichever cousin isn't doing the best in life.
I've gotten the leftovers for the last 6 years.
Kanuli 4 years ago
You have to look at the bright side: they acknowledge how bad you are off. This is a good foundation for more help, understanding and some love and energy to help you out of it. Much preferable over ignorant people, or people who pretend not to see whats going on.
Otter 4 years ago
I agree. Yes, it's a bit embarrassing, but not as embarrassing of making a big deal out of being helpful would be. And believe me, the mild embarrassment doesn't compare to the sting of having real need ignored.
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Yoga Kitty 4 years ago
Even nice gestures can sometimes feel a bit awkward. We do not do Christmas gifts among the adults in our family, only for the children. However, one of my sisters always brings gifts for me and my youngest brother "Because we are all alone on Christmas and do not get any gifts!!" Yes, we are the only unmarried and childfree siblings... Maybe this year I will show her pictures of the whole weasel my tomcat recently pulled in through the cat flat - who says I do not get any gifts??!
WildBerry 4 years ago (edited)
I used to feel bad for my unmarried uncle and my unmarried aunt. If they happened to be coming to my parent's house for the holidays, I would buy them a gift... nothing big but something like gloves and a hat, or a sweater or so. My parents would tell me they didn't want gifts but I thought they should not sit here while we opened our Christmas gifts if they didn't have anything too. Fast forward 30 years. I realize if my neices and nephews bought me something, I would feel bad because there's nothing I need and they should spend that money on things they need. But it's impossible to put yourself in the other person's shoes at the time. It might make you feel awkward when your sis gives you a gift but she's doing it because she loves you and wants to make sure you feel loved.
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Susie Elle 4 years ago
It sucks to not be in the best place for consecutive years, OP, but at least your family is trying to help.
Dani Alexander 4 years ago
Well, at least they have your baxk and aren’t neglecting you or your needs
Stephanie IV 4 years ago (edited)
It’s a way of telling you they’re waiting for you to ask for their help.
Patti Vance 4 years ago
love this! growing up as an only child we had a formal dining set for 12 plus several card tables set out. why? because as a military family we knew all too well what the holidays are like when you can't see your family. we had a packed house every christmas, easter, thanksgiving, not to mention 4th of july and all the others. when i left home i kept up the tradition and always invited any and all who didn't have any place to go or people to eat with.
Signe Manat Hansen 4 years ago
It's no shame to struggle. At least your family is there for you.
#4
My religious extended family were in deep prayer and the dinner table when my mom yelled “f**k! The bread is burned!”
Fabian Meresse 4 years ago (edited)
Once gardened at a churchyard, the old priest was kind and came to ask if the guys and I wanted a coffee, wich we gladly accepted.He went to his house close to the church. A few times later, we heard a big mess in the kitchen, and probably the worst curses we had ever heard ! We were dying laughting, then he came back, red faced...So human tbh
chozopriest1 4 years ago
I like when religious people can admit they're human and not some special agent of the divine and "flawless". I've seen too many of that type.
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Kelli Lindsay 4 years ago
"The rolls!!" My mom,literally every Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanks for the memory!
#5
I was at my wife’s uncles house for thanksgiving , and his wife decided right after dinner to play their wedding video ( because it was also their anniversary weekend). She looks for a half hour to find the video tape, finds it and gathers the whole dinner party (25 ish people) to the back room area, plays the video, and right as she’s walking down the aisle, mid way down the aisle it goes fuzzy..... and cuts to...... Dale Earnhardt’s funeral. Uncle joe used that tape to record Dale Earnhardt’s funeral. Granted it was in small town Michigan wherenthe nascar track is, but still....Everyone froze in complete shock and I started laughing and felt like i was in a sitcom but it was real life.
Andy Saputo 4 years ago
Always break off the write protect tab on important VHS tapes. It prevents them from being recorded on. This is completely useless information this day and age...
Queen Boudicca 4 years ago
OP wasn't a sitcom...Everybody Loves Raymond. That's where I learned about the tab, to prevent recording over an important event.
#6
My uncle brought pizza to thanksgiving because he didn’t like my grandmas cooking. She had spent all day cooking our thanksgiving meal and he brought pizza! He, my aunt, and my cousins ate the pizza like it was nothing. My grandma went into the other room and cried.
Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago
Aww poor grandma. If you don't like it, pretend to eat it and then go eat something else later or beforehand
Yara Balabanova 4 years ago
Or make the dinner yourself if you don't like it, perhaps grandma could use some help in the kitchen
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Connie Martin 4 years ago
That's just stupid and cruel. If you don't like Grandma's cooking, how about cooking your own damn self and having grandma over as the guest of honor? What happened to kindness?
#7
someone (we never figured out who, though i suspect my younger cousin) set the TV to the playboy channel right as we were finishing up eating (this year we had so many people we had to eat in the living room, right next to the TV
i don't think I've ever seen my grandma laugh as much as she did when she saw everyone scrambling to find the clicker :)
Maiun 4 years ago
My thoughts exactly. Blaming it on the cousin is good cover
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Jackie Nettleton 4 years ago
I like thee sound of your grandma she probably has some interesting stories to tell and advice to give
Redheaded1 4 years ago
We know this person was innocent because they called it the clicker! Right up my alley. ;)
WildBerry 4 years ago (edited)
Many of us call the TV remote a "clicker". Might have to do with the age of person and maybe where they live?
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juice 4 years ago
they said they had to eat in the living room, next to the tv, because there were so many people. they didn't say the tv was on (until the playboy incident, of course)
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#8
My brothers got into a fight. My oldest brother slept with my younger brother's new wife, who was like 20 years younger than him. They got into a fist fight and broke through the wall of their dad's trailer. The police had to be called. Aaaand that's why I stopped going to family evening. This was by no means an unusual occurrence, just the first thing that came to mind.
Yoga Kitty 4 years ago
Yes, I am continuously feeling better about my own lot the more posts I read!
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Awww, now I'm .... no, not at all homesick for my dad's family. But it brings back memories.
WildBerry 4 years ago
Angelar - it sounds that way, doesn't it? Otherwise, he or she would have said, "...the wall of our dad's trailer." Or maybe the story is a fabrication and he or she slipped up in describing it because it didn't really happen.
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Gene Perry 4 years ago
"broke through the wall of their dad's trailer" ... should have been your first clue ... trailer trash.
#9
The woman my cousin had just married stole a Costco sized box of individually wrapped Cheezit packages from our garage. I just happened to notice they were gone when putting food in the fridge. Asked about it publicly and she locked up, started stuttering, and went to get them out of her car. She returned with the excuse "I thought these were mine. I have a box just like them at home".
Wandaluzt 4 years ago
Yes I'm sure that advice to the poster would come in handy for the poster 3 years ago when they posted it on Reddit.
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Davja 4 years ago
Sounds like family... But, real family would grab, look you directly in the eye, and walk out the door.
WildBerry 4 years ago
She took them from your garage. Her excuse is that she has the same ones at home so she thought they were hers. How did they get from her house to your garage then? Her explanation makes no sense at all, indicating she's nuts and probably stole some of your silverware, some of your jewelry, the tiny crystal vase your aunt gave you, the extra change you have in that little jar, and a few pieces of your underwear. Never let her in your house or on your property again.
Sofie 4 years ago
How, you ask? It obviously grew a pair of feet and walked there saying it was kidnapped and held captive at a crazy lady's house 😂
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Yoga Kitty 4 years ago
This sounds more like she has a mental problem, maybe she needs therapy?
Tyler Bt 4 years ago
But Cheez-It's are pretty awesome. I think that's understandable. I also like the excuse.
WildBerry 4 years ago
I'm tempted to agree with you but it would have to be Doritos, not Cheez-Its.
Load More Replies... Signe Manat Hansen 4 years ago
Sounds like cleptomania. She didn't have to fess up but she did. Hope she gets help and you watch your stuff in the future
JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
So you have one just like it at home, and go to someone's house that also has one, so you TAKE it?
#10
This isn’t an isolated thing, but if someone doesn’t show up for thanksgiving or Christmas we automatically check the inmate records at the county jail. It’s happened a few times that someone’s absence is accounted for by an arrest and/or jail stay.
In 2016 my brother was a no show for Christmas and we checked the jails website. We saw our unique last name on their roster and assumed he’d been arrested. Turns out it was my uncle. I never did ask my brother where he was that year.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Wish I knew. On one side, my fam is normal. the other..... eligible for this list. And many others on BP.
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JuJu 4 years ago
Wait! You can check the jail's roster online????? Like, for the whole world to see????????
Caligirl20 4 years ago
Yup. Anytime I can't reach my brother I check our local inmate site. A few times I have found him in jail...
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Trillian 4 years ago
Wait you can just look up the names of the inmates on a jail's WEBSITE???
Lovin' Life 4 years ago
I always read the crime section of the newspapers. That's the only way to keep up with many in our dysfunctional family. So sad.
#11
Big Thanksgiving dinner at the in-laws, even my inlaws’ extended family members were there, and out of nowhere my mom tries to start a conversation with “I’m not a racist but...” and I didn’t even hear the rest because I was laughing because she most definitely was a racist. That was the last year she was invited.
Kanuli 4 years ago
My FIL often makes racist jokes. I often question them, plus his wife is asian, and if he overdoes it, I ask her and her sons what they think about his slurs n stuff, in hope he thinks about this some day.
Buck Up 4 years ago
This seems a better approach than just banishing. Dialogue.
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LuckyL 4 years ago
My favorite "but" sentence is: I'm not against foreigners, but they always attract so many racists. (changed it a little for translation)
Load More Replies... Susie Elle 4 years ago (edited)
My dad makes racist and sexist jokes because in his mind it's still funny even though it's not the '90s anymore. He's not racist or sexist in his actions, he's just a little short-sighted I suppose :')
Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago
My dad does too on occasion. He's not aggressively racist just from a different generation (try 40s and 50s instead of 90s). Worst part is my mom is Asian (Vietnamese) and she's aggressively racist- locks her car doors if there's a POC walking down the street, refuses to be waited on by "colored people" (her words) even sold her house and moved because a black family moved in next door. Racism comes in all forms.
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Tamra Stiffler 4 years ago
Correct. As in, "no offense, but..." most certainly means offense is incoming.
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My husband's brother and his sister-in-law (who was married to his OTHER brother) always disappeared for about 20-40 minutes at the same time.
This happened for four years in a row before anyone got nosey enough to go looking for them.
Sister-in-law is now married to the Thanksgiving Hookup Brother.
LuckyL 4 years ago
They are not related - just three brothers and their wifes
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Kelli Lindsay 4 years ago
When that happens in our family (ppl disappearing) it's bc we were smoking pot.
J. Normal 4 years ago
Came looking for this! Now, we don't have to hide... yeah!
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Momma Dubb 4 years ago (edited)
Why is everyone acting like this is a Southern or Midwestern thing? There are trashy people all over the US. I say this being from the East Coast!
Micah 4 years ago
Maybe they lived far from each other and this was the only reasonable time they'd see each other.
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#13
Not sure if it counts, but my girlfriend and I were getting really serious and so our families had Thanksgiving together for the first time. It was a huge deal for us and our families and it was a great day. She broke up with me the next day.
May 4 years ago
Something tells me the story would sound very different if she was telling it.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Maybe she was wierded out by how much she looked by his Mom? (I'm just trying to understand the use of this photo.)
WildBerry 4 years ago
Daniel - hard to tell what's what in the photo since the 2 blondes look alike and the 2 brunettes look alike.
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My aunt was sent to bed because she was too drunk last year and ended up falling down the stairs an hour later when she tried coming back
#15
My uncle and my cousin's husband fought about flat earth for 3 hours
Kanuli 4 years ago
3 hours to speak the words: foucault's pendulum? Disprove those physics and you have my attention.
WildBerry 4 years ago (edited)
Isn't that just about the rotation of Earth? Those people would argue the Earth could rotate and yet still be flat.
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Glen Ellyn 4 years ago
If the earth was flat...cats would have pushed everything off by now. 🤭
Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago
Why would anyone try to argue with a flat earther? Just let them spew their "facts" and pretend you're interested. Only works if you can keep yourself from laughing, though. They get tired of trying to argue with the disinterested pretty quick.
WildBerry 4 years ago (edited)
Kimi - I never met a flat-earther but I've met a person who thinks the original Moon landing in 1963 was done on a Hollywood movie set.
Load More Replies... Tyler Bt 4 years ago
Did they figure it out? Is it flat or not? I need to know - I have a big boat trip planned.
WildBerry 4 years ago (edited)
You can go on your boat trip. There's giant squid stationed at the edges of the Earth where the flat part would let you fall off. Their sole purpose is to catch you and put your boat back. Took a long time to train those squid and they did a fine job training them so you need not worry..
Load More Replies... Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
I have the feeling it wouldn't be an authentic experience without a weird uncle conspiracy thefight.
#16
We were hosting thanksgiving and prepared all the food ourselves and my mom spend all morning cooking and baking. My aunt, uncle and cousins arrive right before dinner and walk in with a White Castle case and said they just stopped to eat a few minutes ago. We had prepared thanksgiving just for them and they decided that they wanted White Castle instead.
WildBerry 4 years ago
I would have said, "Since you ate already, how about if you leave and we'll see you another time".
JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
I wouldn't have been so nice. I would have said (while pointing), "There's the door."
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Pink Floydian Panda 4 years ago
I hope they encouraged them to chow down the entire case with a couple of gallons of soda and then announced "Sorry, but the bathrooms are off limits". Never happen again, I will guarantee you that!
Shadow 4 years ago
Several aunts and uncles did this to my parents when I was a small child. I don't remember it as I was too small but my cousins had apparently gotten hungry on the drive over so they all stopped at McDonalds to eat and arrived an hour late. My parents had cooked a 20lb turkey and side dishes. Nobody ate anything as they were all full from McDonalds. My parents never invited any of them for super again.
Pink Floydian Panda 4 years ago
It is a fast food restaurant that is famous for extremely greasy, small square burgers that wreak havoc on your digestive system. Very tasty, but you pay the price later so make sure you have access to a good bathroom for 12 hours or so from about 20 minutes after you have finished.
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#17
My aunt and uncle showed up an hour late to dinner. My aunt then proceeded to yell at all of us because we started eating without her. The rest of the family still makes jokes about it and some are still not on speaking terms with her.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Ridiculous. It's hard enough to get everything hot and on the table at the same time, but to hold everything for an hour, then go through that again? Nope.
Tobias Rieper 4 years ago
you dont really have a right to complain if you turn up an hour late
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
One of the great parts of the film Avalon. "You cut the turkey without us!"
Suzy McDaniel 4 years ago
Yup, my brother and his family did that but was TWO hours late because my mom had asked him to bring some milk. Apparently he had to go milk it himself (he didn't, he's just an inconsiderate ass that's late to everything.)
#18
My sister in laws mother brought her young boyfriend to our family thanksgiving. Turns out the boyfriend was my cousins ex that she just broke up with a few weeks prior.
Marcellus II 4 years ago
Not really trashy if they didn't know the relation.
Load More Replies... Bad Alchemy 4 years ago
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#19
We were hosting a young lady my wife worked with, as well as her boyfriend. Halfway through dinner and somehow the discussion got to how her and her brother "once got super trashed on Robitussin, and next thing you know we ... Uh ... Yeah that was really a weird time."
Everyone just got really quiet as we were trying to decide how to fill that one in and where to go with it. For some reason they got really quiet after that.
JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
There is not NEARLY enough alcohol in any OTC cold medicine to get you that trashed (or even a tiny bit buzzed). They did it on purpose. Nice try at an alibi though...
Nupraptor 4 years ago
lol, it's not the alcohol in Robitussin that would get you "trashed." It's the dextromethorphan.
Load More Replies... Trillian 4 years ago
What am I missing here? We have Robitussin in Germany, but it's cough syrup? That afaik doesn't contain alcohol?
Evil Little Thing 4 years ago
Robitussin has a compound in it that, if you drink a whole bottle, is supposedly a mild hallucinogen? It's called Robo-tripping and it's something teenagers do (or did 20 years ago) because they can't buy alcohol. Anyway, the *other* part you might be missing, is that this girl confessed to f*****g her brother while Robo-tripping. So there's a lot to unpack here.
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#20
I have a crazy cousin who came after not being invited and then yelled at everyone because no one brought the “special bread” her son likes and now he’s STARVING. Maybe bring your own Hawaiian sweet bread if that’s the only thing your spawn will eat.
She then boxed up a large portion of the leftovers and left and was unseen until the next unfortunate family function.
JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
1) F**k that cousin. 2) Whoever in that bakery came up with those animals in the picture is a genius.
Vasana Phong 4 years ago
It’ll be funny from here on to not do the dinner at the same family member’s house, everyone just keeps it to themselves and see where she ends up next year
Valerie G. 4 years ago
To be honest, as a Canadian, it is hard to even find that Hawaiian sweet bread up here; and when I did find it, well, get out of my way. Secondly those fancy breads in the pic are super. Where could one find these if they wanted to purchase them?
oof 4 years ago
I've had them before at a restaurant on a pier in San Francisco. You could probably buy them online though.
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Kanga9ine 4 years ago
No future family function for her and Damien Demon Seed. I am amazed and the entitled, spoiled brats that parents are. I hope the tide turns and people realize what their jobs are as parents. A kid should not pay for your ignorant lack of knowledge of the human reproductive process. Being a parent is more than getting you little sugglemuffin his favorite bread.
#21
My first Thanksgiving at my future in-laws house, when I was meeting most of them for the first time, his Dad, when I had never met) mentioned my breasts multiple times, once referring to them as "pillows". I was mortified.
#22
My brother in law's father went out to the refrigerator we keep in the garage and ate both pumpkin pies we made before dinner was even served.
May 4 years ago
I've never had pumpkin pie, are they smaller than normal pies? I mean how can one person eat two whole pies?
advice5cents 4 years ago
"Are they smaller than normal pies" is the cutest question I have ever heard. Traditionally, no, they are not.
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Grace DeGroot 4 years ago
But seriously, how did he think that would go over? Did he think that just nobody would notice?
Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago
Lol I have to buy my hubby has own pumpkin pie for thanksgiving. First 3 Thanksgivings we spent together nobody but him got any pumpkin pie- he ate the entire pie by himself at 1am 3 years in a row. I'm talking 10 inch pie tin pie gone in less than 15 minutes. I buy him a store bought and wake up super early to make the real pie. People are rude lol
J. Normal 4 years ago
No nice way to put this... is he just an entitled child, an asshole, or a mental defect? Having no consideration for others ( 1 year... ok mommy did not teach manners... after that... oh hell no!)
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John Baker 4 years ago
Did he weigh 600 pounds? I couldn't eat two whole pies to save my life.
#23
Blasted uncle got butt f**kin naked for the "what do you give thanks for" speeches. No joke. Best day ever
WildBerry 4 years ago
Was he trying to prove why he was saying he gives thanks for his huge weener?
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
I think you left out the words 'being a' between 'his' and 'huge.'
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I don’t think this constitutes as trashy, but my uncle hosted Thanksgiving last year. It was amidst all the drama about kneeling during the national anthem in the NFL. So naturally instead of having a small prayer before the dinner, he had us stand for the national anthem.
Wandaluzt 4 years ago
It was posted on Reddit in 2018. Your response is pointless.
Load More Replies... Trillian 4 years ago
He was ... playing the national anthem? At home? Before dinner??? That is the most American thing I have ever heard.
Marco Hub-Dub 4 years ago
There’s a difference between agreeing about patriotism and expressing patriotism. There’s also a huge difference between patriotism, nationalism and militarism. It seems to me that those who hold in reverence the celebration of the symbolism are using it as a cop out to not have to actually participate. It’s like slapping a cheaply made vinyl US flag made in an Asian sweat shop on the back of a gas-guzzler that can haul the entire family to church while ignoring all the needy people and environmental distraction in the way. They’re all about America for no other reason than they say they are or say a pledge or cover their heart for two minutes or slap a sticker on something. No other action required. Nevermind the flag code, intention of the rewritten pledge or purpose of the anthem.
#25
My uncle poured Crown Royal on his turkey and ate it.
Paula Marowsky 4 years ago
I fail to see any wrongdoing... after all pouring a brevage over something is just the same as drinking it before, during, or after eating... plus we don't know if the uncle's turkey whas tasty enough
Bad Alchemy 4 years ago
I can't decide if that action is a response to the turkey or the family dynamic. 🍾🥴
Valerie G. 4 years ago
Isn't that the whiskey that comes in a blue cloth bag? For some reason there were plenty of those bags around my house to go around during marble season. I can just now see the looks on the faces of the ladies who had to patrol the playground at recess and lunchtime. I do believe that assumptions were made.
The Starsong Princess 4 years ago
It’s rye whiskey, something a Canadian dad drinks, and the uncle is a man who knows what he likes.
kaitertot the god 4 years ago
anybody familiar with the show i think you should leave with tim robinson? i instantly thought of the sloppy steaks sketch.
#26
Aunt took all of the left over turkey, all of it.
Kanuli 4 years ago
Cheap. My family did this before, but in agreement with the rest of the famliy. And because we really didn’t have any money and no one else wanted anything.
Jackie Nettleton 4 years ago
But that’s family helping out as they can which is great. This aunt was saying screw you all it’s mine now. Two totally different situations
Load More Replies... Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Had an aunt like that. Didn't bring a damn thing to the dinner, but would leave with a mountain of leftovers.
Estelle 4 years ago
I watched a quest at a large family gathering pull an empty container from her purse and take all the shrimp from the kitchen while we were cleaning up. Just the shrimp and smiled and conversed with everyone while doing it....weirdo
WildBerry 4 years ago
Estelle - that's rude. But someone could have asked why she was taking the shrimp....
Load More Replies... yellowphantom 4 years ago
My brother's mother-in-law took all the white meat off of both turkeys BEFORE we ate and stashed it to take home for herself.
#27
She was responsible for bringing the dessert. She showed up 3 hours late and instead of bringing dessert she brought an open bag of frozen pierogis. It was a real downer.
Robert T 4 years ago
Which kind, as pierogies can be savory or sweet? I mean an open bag of frozen anything is pretty crappy, but it would have been even worse if they were potato & cheddar as in the picture!
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
And not even homemade! We usually stick to savory, but my great-aunt made them with sweetened home cheese (we made our own cheese, yes) .... honey and vanilla and oh wow...
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#28
I told my girlfriends sister in law the brides maids dresses she picked out were tacky. Thinking i was talking to someone else in the family. I proceeded to tell her they looked like whoopi goldberg in sister act. She still despises me.
Jackie Nettleton 4 years ago
Like that ever happens with weddings. Everyone has an opinion that must be shared no matter what it is
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Paula Marowsky 4 years ago
If you can't come up with something nice to say, better say nothing. Or just small talk. A very good advice
September Meadows 4 years ago
None want to hear about what you dislike or hate. They want to her about what you love and find joy in. Although hearing that might still get you the same suggestion that Dina Simoné, offered 😜
Allan Breum 4 years ago
Well, aren't bridesmaids dresses Supposed to look tacky/bad..? (I know, in the olden days, they were supposed to be identical to the wedding dress, so as to provide decoys if someone tried to kidnap the bride.)
Question everything 4 years ago
Off topic but the colour of the dresses in the picture is one of the most beautiful shades of green I've ever seen.
Robin Hodge 4 years ago
Say what you want. Screw their feelings. I'd they were that tacky then they deserved to be told.
#29
My cousin posted her new wedding pictures while sitting at the thanksgiving dinner table. She hadn’t told any of us that she got married. My aunt said “you got married??” She denied it.
Kanuli 4 years ago
Funny. I got wedding presents on a reunion, only told 2 persons and ye, won’t trust both ever again.
Summer Mason 4 years ago
How toxic of a family do you have to not tell anyone you got married?
#30
I have an uncle who once got so drunk he decided to mix the red and white wines together
Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago
😂😂😂 sounds about right (I live in New England)
Load More Replies... John Baker 4 years ago
My family get-togethers have always been alcohol-free. In retrospect, that's probably a good thing.
Incitatus 4 years ago
My husband's aunt mixes a jar of turkey gravy with a jar of beef au jus, and that's our gravy. You have to eat it because the rest of the food is dry and tasteless.
#31
One thanksgiving my family (grandparents and aunt’s family) were all eating at a buffet that was decorated extensively with a ton of gourds, pumpkins, general thanksgivingy decorations... and we all started taking them back to our table every time we went to the buffet table. We had our entire table covered before the staff started to notice. Trashy but hilarious!
Sa Ruuu 4 years ago
People already having to work on Thanksgiving day then having to deal with redecorating everything because one family thought it would be funny. Real classy.
Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago
They don't deny it being trashy. That being said the fact they think it's "hilarious" says everything you need to know about the sense of entitlement/ lack of respect they have. I feel so bad for service workers that have to work holidays.
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Persephone 4 years ago
Yeah wait staff just LOVE being messed with and given even more work while being paid dismally and working on thanksgiving... I'm sure you all tipped great too.
#32
My grandpa was pretending to fake punch my grandma for s**ts and giggles. The thing is, she leaned into it. He knocked her out and she fell to the floor. Best Thanksgiving ever, went down in history
#33
Picked up an entire stick of butter with their hand to butter their corn.
No wrapper. Bare hand to butter.
#34
Farted at the table and wafted it at everybody.
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
I had a GF whose sister went Le Cordon Blue straight out of high school then got a job in NYC. She missed most holidays because of work. When the sister was 22, she had Nov/Dec off between jobs and told everyone she would love to cook a special Thanksgiving dinner. She rented out a local restaurant so she could have a full kitchen, hired some staff, and invited the family. When the GF and I showed up, there was cops there. Turns out the family had decided she was still too young and told her she couldn't sit with the adults. I was told she calmly walked back into the kitchen and told her staff to remove all the food, went back out and pointed at the sign on the wall saying management reserves the right to refuse service, and told everyone to leave. No one tells a chef where to sit in their restaurant. When several people took umbrage to that, she called the cops and had them removed for trespassing. Best leftovers I've ever had.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I can add to this list. I was five, as I recall. Uncle A's third wife announced her pregnancy as her grateful thing... but he'd had a vasectomy. All I really remember is we kids hid behind the furniture in the living room and tried to play "Go Fish".
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Sad no one told him vasectomies aren't totally foolproof, and men are told to use other methods as well. And...why didn't he tell wife number three he'd had one?
Load More Replies... Corgi 4 years ago (edited)
I could tell SO many. My eldest aunt/uncle are real pieces of work. This one takes the cake though: They decided to bring their own meal one Thanksgiving. Without bothering to tell us. Rude move #1. On top of that, for Rude #2, They then informed us that they intended to cook it at our house. We live in an area where electric rates triple at high times on holidays. My mom had food fixed for 10 which was more than enough as there was only 4 adults and 3 kids. Food that was ALREADY DONE and ready to eat. My aunt started a fight over it. WHY was my mom being SOOO penny pinching, not letting THEM use our oven for 3 hours?! WHY couldn't we be patient?! My uncle called the electric company to work out, to the penny, what it would cost. He then gave money to my dad going, "Here, we didn't realize you were so hard up that you couldn't afford some extra electricity." And then their Christmas card was PRICELESS. It was literally, "Merry Christmas. Why have you cut off communication with us?"
GenericPanda09 4 years ago (edited)
As a Brit I wouldn't normally have any family thanksgiving memories... but the time I realised just how much the US put into this holiday was 1995 and I was attached to a US unit in Bosnia.. they weren't supposed to be on the ground there because politics but the reality was a few were.. and the way they did it was having units like ours that were half brit and half american. So anyhoos.. thanksgiving comes and we brits get a msg to meet them at a place.... we got there and god knows how in that shithole but they'd acquired a turkey and a place to eat it.. had everything laid out and we did the whole family thing together.. from all ranks... and it was a fantastic show of 'family' that truly I've always taken away with me. Loved those guys for doing that and including us... I did hear later that they'd paid a few hundred US dollars for that turkey.
GenericPanda09 4 years ago
A family of 6 brits and 6 yanks...all eating thanksgiving in the warzone, with a lesson in 9 ball to follow. Loved it.
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Ellie 4 years ago
Oh my, I've got one. I was about 10 or so. My mom hates Thanksgiving because it's way to much work for a meal that no one in our house really likes ( except her in-laws and the always come for Thanksgiving, so that's why we do it) My hometown did a Thanksgiving meal takeout so we got that instead of a whole turkey and everything. MIL seemed disappointed but whatever. The next morning, my mom goes black Friday shopping and while she was gone, the In-laws made an ENTIRE THANKSGIVING MEAL. Turkey, stuffing, everything. MIL leaves all the dishes for my mom to do because it's 'her house' and refused to take any leftovers. We ended up throwing out so much food because MIL made a 20 person meal for the 7 of us. And we all hate turkey lol. Anyways, we visit other family now for Thanksgiving and eat lasagna or pizza instead lol :)
Crown Feather 4 years ago
I had a similar experience one year- my mum and my dads parents have a rocky relationship (especially his mum). Well, they came over one year. And bought a huge thing of turkey- like 20 pounds I think? No one but them liked turkey. We usually get ham or chicken, which we all like. It was kind of miserable for the other six of us, who didn’t touch the stuff and instead ate the side dishes. My grandparents (specially my dad’s mum) made some rude comments later about us not appreciating the turkey (that no one wanted). We ended up throwing the rest out since no one would even go near the leftovers because they couldn’t take leftovers- they drove and they lived a few states away. I never liked Thanksgiving, it seems mostly pointless to me and like a huge thing set up to get more money out of the Fall-Winter season, food wise.
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SilentBob731 4 years ago
Everything's bigger in America, including Genocide.
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Lara Verne 4 years ago
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but two years ago, my coworker decided to buy turkey and make dinner for her family. Turned out that turkey was too big for her oven....
Lori Ballard 4 years ago
I have so many Jerry Springer could do multiple Family Thanksgibing episodes! The best one was when I was 10 two uncles got into a fight over which is better Ohio State or Michigan which sent them both to the hospital with broken bones. The following year in additional to the no politics and religion at Grandma's house she added no sports to the list
jk nbt 4 years ago
invited to the Sunday-before-Thanksgiving after services Thanksgiving covered dish at a Hispanic church I was visiting... they had thick brown mole sauce for the turkey and for the rice also... very complex, compelling, "this is going to take some getting used to" type tastes, nice, but different... Mole is interesting, to say the least... chocolate, chicken broth, red pepper, and who knows what else??? I served it to my very anglo family at our family Thanksgiving that next Thursday and they all were appalled... mole-sauce...0-jpeg.jpg 
Auntriarch 4 years ago (edited)
Hmm, I might just do this for Christmas... Thanks for the tip jk
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Kyndal T 4 years ago
I wasn't there but! My brother in law brought his fiancé down to meet us the day b4 thanksgiving. We had a great time. The next day they went to see father in law's parents and extended family and introduce her to them too. Then they'd come back for dinner with us. Apparently father in law's disgusting brother asked her if she was "expecting". Several times. Ugh. He was drunk before 2pm and they didn't stay long or eat. It was not a great first impression. I feel so bad that they drove 8 hours to see us, an additional 2 hours to see the others, and that's probably what she'll think of every time she remembers their trip. They had dinner with us later that night but I don't think she's gonna wanna come back after that. :(
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
I had a GF whose sister went Le Cordon Blue straight out of high school then got a job in NYC. She missed most holidays because of work. When the sister was 22, she had Nov/Dec off between jobs and told everyone she would love to cook a special Thanksgiving dinner. She rented out a local restaurant so she could have a full kitchen, hired some staff, and invited the family. When the GF and I showed up, there was cops there. Turns out the family had decided she was still too young and told her she couldn't sit with the adults. I was told she calmly walked back into the kitchen and told her staff to remove all the food, went back out and pointed at the sign on the wall saying management reserves the right to refuse service, and told everyone to leave. No one tells a chef where to sit in their restaurant. When several people took umbrage to that, she called the cops and had them removed for trespassing. Best leftovers I've ever had.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I can add to this list. I was five, as I recall. Uncle A's third wife announced her pregnancy as her grateful thing... but he'd had a vasectomy. All I really remember is we kids hid behind the furniture in the living room and tried to play "Go Fish".
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Sad no one told him vasectomies aren't totally foolproof, and men are told to use other methods as well. And...why didn't he tell wife number three he'd had one?
Load More Replies... Corgi 4 years ago (edited)
I could tell SO many. My eldest aunt/uncle are real pieces of work. This one takes the cake though: They decided to bring their own meal one Thanksgiving. Without bothering to tell us. Rude move #1. On top of that, for Rude #2, They then informed us that they intended to cook it at our house. We live in an area where electric rates triple at high times on holidays. My mom had food fixed for 10 which was more than enough as there was only 4 adults and 3 kids. Food that was ALREADY DONE and ready to eat. My aunt started a fight over it. WHY was my mom being SOOO penny pinching, not letting THEM use our oven for 3 hours?! WHY couldn't we be patient?! My uncle called the electric company to work out, to the penny, what it would cost. He then gave money to my dad going, "Here, we didn't realize you were so hard up that you couldn't afford some extra electricity." And then their Christmas card was PRICELESS. It was literally, "Merry Christmas. Why have you cut off communication with us?"
GenericPanda09 4 years ago (edited)
As a Brit I wouldn't normally have any family thanksgiving memories... but the time I realised just how much the US put into this holiday was 1995 and I was attached to a US unit in Bosnia.. they weren't supposed to be on the ground there because politics but the reality was a few were.. and the way they did it was having units like ours that were half brit and half american. So anyhoos.. thanksgiving comes and we brits get a msg to meet them at a place.... we got there and god knows how in that shithole but they'd acquired a turkey and a place to eat it.. had everything laid out and we did the whole family thing together.. from all ranks... and it was a fantastic show of 'family' that truly I've always taken away with me. Loved those guys for doing that and including us... I did hear later that they'd paid a few hundred US dollars for that turkey.
GenericPanda09 4 years ago
A family of 6 brits and 6 yanks...all eating thanksgiving in the warzone, with a lesson in 9 ball to follow. Loved it.
Load More Replies... Ellie 4 years ago
Oh my, I've got one. I was about 10 or so. My mom hates Thanksgiving because it's way to much work for a meal that no one in our house really likes ( except her in-laws and the always come for Thanksgiving, so that's why we do it) My hometown did a Thanksgiving meal takeout so we got that instead of a whole turkey and everything. MIL seemed disappointed but whatever. The next morning, my mom goes black Friday shopping and while she was gone, the In-laws made an ENTIRE THANKSGIVING MEAL. Turkey, stuffing, everything. MIL leaves all the dishes for my mom to do because it's 'her house' and refused to take any leftovers. We ended up throwing out so much food because MIL made a 20 person meal for the 7 of us. And we all hate turkey lol. Anyways, we visit other family now for Thanksgiving and eat lasagna or pizza instead lol :)
Crown Feather 4 years ago
I had a similar experience one year- my mum and my dads parents have a rocky relationship (especially his mum). Well, they came over one year. And bought a huge thing of turkey- like 20 pounds I think? No one but them liked turkey. We usually get ham or chicken, which we all like. It was kind of miserable for the other six of us, who didn’t touch the stuff and instead ate the side dishes. My grandparents (specially my dad’s mum) made some rude comments later about us not appreciating the turkey (that no one wanted). We ended up throwing the rest out since no one would even go near the leftovers because they couldn’t take leftovers- they drove and they lived a few states away. I never liked Thanksgiving, it seems mostly pointless to me and like a huge thing set up to get more money out of the Fall-Winter season, food wise.
Load More Replies... SilentBob731 4 years ago
Everything's bigger in America, including Genocide.
Load More Replies... Lara Verne 4 years ago
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but two years ago, my coworker decided to buy turkey and make dinner for her family. Turned out that turkey was too big for her oven....
Lori Ballard 4 years ago
I have so many Jerry Springer could do multiple Family Thanksgibing episodes! The best one was when I was 10 two uncles got into a fight over which is better Ohio State or Michigan which sent them both to the hospital with broken bones. The following year in additional to the no politics and religion at Grandma's house she added no sports to the list
jk nbt 4 years ago
invited to the Sunday-before-Thanksgiving after services Thanksgiving covered dish at a Hispanic church I was visiting... they had thick brown mole sauce for the turkey and for the rice also... very complex, compelling, "this is going to take some getting used to" type tastes, nice, but different... Mole is interesting, to say the least... chocolate, chicken broth, red pepper, and who knows what else??? I served it to my very anglo family at our family Thanksgiving that next Thursday and they all were appalled... mole-sauce...0-jpeg.jpg
Auntriarch 4 years ago (edited)
Hmm, I might just do this for Christmas... Thanks for the tip jk
Load More Replies... Kyndal T 4 years ago
I wasn't there but! My brother in law brought his fiancé down to meet us the day b4 thanksgiving. We had a great time. The next day they went to see father in law's parents and extended family and introduce her to them too. Then they'd come back for dinner with us. Apparently father in law's disgusting brother asked her if she was "expecting". Several times. Ugh. He was drunk before 2pm and they didn't stay long or eat. It was not a great first impression. I feel so bad that they drove 8 hours to see us, an additional 2 hours to see the others, and that's probably what she'll think of every time she remembers their trip. They had dinner with us later that night but I don't think she's gonna wanna come back after that. :(
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