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Thanksgiving is always nice at our house. No family drama, just good friends. It's a place to come if you have nowhere else to go. This year I'm feeding all of the staff and our friend at the Indian restaurant we visit every Friday. Our friend is the manager and his only day off is Monday. Their daughter was born here and they have never experienced a traditional Thanksgiving. I have another friend meeting us at the restaurant as well. It will be an eclectic mix of people. My curmudgeon husband said I had better not invite strangers that wander into the restaurant to join us like I do for our Halloween party. Um if they want turkey, they shall have turkey
This is an AWESOME way to celebrate Thanksgiving! I hope they had a good time learning about our crazy ways of stuffing one's self silly. It's very kind of you to open your home like this!
Wasn't a day of pain so much as a day of boredom. That's what Thanksgiving always has been throughout my entire life. I slept a lot, which was needed. I also played DraftKings to make the 3 consecutive football games a little more interesting. Eschewed Buffalo's 9 AM 5 mile road race (the 'Turkey Trot', as it's called) in which I sometimes participate for an afternoon run of my own. So, I ran, ate dinner, watched football, talked a bit with the family, slept. That's about it. Considered going to the casino post-dinner but decided against it...I sometimes have done that in the past (or played online poker). Nothing much ever doing on Thanksgiving.
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(this is an attempted response to Lodestar's post 10--the pic didn't display when I quoted that post and responded to it, so I just intentionally took the last bracket off the 'quote' instruction there to try to illuminate what I was replying to...)
Seems like a diss-- the OP asked others who have difficult family obligations...
This. Seems a lot of people here have reading comprehension problems - or just like to boast about how wonderful their day is going to be while others get to suffer.
I think there's a lot of phoniness and fake positivity here.
Last edited by 2002 Subaru; 11-24-2017 at 05:58 AM..
This. Seems a lot of people here have reading comprehension problems - or just like to boast about how wonderful their day is going to be while others get to suffer.
I think there's a lot of phoniness and fake positivity here.
If family bores some people or they suffer then perhaps they need to do something about it, like NOT go and stop participating in the phoniness OR find a way to not be bored.
If family bores some people or they suffer then perhaps they need to do something about it, like NOT go and stop participating in the phoniness OR find a way to not be bored.
It's easier to whine like a 3 year old than get off one's duff and do something. So many want entertainment to come to them.
We went to Cracker Barrel for dinner last night. We were told there was a 90 minute wait for a table for 2. Ok no biggie. Anyone with eyes could see the place was packed. We did some shopping and completed our purchases before our name was called. Turned out our wait was only 60 minutes.
There was a teenage girl yelling, "Does anyone have a phone charger?" Over and over and over. Her parents just stood there laughing. They never told her to stop yelling and act like a normal person. Magically, she didn't die. She didn't get a phone charger either.
Maybe the OP was teenage twit. Or maybe they both need nonstop entertainment and can't think for themselves.
My mother had a magical cure for boredom when I was 5. She told me to get an old toothbrush from the bathroom. So I did and brought it to her. She said ok start scrubbing the bathroom floor. When you're done, scrub the kitchen floor. Apparently I looked at her in complete awe and said that it would take forever. She said but you won't be bored. I said I'd find something to do and she said if you are sure. I've never told her I'm bored since! See magical cure. No phone charger need.
It's easier to whine like a 3 year old than get off one's duff and do something. So many want entertainment to come to them.
We went to Cracker Barrel for dinner last night. We were told there was a 90 minute wait for a table for 2. Ok no biggie. Anyone with eyes could see the place was packed. We did some shopping and completed our purchases before our name was called. Turned out our wait was only 60 minutes.
There was a teenage girl yelling, "Does anyone have a phone charger?" Over and over and over. Her parents just stood there laughing. They never told her to stop yelling and act like a normal person. Magically, she didn't die. She didn't get a phone charger either.
Maybe the OP was teenage twit. Or maybe they both need nonstop entertainment and can't think for themselves.
My mother had a magical cure for boredom when I was 5. She told me to get an old toothbrush from the bathroom. So I did and brought it to her. She said ok start scrubbing the bathroom floor. When you're done, scrub the kitchen floor. Apparently I looked at her in complete awe and said that it would take forever. She said but you won't be bored. I said I'd find something to do and she said if you are sure. I've never told her I'm bored since! See magical cure. No phone charger need.
ha ha! your mama was smart. I have another suggestion, maybe people who find family boring or being with family stressful get out of it by volunteering at a food shelter for the day or go to a VA hospital.
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