Odd, personal loves or dislikes about Thanksgiving

[Anonymous]

Love: The years when it’s my family side extended family, and my siblings and I make the dinner with my mom in her kitchen in our hometown. After dinner, the sibs and occasionally a spouse or two will pile in my sister’s minivan, and we’ll just drive around our hometown, eating Twizzlers and drinking fountain sodas from our favorite gas station. We look at Christmas lights, but a lot about it is just random, “Didn’t Jake from swim team used to live there?”

Dislike: My ILs and my extended family’s expectation of rolls on the table. You’re telling me that mashed potatoes, dressing and corn casserole aren’t enough carbs, with maybe mac and cheese as well? It’s an embarrassment of carb-laden riches, the kind you don’t see every day. But some frozen yeast rolls are a must?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love: The years when it’s my family side extended family, and my siblings and I make the dinner with my mom in her kitchen in our hometown. After dinner, the sibs and occasionally a spouse or two will pile in my sister’s minivan, and we’ll just drive around our hometown, eating Twizzlers and drinking fountain sodas from our favorite gas station. We look at Christmas lights, but a lot about it is just random, “Didn’t Jake from swim team used to live there?”

Dislike: My ILs and my extended family’s expectation of rolls on the table. You’re telling me that mashed potatoes, dressing and corn casserole aren’t enough carbs, with maybe mac and cheese as well? It’s an embarrassment of carb-laden riches, the kind you don’t see every day. But some frozen yeast rolls are a must?

Dislike: People judging what other people eat on ONE FREAKING DAY that is all about food. Leave the roll eaters alone!

[Anonymous]

I love spending time with friends and family.

I don't care for the food that much, and I don't like sports games being on in the background.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love: The years when it’s my family side extended family, and my siblings and I make the dinner with my mom in her kitchen in our hometown. After dinner, the sibs and occasionally a spouse or two will pile in my sister’s minivan, and we’ll just drive around our hometown, eating Twizzlers and drinking fountain sodas from our favorite gas station. We look at Christmas lights, but a lot about it is just random, “Didn’t Jake from swim team used to live there?”

Dislike: My ILs and my extended family’s expectation of rolls on the table. You’re telling me that mashed potatoes, dressing and corn casserole aren’t enough carbs, with maybe mac and cheese as well? It’s an embarrassment of carb-laden riches, the kind you don’t see every day. But some frozen yeast rolls are a must?

Eating twizzlers with soda is far more gross than the perfectly normal request of bread with dinner.

[Anonymous]

Rolls on the table on Thanksgiving, of all days?!?!!!!! Please pass me the smelling salts!!!!!!!11

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love: The years when it’s my family side extended family, and my siblings and I make the dinner with my mom in her kitchen in our hometown. After dinner, the sibs and occasionally a spouse or two will pile in my sister’s minivan, and we’ll just drive around our hometown, eating Twizzlers and drinking fountain sodas from our favorite gas station. We look at Christmas lights, but a lot about it is just random, “Didn’t Jake from swim team used to live there?”

Dislike: My ILs and my extended family’s expectation of rolls on the table. You’re telling me that mashed potatoes, dressing and corn casserole aren’t enough carbs, with maybe mac and cheese as well? It’s an embarrassment of carb-laden riches, the kind you don’t see every day. But some frozen yeast rolls are a must?

YES, rolls AND MAC AND CHEESE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love: The years when it’s my family side extended family, and my siblings and I make the dinner with my mom in her kitchen in our hometown. After dinner, the sibs and occasionally a spouse or two will pile in my sister’s minivan, and we’ll just drive around our hometown, eating Twizzlers and drinking fountain sodas from our favorite gas station. We look at Christmas lights, but a lot about it is just random, “Didn’t Jake from swim team used to live there?”

Dislike: My ILs and my extended family’s expectation of rolls on the table. You’re telling me that mashed potatoes, dressing and corn casserole aren’t enough carbs, with maybe mac and cheese as well? It’s an embarrassment of carb-laden riches, the kind you don’t see every day. But some frozen yeast rolls are a must?

YES, rolls AND MAC AND CHEESE.

YUM!!!

[Anonymous]

Love: not having to go to work/do school drop off. Just lounging at home.
Dislike: everything is closed unless you are traveling, and travel is usually a nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Dislike: people who start a thread with an interesting- sounding title only to gripe for the 1000th time that their side of the family is superior in every way to their ILs.

Love: people who can relax and enjoy the day without judging other people's likes and dislikes.

[Anonymous]

Black olives old school style and green olives with pimento. Must have on thanksgiving.
No need for salad. Total waste.

[Anonymous]

Mac and cheese? Is this a regional thing? What region(s)?

Cheese and turkey gravy on the same plate? Wow.

Now my regional (south) thing is mashed white potatoes AND sweet potato casserole with marshmallows browned on top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love: The years when it’s my family side extended family, and my siblings and I make the dinner with my mom in her kitchen in our hometown. After dinner, the sibs and occasionally a spouse or two will pile in my sister’s minivan, and we’ll just drive around our hometown, eating Twizzlers and drinking fountain sodas from our favorite gas station. We look at Christmas lights, but a lot about it is just random, “Didn’t Jake from swim team used to live there?”

Dislike: My ILs and my extended family’s expectation of rolls on the table. You’re telling me that mashed potatoes, dressing and corn casserole aren’t enough carbs, with maybe mac and cheese as well? It’s an embarrassment of carb-laden riches, the kind you don’t see every day. But some frozen yeast rolls are a must?

Not everyone likes all those carbs. Maybe some people only like one of the three you mentioned. Maybe jiust like your "Likes" are your tradition, rolls are THEIR tradition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dislike: people who start a thread with an interesting- sounding title only to gripe for the 1000th time that their side of the family is superior in every way to their ILs.

Love: people who can relax and enjoy the day without judging other people's likes and dislikes.

I guess you missed the part where I said “my ILs *and my extended family,*” but OK. I said it was odd and personal! It’s right there in the thread title!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love: The years when it’s my family side extended family, and my siblings and I make the dinner with my mom in her kitchen in our hometown. After dinner, the sibs and occasionally a spouse or two will pile in my sister’s minivan, and we’ll just drive around our hometown, eating Twizzlers and drinking fountain sodas from our favorite gas station. We look at Christmas lights, but a lot about it is just random, “Didn’t Jake from swim team used to live there?”

Dislike: My ILs and my extended family’s expectation of rolls on the table. You’re telling me that mashed potatoes, dressing and corn casserole aren’t enough carbs, with maybe mac and cheese as well? It’s an embarrassment of carb-laden riches, the kind you don’t see every day. But some frozen yeast rolls are a must?

Dislike: People judging what other people eat on ONE FREAKING DAY that is all about food. Leave the roll eaters alone!

+1. People with disordered eating who whine about rolls on Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love: The years when it’s my family side extended family, and my siblings and I make the dinner with my mom in her kitchen in our hometown. After dinner, the sibs and occasionally a spouse or two will pile in my sister’s minivan, and we’ll just drive around our hometown, eating Twizzlers and drinking fountain sodas from our favorite gas station. We look at Christmas lights, but a lot about it is just random, “Didn’t Jake from swim team used to live there?”

Dislike: My ILs and my extended family’s expectation of rolls on the table. You’re telling me that mashed potatoes, dressing and corn casserole aren’t enough carbs, with maybe mac and cheese as well? It’s an embarrassment of carb-laden riches, the kind you don’t see every day. But some frozen yeast rolls are a must?

YES, rolls AND MAC AND CHEESE.

Why can’t these roll eaters just take a lovely piece of fruit and sit on the back porch steps with it? Honestly.