Are we ready for the Thanksgiving Vent thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a big one, but my MIL have exactly five conversation topics, on repeat:
1) Headaches; who has one, what caused it, what might cure it
2) Jim, do you remember Name? You know, Name, the Person who did the Thing? No? You know Name. Well anyway, Name died.
3) Weather!
4) Traffic!
5) We’re thinking about building a cabin on our land in West Virginia. We’ve been looking at plans. I think we’re going to move forward in the spring. (They’ve been saying this for at least 16 years with no action.)

I’ll be hearing some version of #2 this weekend. Not that the person died, thankfully, but some random update about their life.

You remember X? You knew them when you were a teenager. X just moved to Michigan.

Hard to know how to respond besides, “oh, hope he likes it there.”

One time, my mother literally did this. "Do you remember Older Brother's friend from 1st grade? You were in preschool then. (Um vaguely) Well, remember Friend's mother? Well her sister adopted a daughter, and now, 35 years later, Old Brother's Friend's Mother's Sister's Adopted Daughter's Biological Grandma died. Do you want the address to send a sympathy card?"

Oh that’s fun. 😆😁

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband's family = his problem! I'm in my bedroom trolling DCUM.

We have four of my husband’s family staying for four days. I, too, am taking lots of breaks and am doing the bare minimum of hosting duties. My mashed potatoes are already made for tomorrow, and the crock pot stuffing will take no time. If I’m feeling amazing, I’ll make a nice appetizer dip. But anyway, no matter how much time I spend with them, every time I so much as switch a load of laundry, “WHERE’S CARLA? CARLA DISAPPEARED.” They do the same thing to my kids, and my introvert tween notices and is really starting to dread their company. Ah, well.

[Anonymous]

If I have to hear my FIL recount his senior league softball heroics for the 300th time, I'm gonna scream.

[Anonymous]

I don’t care that I’ve already posted about this. I hate the centerpiece my MIL brought. It doesn’t fit the table, and it’s ugly as sin: orange lilies, brown and orange mums, two big orange candles. Bleh, it’s hideous.

[Anonymous]

So glad my family is overseas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I have to hear my FIL recount his senior league softball heroics for the 300th time, I'm gonna scream.

Aw, now that sounds sweet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I have to hear my FIL recount his senior league softball heroics for the 300th time, I'm gonna scream.

Aw, now that sounds sweet!

Nothing for the 300th time is sweet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband's family = his problem! I'm in my bedroom trolling DCUM.

Keep up the good work! I'm upsetting the person who thinks Love Actually is a great heartwarming movie on another thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care that I’ve already posted about this. I hate the centerpiece my MIL brought. It doesn’t fit the table, and it’s ugly as sin: orange lilies, brown and orange mums, two big orange candles. Bleh, it’s hideous.

🏵 🏵 🏵 🏵 🏵🕯 🕯 🕯 🏵 🏵 🏵 🏵 🏵

[Anonymous]

I was opening wine tonight for a “TG dinner rehearsal” and my corkscrew bought like 15 years ago in Chile and traveling the world with me, broke. Bad omen!

[Anonymous]

I’ve got one. STBX booked a trip out of the country for Thanksgiving week to go see friends, but is running around telling everyone on his side of the family that I wouldn’t let him see the kids and “took” Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous]

I’m with my mom, who doesn’t drive anymore and has replaced it with her hobby of tracking the nationality of her Uber drivers and then ranking nationalities in conversation but doing so with zero context:

“People from Ghana are so kind and generous! And responsible drivers!”

Also people from Venezuela are very fashionable, just fyi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m with my mom, who doesn’t drive anymore and has replaced it with her hobby of tracking the nationality of her Uber drivers and then ranking nationalities in conversation but doing so with zero context:

“People from Ghana are so kind and generous! And responsible drivers!”

Also people from Venezuela are very fashionable, just fyi.

Ok but that’s entertaining!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a big one, but my MIL have exactly five conversation topics, on repeat:
1) Headaches; who has one, what caused it, what might cure it
2) Jim, do you remember Name? You know, Name, the Person who did the Thing? No? You know Name. Well anyway, Name died.
3) Weather!
4) Traffic!
5) We’re thinking about building a cabin on our land in West Virginia. We’ve been looking at plans. I think we’re going to move forward in the spring. (They’ve been saying this for at least 16 years with no action.)

I’ll be hearing some version of #2 this weekend. Not that the person died, thankfully, but some random update about their life.

You remember X? You knew them when you were a teenager. X just moved to Michigan.

Hard to know how to respond besides, “oh, hope he likes it there.”

One time, my mother literally did this. "Do you remember Older Brother's friend from 1st grade? You were in preschool then. (Um vaguely) Well, remember Friend's mother? Well her sister adopted a daughter, and now, 35 years later, Old Brother's Friend's Mother's Sister's Adopted Daughter's Biological Grandma died. Do you want the address to send a sympathy card?"

😂😂😂😂😂

Also laughing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a big one, but my MIL have exactly five conversation topics, on repeat:
1) Headaches; who has one, what caused it, what might cure it
2) Jim, do you remember Name? You know, Name, the Person who did the Thing? No? You know Name. Well anyway, Name died.
3) Weather!
4) Traffic!
5) We’re thinking about building a cabin on our land in West Virginia. We’ve been looking at plans. I think we’re going to move forward in the spring. (They’ve been saying this for at least 16 years with no action.)

I'm with ILs, not my mom, this Thanksgiving, but my mom loves #2. She is also a fan of telling me protracted stories about running into people I went to high school with (I am 45), telling me extremely banal details about their lives, and then giving me their current phone number and encouraging me to reach out to them. These are never people I was actually friends with in high school (I am already in touch with those people), it will be like some random person who graduate two years after me. She's like "you should go out for a drink with them!" I am married, I have children, I have friends. But it's very important to her that I "touch base" with "Kelly, she played first clarinet in the orchestra after you graduated? Her mom works for the realtor we used when we bought the lake house! You should see her! You should go hang out!"

Your mom still wants to set up playdates for you 😉

We host, and for some ridiculous reason, I am up at 3:50am. Am sure I will be a wonderful host that people will be commenting about here by dinner time. Will blame lack of sleep for whatever my faux pas