Come here if your in laws do weird crap at thanksgiving.

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Anonymous wrote:Last Thanksgiving my SIL came out of her basement and handed DH a white-and-gold wrapped gift. It was a wedding gift -- from when he married his first wife. Thirty freaking years ago. We have been together 20 and married for seven. Apparently it was a gift from some family member that gave it to her to give them and she never did? And after all these years she felt Thanksgiving with me sitting next to him was the perfect time to come hand it to him?

What was the gift? Did it survive the 30 year wait to be opened?

I have no idea. I pitched a fit and told SIL to put it back wherever it came from, and to keep it or throw it out.

If DCUM had been around 30 years ago I bet the gift giver would have been posting on here about how they weren't ever going to speak to DH and his ex again because they didn't get a thank you note for a wedding gift. And then someone on here would chime in about with "Are you sure they got it?" and a bunch of people would post and say "Of course they got it, people are just rude, go no contact." Lol.

You have to open it. It’s so bad it’s hilarious.

Please?

No can do. It was last year's Thanksgiving that she pulled this. And this year we are going out just the two of us. It's probably still in SIL's basement, lol.

[Anonymous]

ILs buy whatever I say I'm bringing. So if I say I'm bringing pumpkin pie, they get a store bought pie and put it next to mine.

For the record, I have sold my baked goods, and they always get rave reviews and my kitchen is clean. Nothing wrong with my pie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last Thanksgiving my SIL came out of her basement and handed DH a white-and-gold wrapped gift. It was a wedding gift -- from when he married his first wife. Thirty freaking years ago. We have been together 20 and married for seven. Apparently it was a gift from some family member that gave it to her to give them and she never did? And after all these years she felt Thanksgiving with me sitting next to him was the perfect time to come hand it to him?

What was the gift? Did it survive the 30 year wait to be opened?

I have no idea. I pitched a fit and told SIL to put it back wherever it came from, and to keep it or throw it out.

If DCUM had been around 30 years ago I bet the gift giver would have been posting on here about how they weren't ever going to speak to DH and his ex again because they didn't get a thank you note for a wedding gift. And then someone on here would chime in about with "Are you sure they got it?" and a bunch of people would post and say "Of course they got it, people are just rude, go no contact." Lol.

You have to open it. It’s so bad it’s hilarious.

Please?

No can do. It was last year's Thanksgiving that she pulled this. And this year we are going out just the two of us. It's probably still in SIL's basement, lol.

Bummer. Please ask her? It’s very funny. And you could use it as a white elephant gift if you keep it wrapped. Especially if it’s with that part of family.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine get up early and run 5k with a bunch of other people. Weirdos.

We have about 40-60 people over at 9am for yoga and then brunch. Everyone leaves by noon, unless they've been invited for Thanksgiving dinner. Then around 3pm a new wave of people come for Thanksgiving.

Sounds both stupid and like a covid super spreader event. Not sure why you're bragging about this. How many really, really important people make the dinner cut? Smh.

"really, really important people" LOL I guess there's no point in hosting if the "really, really important people" don't make the cut.

[Anonymous]

Currently taking a kid to Starbucks to use bathroom as the rest of family are in heated argument over who clogged the toilet and should clean it up.
No one admitting responsibility and it is gross.
Praying it is calm when we return home
Haven’t even had meal yet

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Anonymous wrote:ILs buy whatever I say I'm bringing. So if I say I'm bringing pumpkin pie, they get a store bought pie and put it next to mine.

For the record, I have sold my baked goods, and they always get rave reviews and my kitchen is clean. Nothing wrong with my pie.

My mother used to suggest to my sister when she asked what to bring, to pick up from the store whatever I had stayed up until 2 am to prepare. Then when my sister arrived, my mom would say to me confidentially, let's not put yours out, it will hurt your sister's feelings. How do people get that insane?

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Anonymous wrote:MIL has been here since Tuesday. Tuesday night, we got a Costco rotisserie chicken for dinner. I put it out on a serving platter on the counter, as I was going to divide it out, but just as I was doing that, my daughter started crying in the other room so I went to see what was wrong (she stubbed her toe).

I come back to the kitchen to finish up what I was doing and I caught MIL ripping apart the rotisserie chicken with her bare hands, like a gd caveman.

I couldn't believe what I saw. This was dinner for four of us (DD, MIL, Me and DH) and she's in there tearing it up with her dirty hands.

I was so disgusted - I told her that chicken is hers now. Luckily we live in a condo next to a full service grocery store and I went to get another chicken.

Do not invite her next year.

[Anonymous]

I would much rather see someone manhandling a chicken with their bare hands than wearing those disgusting black gloves. Those were invented for changing the oil on a car, not handling food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Currently taking a kid to Starbucks to use bathroom as the rest of family are in heated argument over who clogged the toilet and should clean it up.
No one admitting responsibility and it is gross.
Praying it is calm when we return home
Haven’t even had meal yet

OMG.

[Anonymous]

It is “just us” (DH and me, kids) this year. This is unusual for us and was feeling a bit lonely-ish but this thread cleared that right up. LOL. Thanks all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIL has been here since Tuesday. Tuesday night, we got a Costco rotisserie chicken for dinner. I put it out on a serving platter on the counter, as I was going to divide it out, but just as I was doing that, my daughter started crying in the other room so I went to see what was wrong (she stubbed her toe).

I come back to the kitchen to finish up what I was doing and I caught MIL ripping apart the rotisserie chicken with her bare hands, like a gd caveman.

I couldn't believe what I saw. This was dinner for four of us (DD, MIL, Me and DH) and she's in there tearing it up with her dirty hands.

I was so disgusted - I told her that chicken is hers now. Luckily we live in a condo next to a full service grocery store and I went to get another chicken.

Costco chicken is gross anyway so the bare caveman hands sounds appropriate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Appetizer of ham slices rolled around dill pickle and cream cheese.

Omg I love those; even better if it’s crushed garlic and fresh dill mixed into the cream cheese (and no pickles)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last Thanksgiving my SIL came out of her basement and handed DH a white-and-gold wrapped gift. It was a wedding gift -- from when he married his first wife. Thirty freaking years ago. We have been together 20 and married for seven. Apparently it was a gift from some family member that gave it to her to give them and she never did? And after all these years she felt Thanksgiving with me sitting next to him was the perfect time to come hand it to him?

We need to know what the gift was!
Also, too funny!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine get up early and run 5k with a bunch of other people. Weirdos.

Less weird for me than marshmallows on sweet potatoes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine get up early and run 5k with a bunch of other people. Weirdos.

We have about 40-60 people over at 9am for yoga and then brunch. Everyone leaves by noon, unless they've been invited for Thanksgiving dinner. Then around 3pm a new wave of people come for Thanksgiving.

Sounds both stupid and like a covid super spreader event. Not sure why you're bragging about this. How many really, really important people make the dinner cut? Smh.

"really, really important people" LOL I guess there's no point in hosting if the "really, really important people" don't make the cut.

Not pp but that makes no sense at all. Lol pp was asking how many people made the cut from 40-60 people earlier in the day. Reading is fundamental.