Thanksgiving 2021 Grievances Thread

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Anonymous wrote:My petty TG gripe is that my mom isn't coming. My parents' dog has fallen suddenly and pretty severely ill... and she's 17!! So I totally get why they can't leave her alone. I am 50% sure this is the end for poor Fluffy. But it still stinks. I have only seen my mom once since COVID, but it's a petty gripe because we will be traveling to see them around Christmas.

Poor Fluffy, I can understand not wanting to leave her. Christmas will be hard this year, a pets loss is always hard.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm amazed by how many of you are deliberately endangering family members.

I'm not. It's why we are having Thanksgiving with just the two of us at home this year. There are a lot of hateful "can't be bothered" people out there, and that was even before Covid.

Enjoy your nuts and dairy and your pandemic, mfing bastards.

You’ve obviously been burned by someone. I’m sorry. I hope the two of you have a happy Thanksgiving together and build some new, pleasant holiday memories.

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Anonymous wrote:There is not going to be any 7-layer jello this year because Aunt Carol is going elsewhere, and I am bereft. I love that jello.

Ooh, do you have a recipe? I mean, I guess you don’t or you would make it.

I do know how to make it, but the layers have to be applied at 3-hour intervals so it's kind of a project.

This jello is so frustrating. I tried to carry on the tradition and just could not get it right. I applied the next layer too soon and got breakthrough or too late and they didn't stick together. I don't know what the secret is these old Aunties have mastered. I normally don't have problems following recipes.

I am glad we are not the only family who still has jello. Ours has no layers but is made with wine and lemon juice.

I need to see this recipe. You’ve piqued my interest.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm amazed by how many of you are deliberately endangering family members.

Each and every one of our small gathering are vaccinated. Bye.

We are gathering with a crowd. All the young kids have had 1 shot, all the older adults have been boosted (and a few of the mid-life generation too). Everyone is vaccinated who can be. We will do rapid tests at home that morning. It is not a sure fire solution to covid, but we are using the mitigation measures we have to lower our risk. I don't see covid ever leaving, so we are navigating life now as best we can. Yes, I do wish spread were more under control than it is at this point, but after a year plus of pausing our lives, we are back to mostly living them. We take some risks with gathering now because the people we love are worth it. Staying apart for 2 years is not the quality of life that I want.

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Anonymous wrote:My petty TG gripe is that my mom isn't coming. My parents' dog has fallen suddenly and pretty severely ill... and she's 17!! So I totally get why they can't leave her alone. I am 50% sure this is the end for poor Fluffy. But it still stinks. I have only seen my mom once since COVID, but it's a petty gripe because we will be traveling to see them around Christmas.

Poor Fluffy, I can understand not wanting to leave her. Christmas will be hard this year, a pets loss is always hard.

So sad; I hope however/whenever Fluffy passes, it is in the most peaceful way possible and not over a holiday.

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Anonymous wrote:My main grievance has just now become that everyone in my family is too lazy to have ever made a 7 layer jello mold for our family and I will never get to try it.

(this includes me, I am also never going to try to make it)

My husband objects to it on principle because Aunt Carol works so hard and people don't appreciate it.

Well yes. I can't imagine working hard on jello. This is what makes Aunt Carol so special and why I am grieved my family is only making regular sh*t like pies and potatoes. Let's step it up with an overwhelmingly complicated marginal tasting jello side dish people!!!

Just to bring it back to the jello for a minute, I picture Aunt Carol making it while walking around with a large tumbler of gin in her hand in light blue leisure wear with her just done. She takes her time with each layer and with every new color of jello, she gets a little more drunk.

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Anonymous wrote:We go to my in-laws every year for Thanksgiving and usually get there around noon, but this year for some reason we can't come before 1:00. Football starts at 12:30 and I'm irrationally irritated that I am going to miss the first half hour of the game. Why? The Lions are absolutely terrible, they haven't won a game all year, but I don't care. I'm from Detroit and t's my thing.

It’s family. Show up at noon.

It’s family. Show up at 4:00.

Won’t dinner be over?

Yes, that’s the point. Eat leftovers during the next game and then enjoy dessert and go home.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm amazed by how many of you are deliberately endangering family members.

I'm not. It's why we are having Thanksgiving with just the two of us at home this year. There are a lot of hateful "can't be bothered" people out there, and that was even before Covid.

Enjoy your nuts and dairy and your pandemic, mfing bastards.

You’ve obviously been burned by someone. I’m sorry. I hope the two of you have a happy Thanksgiving together and build some new, pleasant holiday memories.

Yeah, what’s the problem!?? Fauci said it’s fine to be unmasked if vaccinated. The Biden’s are doing it. Follow the science.

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Anonymous wrote:We go to my in-laws every year for Thanksgiving and usually get there around noon, but this year for some reason we can't come before 1:00. Football starts at 12:30 and I'm irrationally irritated that I am going to miss the first half hour of the game. Why? The Lions are absolutely terrible, they haven't won a game all year, but I don't care. I'm from Detroit and t's my thing.

It’s family. Show up at noon.

It’s family. Show up at 4:00.

Won’t dinner be over?

Yes, that’s the point. Eat leftovers during the next game and then enjoy dessert and go home.

When I host I tell people to come anytime after 1 because I don't want to be on the hook to serve lunch (my immediate family doesn't want to eat lunch before the big dinner and I'm busy cooking all day). I don't actually care if people come earlier as long as they stay OUT of the kitchen. Could that be the case with ILs?

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I wish Aunt Carol were coming over to my place! I like the jello dish with the cottage cheese in it but I'd try the 7-layer variety as well.

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Anonymous wrote:We are going to my in laws and it has been years since we have spent Thanksgiving with them. MIL called husband two weeks ago to ask what kind of dessert we wanted. He told her we like pecan pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie, cheesecake, and that we would bring some homemade cookies and ice cream (mainly for the kids). A week ago she called me and asked me the same question. I gave her the same answer. Last night she texts husband to tell him that she is making some sort of a mint cake for dessert. Ummmm, okay. I know this is a trivial thing, but I don't know why she bothered asking what we wanted if she was just going to make something else.

Side note, I hate mint. But I am more than happy to eat cookies and ice cream. So whatever.

My MIL does this. Asks me repeatedly what I like, then makes the thing I don't like. I don't think it's malicious but I do think she keeps asking because she can't reconcile my answer with what she wants to make. She wants me to adjust to wanting the thing she plans to make.

I wouldn't complain because I was raised to try a bite and stay quiet, but she always presses me to say how much I like the dish. Which would undermine my repeated answers next time. It's awkward.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to show my kid the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving movie but it only aired for one night on PBS for free and WETA didn’t air it (nor did they air the Charlie Brown Halloween like the
Other PBS stations). So now I have to sign up for another DUMB streaming service - Apple TV - to watch the blasted program and then remember to cancel it because paying for cable, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, and Disney Plus doesn’t get you the only stupid thing you want to watch!

Do the 7-day free trial of Apple TV. Watch it, then cancel. Set a calendar to reminder on day 6.

Good idea. It's just wrong that network stations don't show these anymore, though.

Another TV issue: This is the first year I have YouTube TV and for some reason it isn't allowed to show Rudolph (something about streaming rights since YouTube is internet based). So instead of the show last night there was a full hour of a screen photo of the characters with the message they couldn't show it. I don't get it.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to show my kid the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving movie but it only aired for one night on PBS for free and WETA didn’t air it (nor did they air the Charlie Brown Halloween like the
Other PBS stations). So now I have to sign up for another DUMB streaming service - Apple TV - to watch the blasted program and then remember to cancel it because paying for cable, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, and Disney Plus doesn’t get you the only stupid thing you want to watch!

Do the 7-day free trial of Apple TV. Watch it, then cancel. Set a calendar to reminder on day 6.

Good idea. It's just wrong that network stations don't show these anymore, though.

Another TV issue: This is the first year I have YouTube TV and for some reason it isn't allowed to show Rudolph (something about streaming rights since YouTube is internet based). So instead of the show last night there was a full hour of a screen photo of the characters with the message they couldn't show it. I don't get it.

We're veering into Christmas territory here, but if you still have a DVD player, get the boxed set (Rudolph, Frosty, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, etc.)
https://www.amazon.com/Original-Christmas-Classics-Collection-Red-Nosed/dp/B01MAWJLN9/

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Anonymous wrote:I want to show my kid the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving movie but it only aired for one night on PBS for free and WETA didn’t air it (nor did they air the Charlie Brown Halloween like the
Other PBS stations). So now I have to sign up for another DUMB streaming service - Apple TV - to watch the blasted program and then remember to cancel it because paying for cable, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, and Disney Plus doesn’t get you the only stupid thing you want to watch!

Do the 7-day free trial of Apple TV. Watch it, then cancel. Set a calendar to reminder on day 6.

Good idea. It's just wrong that network stations don't show these anymore, though.

Another TV issue: This is the first year I have YouTube TV and for some reason it isn't allowed to show Rudolph (something about streaming rights since YouTube is internet based). So instead of the show last night there was a full hour of a screen photo of the characters with the message they couldn't show it. I don't get it.

We're veering into Christmas territory here, but if you still have a DVD player, get the boxed set (Rudolph, Frosty, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, etc.)
https://www.amazon.com/Original-Christmas-Classics-Collection-Red-Nosed/dp/B01MAWJLN9/

sorry, wrong link. It's $10 today: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GRJM3HW

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Anonymous wrote:Step right up, and complain about your family, the food, the location or whatever else your issues are regarding Thanksgiving. I'll go first.

I accidentally spent $66 on dinner rolls and bread for Thanksgiving. If this is how the rest of next week is going to go, I may need to transfer money out of savings and into checking.

How many people are you feeding? It must be hundreds or a couple dozen heavy eaters.