Worst Thanksgiving Plan EVER

[Anonymous]

DH's aunt is upset that her mother (DH's grandmother)is too concerned about COVID to host Thanksgiving for all the extended relatives. Aunt is not dealing well with COVID because it has cut off her supply of opportunities to boss people around and be the center of attention.

So she has come up with a plan. We all just received an email instructing us all that Thanksgiving is ON. We are all expected to rent a motor home or camper and drive up to another uncle's house who is in a rural area with enough land to hold all the campers. She will be arranging for fencing to be set up around each camper site to keep adults, kids and pets inside their own zones. Everyone is expected to NEVER leave their camp pen for two weeks. She will drive everyone to get tested a few days before Thanksgiving at a drive through facility. She will do weekly grocery runs and we are all expected to give her money and lists. She is asking one of the cousins who is a contractor to supply some Port a Potties for all the individual camp pens. She is asking the engineers to do something about the Internet so everyone has good wifi in their pens and can continue to work/go to school remotely. She has pointed out that a few family members are doctors and dentists so there should be no need for medical or dental trips during the two weeks. She is seeking someone who knows a vet and can test the animals to make sure they don't have COVID and can roam free during Thanksgiving.

On Thanksgiving, we all get "freed" from our pens and can come inside to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving hosted by her at uncle's house. The email goes on with how excited she is to have come up with this great idea that will SAVE the DAY.

We obviously will decline and I don't see anyone else agreeing to her pre Thanksgiving prison pen idea.

[Anonymous]

Prison pen 2020!!!! And the hits keep on coming!! Please keep posting to tell us about the reaction to this stellar idea

[Anonymous]

I hope you aren't a troll, even if you are ... bravo. This will go down in DCUM infamy, just like Ruth's Chris...

[Anonymous]

This is amazing! Please tell me you won’t give her the satisfaction of even responding.

[Anonymous]

This is AWESOME! OP, I will give you $100 to keep us updated on the responses of other family members and how she takes the news. An extra $50 if you post pics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH's aunt is upset that her mother (DH's grandmother)is too concerned about COVID to host Thanksgiving for all the extended relatives. Aunt is not dealing well with COVID because it has cut off her supply of opportunities to boss people around and be the center of attention.

So she has come up with a plan. We all just received an email instructing us all that Thanksgiving is ON. We are all expected to rent a motor home or camper and drive up to another uncle's house who is in a rural area with enough land to hold all the campers. She will be arranging for fencing to be set up around each camper site to keep adults, kids and pets inside their own zones. Everyone is expected to NEVER leave their camp pen for two weeks. She will drive everyone to get tested a few days before Thanksgiving at a drive through facility. She will do weekly grocery runs and we are all expected to give her money and lists. She is asking one of the cousins who is a contractor to supply some Port a Potties for all the individual camp pens. She is asking the engineers to do something about the Internet so everyone has good wifi in their pens and can continue to work/go to school remotely. She has pointed out that a few family members are doctors and dentists so there should be no need for medical or dental trips during the two weeks. She is seeking someone who knows a vet and can test the animals to make sure they don't have COVID and can roam free during Thanksgiving.

On Thanksgiving, we all get "freed" from our pens and can come inside to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving hosted by her at uncle's house. The email goes on with how excited she is to have come up with this great idea that will SAVE the DAY.

We obviously will decline and I don't see anyone else agreeing to her pre Thanksgiving prison pen idea.

Oh, OP. We're going to need a minute by minute update on this whole story.

You may have just provided the second best moment of 2020.

[Anonymous]

Wow. Any earl indications that anyone is willing to go along? Or anyone said no yet?

[Anonymous]

PLEASE keep us posted on reactions from the rest of the family!!! Especially her mother!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is amazing! Please tell me you won’t give her the satisfaction of even responding.

Noooooo! OP needs to play along and, essentially, cc us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH's aunt is upset that her mother (DH's grandmother)is too concerned about COVID to host Thanksgiving for all the extended relatives. Aunt is not dealing well with COVID because it has cut off her supply of opportunities to boss people around and be the center of attention.

So she has come up with a plan. We all just received an email instructing us all that Thanksgiving is ON. We are all expected to rent a motor home or camper and drive up to another uncle's house who is in a rural area with enough land to hold all the campers. She will be arranging for fencing to be set up around each camper site to keep adults, kids and pets inside their own zones. Everyone is expected to NEVER leave their camp pen for two weeks. She will drive everyone to get tested a few days before Thanksgiving at a drive through facility. She will do weekly grocery runs and we are all expected to give her money and lists. She is asking one of the cousins who is a contractor to supply some Port a Potties for all the individual camp pens. She is asking the engineers to do something about the Internet so everyone has good wifi in their pens and can continue to work/go to school remotely. She has pointed out that a few family members are doctors and dentists so there should be no need for medical or dental trips during the two weeks. She is seeking someone who knows a vet and can test the animals to make sure they don't have COVID and can roam free during Thanksgiving.

On Thanksgiving, we all get "freed" from our pens and can come inside to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving hosted by her at uncle's house. The email goes on with how excited she is to have come up with this great idea that will SAVE the DAY.

We obviously will decline and I don't see anyone else agreeing to her pre Thanksgiving prison pen idea.

I think this is quite a creative solution. Bravo to your husband's aunt!

[Anonymous]

Please post the entire email (with redactions.) Please please please!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope you aren't a troll, even if you are ... bravo. This will go down in DCUM infamy, just like Ruth's Chris...

+1 I don't even care if this is real. It has made my day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH's aunt is upset that her mother (DH's grandmother)is too concerned about COVID to host Thanksgiving for all the extended relatives. Aunt is not dealing well with COVID because it has cut off her supply of opportunities to boss people around and be the center of attention.

So she has come up with a plan. We all just received an email instructing us all that Thanksgiving is ON. We are all expected to rent a motor home or camper and drive up to another uncle's house who is in a rural area with enough land to hold all the campers. She will be arranging for fencing to be set up around each camper site to keep adults, kids and pets inside their own zones. Everyone is expected to NEVER leave their camp pen for two weeks. She will drive everyone to get tested a few days before Thanksgiving at a drive through facility. She will do weekly grocery runs and we are all expected to give her money and lists. She is asking one of the cousins who is a contractor to supply some Port a Potties for all the individual camp pens. She is asking the engineers to do something about the Internet so everyone has good wifi in their pens and can continue to work/go to school remotely. She has pointed out that a few family members are doctors and dentists so there should be no need for medical or dental trips during the two weeks. She is seeking someone who knows a vet and can test the animals to make sure they don't have COVID and can roam free during Thanksgiving.

On Thanksgiving, we all get "freed" from our pens and can come inside to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving hosted by her at uncle's house. The email goes on with how excited she is to have come up with this great idea that will SAVE the DAY.

We obviously will decline and I don't see anyone else agreeing to her pre Thanksgiving prison pen idea.

I think this is quite a creative solution. Bravo to your husband's aunt!

Yeah, except for the part where she utterly failed to consult anyone about this before issuing her demands. I'm not paying for or living in a camper in a pen (with two working adults and a DL kid) for two weeks so I can eat turkey with my extended family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH's aunt....

I think this is quite a creative solution. Bravo to your husband's aunt!

+1. Such organizational talent shouldn’t go to waste

[Anonymous]

LOVE the pens. Did she get inspired by Kim K's birthday party?