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[quote=Anonymous]Inspired by the other thread, which I also love, I offer this.

We are THOSE relatives. Rolling into your gathering with our prickly, neurodiverse tween who will not eat anything offered for dinner, nor help much with clean up, but will binge dessert in staggering amounts and behave badly and/or spend an inordinate amount of time on an iPad.

We bring good, well-prepared food, and try to help where we can. We’d love to help with the dishes so we don’t feel like such a burden.

We might have one beer too many and get a little loud (joyfully? Tearfully?) because this particular parenting gig is hard.

My husband’s stories are too long. I have too many dietary restrictions that I talk about too often. My kid won’t participate in family games, or will try and then quit early or dissolve into tears.

We love you and are happy to be with you. We are getting an AirBnB so that you don’t have to deal with the inevitable evening meltdown of tween.

Who else here knows they’re bringing their own little sh*tshow to Thanksgiving?[/quote]

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