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[quote=Anonymous]We always spend Thanksgiving with my parents. I have a very small family, I’m and only child and so are both of my parents. Prior to COVID we always used to go to my mom’s best friend’s house which was always really fun for my kids because they have two grandkids roughly the same age as my kids and they all played together nicely. After Covid that tradition ended and we have been hosting my parents ever since. The problem is that I don’t find Thanksgiving for 6 people to be particularly fun or joyful and really wish we could do something else for my kids’ sake. It’s a ton of prep, cooking and clean up for a meal that is over in under 30 mins. Plus my kids don’t even eat most Thanksgiving food. My dad typically spends the dinner complaining about politics and it’s fairly somber.

We have other options - I suggested going to a restaurant instead of cooking, or we have a cousin who lives within driving distance who invited us. My parent said no to a restaurant because they want a more traditional Thanksgiving, and also said no to the cousins because there will be 40 people there and it will be a big loud and chaotic. DH’s family has also always invited us but we would all need to fly so I understand why they don’t want to do that.

DH and I really want to do something else but we won’t ditch them since they have no one else to spend the holiday with. How can we convince them to give something else a try?[/quote]

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