Anonymous wrote:Invite guests -- friends and family -- to Thanksgiving dinner, which you will host and cook and clean up together.
Guest list to include:
at least 1 person who doesn't share your political views
at least 1 toddler
at least 1 person with many dietary restrictions
at least 1 of each of your parents
at least 1 of your grandparents or other relatives over the age of 75
at least 1 person who must watch a football game
at least 1 person who doesn't bring what they volunteered to bring, but shows up with a box of Girl Scout cookies
at least 1 person who insists that the every guest share 1 thing they're thankful for
at least 1 person who likes to offer gratuitous advice on careers
at least 1 couple who are on the verge of a break-up/divorce
at least 1 sullen teenager
at least 1 person who unexpectedly brings their dogs
Priceless - marriage would cease to exist! I'd add:
at least one uncle/aunt who holds their hugs way too long