Thanksgiving Family Brawl Report Thread

[graywarrior]

Later, when you escape, come here and report what happened. We will nurse you back to emotional stability.

[Droopy]

1. I'm so glad I have a pleasant family

Even the ones that voted for Bush are nice. And we have no sibling rivalries going on. It's going to be a nice day at the Droopy household, if a little crowded.

[maveric]

2. One of the good things about my divorce is that i dont have to deal

with that anymore. Boy was I lonely all those years.

[peacebird]

3. bless you graywarrior!

what a great thread!
i'll have my son drop by after he returns from turkeyday with his dad... background info: his daddy was set to skedaddle to canada during vietnam, but is now a rah-rah repuke. seems appropriate somehow, eh? the boy on the other hand served his tour in the navy, got out a year ago and is a devout dem.

[goddess40]

4. Sorry, I avoided the mess by staying home

I sent the kids and hubby off to the in-laws. I did tell my M-I-L that it wasn't her that was keeping me away it was two of her offspring that voted for bush. I have cut off my own sister, so I'm not putting up with the shit from in-laws either. If I could trust that they would leave it alone I maybe would have went, but I just can't see my S-I-L letting it go. Besides, I am so disgusted with the fascist group that voted for bush, I really don't want to break bread with them.

Edit: Last year all four of my hubby's sisters were there and they went in a bedroom and shut the door. Did they invite their three sister-in-laws, NO! They were in there for a long time, talking and laughing, just a tad bit rude don't you think?

[malmapus]

5. Got started early..last night here

Well gf bit her moms head off for doing something stupid in regards to our daughter. Then we went out together and managed to bite each others heads off. Soo today its walking on broken glass trying not to say anything...and we haven't even eaten turkey yet.

[PDittie]

6. No brawling today

My F-I-L decided he felt good enough to cook a small turkey, so we came over and brought a pecan pie with us.

Backstory: His bladder cancer came back (just in time for Christmas!) and he's been taking chemo and radiation, so as late as Tuesday he was saying he wanted fried chicken for Turkey Day. I dare you to find a chicken store open on Thanksgiving (I sure don't begrudge those poor kids a day off, though; thank goodness he changed his mind).

So we're here at their house watching football and digesting our meal. I just updated and ran his virus software and defragged his computer.

Mrs. Dittie is in the Florida room with her mom and Isabel, who is mom's caregiver. Mom has late-stage dementia, though it was my gift today that she recognized me (she has failed to do so in recent visits).

My recent diabetes diagnosis had me wondering what I might be able to eat; no worries, because I had some turkey breast and mixed vegetables of the stir-fry variety (we boiled them instead). No starches, no gravies, no bread, no problem.

I splurged and had a couple of forkfuls of the pecan pie and a taste of the Blue Bell vanilla acting as a la mode.

Though my in-laws are Cuban and have voted GOP ever since they arrived here in '62 -- their generation never forgave the Democratic Party because Kennedy abandoned the rebels at the Bay of Pigs -- my F-I-L was gracious enough to let his daughter vote a straight Democratic ticket on the mail-in ballot for her mother earlier this month.

A nice, quiet day. I'm thankful for that (and a few things more).

[The Straight Story]

7. Mom is in the hospital, sister is sick

But thanksgiving goes on. Brother is here, his wife and two kids, my aunt is showing up. My sister and her kids had the flu and now have a cold or something and don't want us to get it because we are all taking turns to go see mom in ICU. Dad is with mom and has not left for a week other then to come home and take a shower.

We bought the house next door to my parents this year, and there was a big thanksgiving planned with all the family. So far things have fallen apart but we won't let it bring us all down. We have two turkeys, a full size honey baked ham, oyster dressing, cream corn casserole, green bean casserole, my brother baked home made pies and is cooking the homemade noodles now, we have shrimp cocktail, cheese log, wine, and more.

Once we eat will run some up to dad (mom is on respirator and can't eat right now), my sister is stopping by to pick up food and take home, and I think overall even with things how they are it will be good thanksgiving. We have a lot to be thankful for and will count blessings and not problems.

[Aiptasia]

8. 100% dems in attendance, no brawls expected

that is, unless we get liquored up on crown royal and blame each other for mental trauma.

[AngryOldDem]

9. Why do we do this to ourselves?

Serious question, coming from someone whose family has cut her and her family out of their lives with no explanation and for no good reason that my husband and I have been able to determine.

I feel like the holidays are just one big charade...getting together with people because we have to, because it's expected...and then having things turn out badly. To my mind, it's tantamount to self-abuse.

We're leaving for my in-laws in about an hour -- don't really feel comfortable around them, either, because of all the damn holiday baggage I'm carrying, not to mention the uninformed political views that get tossed around like Gospel. If there is any upside to my sad situation, it's that my family isn't subjected to two full-blown Thanksgiving dinners in the space of three or four hours, like everyone else.

Sorry to piss all over everyone's day, but thanks for letting me vent. This has become a very difficult time of the year for me.

[Shoeempress]

11. I'm with you, my family cut hubby & me out in 92 cuz of Big Dawg.

We are so much happier without them, but it always gets weird at this time of year. I basically go into big time denial, until we leave on vacation in late December and stay away till after new years. Just a massive change of scenery with no familial memories. The Holidays just suck.

[nini]

10. 'Thankfully' my family members are all normal

we get along very well and won't be arguing :-)

[goddess40]

12. The football game must still be on

because I haven't heard from my hubby about dinner with his nasty brother and sister.

[graywarrior]

13. Got thru dinner with only one negative remark about a dish that

tasted like garbage.

No calls from the martyr sister trying to convert me or the bikey bro telling racial jokes. No calls from cousins, aunts uncles as I never told them where I moved ha ha.

[guitar man]

14. I escsaped this year

Most of my family is hundreds of miles away on the MS gulf coast. The wife and her sister had a spat earlier this month, so they aren't on speaking terms now. I decided to work and draw the holiday pay today. The only downside is there was no place to get a burger or anything open today on the way to work, so I'm sitting here at work and hungry on Thanksgiving Day. Oh well.

[graywarrior]

15. I love Gov't Mule

Going hungry on Thanksgiving is nobel.

[guitar man]

16. they are one of my fav bands

...for sure. I'm going to go foraging as soon as my shift ends, there has to be something open around here, maybe Whataburger.