All of my wife’s male family members are typical Trump voters. Just complete dipshits that think they are smarter than they actually are. The women all have a little bit more reason, with a few non Trumpers. Things have gotten decently heated in the past between me and the men, so all the women tried to set a “no politics” rule before thanksgiving (luckily they have all had COVID, I’m boosted, and wife is still within the original window). We’re spending thanksgiving at my sister in laws in the trashiest part of Arizona. I’ve been here less than 24-hours and apparently the no politics rule only applies to me. I have been told what a hero Rittenhouse was, the COVID vaccine is actually more dangerous than COVID, and that unemployment checks are making it so people don’t work. I just booked us a hotel starting Friday.
My biggest problem is my dad has absolutely disgusting toenails and doesn’t know when to dress properly
Feel free to come up to the central coast with your male and/or female lovers, it will melt my FILs mind. Three of the other 6 houses on our cul de sac are hosting as well so there will be some block party type activities going. My neighbor across the way is a 5’3” cop with a raised F250 and a Great Dane so you can imagine what he brings to the party. My other neighbor is cool and has a golf simulator in his garage so I’m hoping to sneak away to his place for most of the night.
What the hell man - male and/or female? Feel like both myself and MLS have been pretty consistent on the board
when I say we’re in the most redneck part of Arizona I mean it. She is from a “town” that is 35 minutes through sketchy hills to a real town. We have our son’s birthday party tomorrow at this house then thanksgiving on Friday. She is insisting that I tough it out until then so we don’t have to drive back and forth a bunch.
Some of you guys are much better men than me. We host but it’s just my two oldest their SOs and this year my mom. I couldn’t do what you guys do. I stopped visiting my family and wife’s family because of shit like the stuff posted itt
Asked my dad to bring a veggie tray. There is a really strong chance he can’t figure it out and shows up with a bag of baby carrots and a bag of celery.
Wife spent all of Kat night and half of today worshiping the porcelain god. Sounds like thanksgiving on my couch this year
Pretty sure my dad hasn't had to shop in like 30 years - he had to go grab a couple items at some point a few years back for thanksgiving and ended up spending like $300. This was supposed to be an approximately $20 trip. I think we largely forget how completely inept our fathers are in a grocery store.
I mention this every year, but it continues to be absurd. We (unfortunately) live in Tampa. My wife is from Tampa and she has lived outside the Tampa city limits for 6 months of her life. We rotate holidays between my parents (3 hours away) and hers. Our family of 5, and both of her siblings and their families, are packing up and spending 2 nights at their house because, "the holidays are about being around family". That is 8 adults and 7 kids (all 7 and under) under one roof when the furthest away anyone lives from her parents house is 20 minutes (sister in law is less than 5 minutes away), and everyone sees each other at least once a month. We see my in laws and sister in law at least once a week. When I mention how absurd this is, the rebuttal is always, "well, we go stay at your parents house, so we're going to stay at mine too!". Thankfully, my in laws are saints. Tonight I've luckily got a card to escape the house for most of the evening with friends who are back in town that I haven't seen since pre Covid.
I forget about your situation every year, so I’m always amazed at it every time you post it. You are a better man than I, because there is. I way I would stay there if I only lived a few minutes away. Bless you.
SIL just broke up with her boyfriend. So his son and him are out. The kid was pretty cool but the boyfriend was super douchey. Down to 15. Let’s see if we can peel off another 3-4.
My BIL is a massive Trumper, conservative Christian, maga whatever guy that I see about 0% eye-to-eye on. . He got a gun this year and my dad and I have been super uncomfortable with his overall gun knowledge and safety with it. All started when we were at the beach with my whole family and my brother flew in to surprise us from out of town. All hanging in the kitchen upstairs when we here the door open at like 2pm, we all heard it and kind of wondered who it was, my BIL though decided it was hero time and ran to his room and grabbed his gun and basically pointed it on my brother, shit very much pissed me off. It's something we've kind of avoided till recently my sister put out a filler about my 4 year old daughter spending the night over at her house with our 4 year old nephew and 2 year old niece which I'm super uncomfortable with since they are now at the age were they can really get into shit and I have no idea how safe he is being with his gun storage. I just made some bullshit excuse and figured it was a bridge I would cross after this weekend since they are hosting everyone over for Thanksgiving afternoon. My dad had other plans though and brought it up yesterday and apparently it was a huge fight between my dad, sister, and BIL. Really looking forward to tomorrow now and that awkward conversation I get to have with them.
my aunt is trying to institute a no drinking policy at thanksgiving for all her kids and myself and my BIL. its at a totally different relative's house and he has multiple kegs and liquor cabinets set up for the 40-50 people who come we think this attempt is to avoid singling out my cousin's bf who gets insane when he drinks. can't wait
We’re at the in laws from last night through Saturday mid afternoon. Her folks have a small cattle ranch in central Texas so we’re in the middle of nowhere and they may as well just not have Wi-Fi which really limits the options for me on distraction from her family. She has twin older brothers who are polar opposites. Older is a doctor, married to a dentist, and she’s expecting their first so some pregnancy hormones are in the mix. They’re both pro-vaccine, left politically, and she especially is not afraid to talk about it. Younger brother works cows on the ranch, is the golden boy for doing so, and he and his wife just had their first in May. They, she especially, are decidedly not pro-vaccine (maybe any vaccine as I’ve seen her ask for pediatrician recommendations looking for one who is okay with going at “our pace” for our daughter). We have a two and a half year old and a 7 month old, are both vaccinated, and my wife often has to play mediator for her SILs which is super fair to her. My mother in law is a hyper-clingy meddler who gets all her emotional fulfillment via her kids and grandkids because my FIL is the most emotionally stunted person I’ve ever met. It’s a weird dichotomy because they always want more time with the family at the ranch but I’ve never met a couple that gets more stressed by hosting. Every time there’s a bunch of people here, you can actively hear his already high blood pressure go up and he whines about almost everything. It’s gonna be loud because of the babies, people are going to be on edge because of the politics, and the FIL will generally be an asshole. We’re also combining Thanksgiving with Christmas as it’s our year to go up to Nebraska in December so there will be very little time to let tempers cool. In all of this, my in laws low key resent me because I married their daughter and we don live nearby like they dreamed so I hang out in the background with our kids and watch the fireworks. Should be a delightful time!
Your BIL is exactly the type of person who shouldn’t own a firearm. And he definitely doesn’t lock that thing up. I bet it is in his nightstand for anyone to reach.
I will literally be drinking from the time I wake up until the time I pass out tomorrow, with the only exception being the annual snooze on the couch during the Lion’s game. Can’t wait!
one good thing about having not seen everyone in 2 years is that they are going to be fawning over a baby they havent met yet so i will probably not see the kids from the time we get there until the time we check into our hotel that night its gonna be great
Screw that, I am hoping you pick up an additional 4-6 somehow. Time is running out but I am a believer in holiday miracles.
It was supposed to be Thanksgiving with my wife’s family this year at our house but that had to be scrapped. There are 9 of 12 of her immediate family of age for recommended covid vax that do not have that and we told them in August that we were not hosting anti-vax with a toddler in the house. So now, my parents are driving up and my wife’s 2 bff’s are coming over along with a couple of strays and we have casually asked any person we come across (vaccinated of course) that does not have plans to join us. Should be a low-key and alcohol fueled event. Lots of beer for me and very enjoyable but probably won’t have anything to contribute to the thread from an entertainment standpoint.
work story: the plant i work at gave everyone turkeys this year. a couple people unwrapped theirs yesterday to get prepped and they're green and rotten. i would say at least half the plant is planning on cooking these turkeys for tomorrow and they still havent figured out if this was an isolated incident or if the entire batch is bad. they haven't sent an email out warning people either
I've found that the secret to enjoying a place like that is finding whateverthefuck to do outside. If there's enough space buy a gun for target shooting or go hunting or ride 4 wheelers or literally anything outside.
I’m keeping the vape pen glued to me during tomorrows festivities. Maybe I can drink enough to not have to drive back from my wife’s aunts lake house.
the people here bitch about the tiniest things so i cannot wait for the shitstorm when someone wakes up tomorrow morning to cook the turkey from christmas vacation
My parents are hoarders. Love them but I haven't been IN there house due to this in over 5 years. My kids (8 and 4) have never been in their house. My wife hasn't been there in the 11 years we've been married. We don't do anything on my side for the holidays unless one of my 3 brothers or I host. The older I get, the more this depresses me.