had maybe 3 beers total over the course of the entire day since i had to drive and as we leave my wife tells me she will drive us home
if you did not set up a price for everyone to contribute before the thing you just respond with ´my pleasure , thanks for coming and it was nice seeing you all’ along those lines
ok, now I understand better did they bring any booze? if I get invited somewhere and I ask if I can bring anything and people tell me to not bother I usually bring them some nice booze
my sister asked my mom if she had brought juice for the kids and didn’t want to say it and get them riled up so spelled it out so they wouldn’t know “mom did you bring j-u-i-s-e” my BIL immediately just went and made another drink
this is messed up on many levels. The kids can’t handle the word juice? the spelling is not great but the lack of discipline here might be more alarming
That's the thing. There is no expectation for anybody to bring anything. We would provide it all but I get annoyed with the entitlement to just show up and not even reach out once in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving to offer to bring something. I'm just not wired that way as I will always bring something to a dinner I'm invited to. This has been building for years as they have pulled many stunts like last year for example when they "hosted" Christmas Eve dinner and we had bring our portion of what we were eating to their house. It's not a money thing either or else I would totally get it.
Makes me think of people who spell shit in front of dogs. Lady: do you want to go to the… (voice rising) Dog thinking: I’m going to be excited by literally anything that comes next. Lady: P-A-R-K Dog: RUFF-RUFF-RUFF Lady thinking: my dog can read!!!
I just do not like drinking with family. I’m not nearly as bad as what I lead on at times but it’s something my family doesn’t see. Also do not like being day drunk much Mainly my mom who drinks like twice a year and kept talking about how their at best 1 bottle of wine person is some world record. My sister who drank at least 2 herself let her know they’re probably below average. Sister can also drink that much and mom doesn’t say shit but mom will give me treatment if I’m over a few beers. It’s absolute nonsense
nope, do have a family history though. Trump win has supposedly made a 1-2 more 1 day a drinker to 3-5 though according to my mom
Need a scale at the end of the plate line next year. Put a per ounce price on it, but also make sure the scale reads heavy
My wife and SIL went to a fish market and my wife bought our portion and they bought theirs. It gets better I cooked the fish at their house.
Wtf is this fish talk Do have a Christmas Eve lobster and barbecue tradition which is possibly the best mixture of food ever
congrats on finding out about surf and turf but that was not the point of the fish discussion, it is a free loaders discussion and I hate free loaders with a passion
I could probably have a whole thread dedicated to this kind of stuff with my wife's side of the family. Many cookouts throughout the years where again they "host" but she asks us what we're going to bring and my wife ends up going to the store with her and splits the bill. For many years when my MIL was alive, we routinely had them all over for dinner. They have never once invited us over for dinner to their house. It's not like there's bad blood between us or was ever a falling out. They just have some aversion to pulling their weight when it comes to how to be a host. I personally think they are just extremely cheap and they think we do well enough that they should never treat us to a dinner.
This is the night IHHH beats TMB. We’re all stuffed and drinking and he’s just on Thursday. He just owned Gunners
me owning Gunners is not really a thanksgiving thing, it’s a weekly occurrence during the nhl playoffs
They might be running on the assumption if you aren't asking them then their is no need. They obviously don't have a problem asking you guys to bring stuff when they host.
Some(a LOT) people are just oblivious to common courtesy, I’ve learned to not get pressed unless they’re being assholes about it. Seems like you should just ask them to bring something and not get so worked up over the principle of the thing.
Good news, the thread for this is right here! Next time they piss you off, post here, we support you.
Thanksgiving Topics with the broader family: Teachers can just take students that identify as “they/them” and without telling the students parents can go and do take them to get sex change surgery. Because the local community hospital closed down there was a heated debate about how they should not build an ambulance location at the small town close by because it will just raise taxes. Meanwhile the uncle just had a stroke and couldn’t get ambulance assistance and they had to drive him physically 40 minutes to a hospital I am viewed as trying to be too smart for choosing to read in another room than watch Newsmax. How ivermectin was the best thing Trump did during the pandemic and how most people don’t realize his brilliance We leave at noon
That's some serious level of being an asshole when you put out a vibe that makes someone end up sending that text.
I have a family member who used to insist on paying for dinner when we went out. She would also not so subtly comment on prices. It made my wife uncomfortable to order what she wanted. I politely told her that we were more comfortable paying and ordering what we liked. It’s been a lot easier on everyone since.
Yes, believe it or not the insane concept of actually telling people what they are doing and how it’s impacting you actually works.