It's My Party & I Can Cry If I Want To.......

[Cypress Hen House]

Thanks for the welcome....

...and Hi! cousin (orp) we meet again

 

[PineappleMama]

We punked out on Thanksgiving this year...

My mom is planning to leave her hubby, and his HATEful, I mean horrid, family.... so she didn't plan doodly.

And I just cannot be comfy at my SIL's house, no matter what I say she finds a way to be offended... and it's not just me, she's that way with everyone... spent months mad at her own dad because he tried to talk her son into not pouting and demanding the entire family's camping trip (12 people, not just their 4 household) cancelled 'cuz he didn't want to go... for that reason I really didn't want to go to her house this year...

And there's underlying resentment.... this year being the 2nd in a row at their place... for over a decade it's been at my MILs... then last year K demanded we all go to her new house... okay, I can understand wanting to show off... so we packed up six people and all the veggies sides pies breads apps etc to drive to Keller where she had the turkey that her hubby deep fried (only thing she 'cooked' was some rotel queso in a crock pot)... my FIL drove in his van and we all rode... he is not the best driver BTW... braille drives if you know what I mean and I end up car sick... the Texas Giant doesn't make me ill but his driving does go figure.... suffice it to say it wasn't a fabulous time... didn't help that M mixed an injection of lemon pepper and cajun seasonings on the fried turkey either... but at least there were plenty of other things (thanks to me and MIL)

But, after that experience I really didn't feel like a repeat... not to mention the resentment that we weren't even asked if we were doing anything with my side and what time before we were called with our orders... 2pm, Keller, you are riding with us, period. (when it was at MILs it was always 6pm, so we could all go do our In Law stuff earlier... we went to my mom's, K went to M's family, and G-BIL- went to his GFs family) Also, no one seemed to realize that maybe one year I would like a turn to host. I would never ever have thought to mention it if it had continued to be only at MIL's... that's totally cool... Grama's House you know... but since they started a rotation... well it kinda hurt that my home wasn't seen as good enough... then again... K does make a point of not allowing her children to attend our kids b-day parties and whatnot... even ones not held at our house... if it is for ours they refuse to come... *sigh*

DH also gets stressed over it, as he can't really even talk to his sis any more... she was a major wild child in her teen years... I mean BAD... like crazy crazy bad... now she's freakin' Martha Stewart... already not too close since she's 9 years older... but now you can't even tell her a G-rated joke without her getting cranky... so he didn't really want to go either... and he also ends up car sick (again ONLY when riding with his dad) so he lied and said we were going to my moms... told me after the fact but I didn't mind.

Anywho, so you got nothing at all on petty resentments... I think I take the cake. I try not to be cranky about it. I don't want to cause a rift between DH and his family... I know it sucks rocks that my family who used to all live on the same street have scattered and hardly talk... it's just so WEIRD... and lonely... so I really really don't want to cause a bruhaha... but those little tidbits just chap me and I just can't get that pebble out of my shoe.

Well, that post turned out way longer than expected, but maybe MY petty nonsense will make you feel a little bit better about the morons you have to deal with.

 

[Lunachick]

I'm in a minor league! Loved your page Pineapple....

 

[Big C]

Welcome!!!
We have a really good friend in Jersey and consider her and family part of our family.
Some of our related family... not so much.
We had one of our nephews show up uninvited this year. He has a bad history. I was ready to show him the door as soon as any derogatory comment was spoken, but he wanted to be here after all. Still cautious since he is known for fleecing his way thru life but gave him one more benefit of the doubt with a stern face...
There is no room for complaints when families are gathered for thankfulness for each other.

 

[rainplace]

Aww, Lunachick.

A shrink once pointed out to me that I managed to move as far away from my family as I could and still be in the continental US. Yeah, family is grand.

 

[chickon baby]

Dear Luna chick, Your table looked beautiful....If you are willing to take on all the work for 25 years for others to come over and enjoy Thanksgiving and they behave like that...They otta be ashamed of themselves.I would have gone balistic!!! Sorry they were not "THANKFUL" Sooo many people forget what the day is for...I feel bad that they treated you that way.Sending hugs to you.

 

[Lunachick]

It's unfortunate that it had to be this way.

It's not normally this way at all. Maybe there's stuff going on I don't know about.

I really don't know. Tomorrow there was a tentative date to go bottle digging at an old site. I LOVE doing that, but I think I'll stay home and catch up with laundry.



Hi rainplace!

 

[Lunachick]

Quote:
Thank you.

 

[DuckLady]

Once I made my husband and daughter take their plates out and eat on the patio in cold weather because they refused to stop arguing about politics even though that was the one thing I demanded for the day.

Their food got cold and so did they!

 

[twentynine]

So what was the problem? Of couse they had fun amongst themselves talking about your late diner. So! You told them to host their own diner if they didn't aprove of yours. So!

White meat--dark meat.
Did you have a drunk brother in attendance?

You ain't got no problem. Smile and role with it.