Well Happy Thanksgiving everybody!! How'd your family dinner go? Was it like Boston Legal's.........was it like Norman Rockwell? Did everybody get through the day without out anger, frustration or ill will??? haha I'm guessing my family isn't much different than most families, because nearly every depiction of a Thanksgiving Dinner has some sort of discord involved.
Mine is a time management problem. One daughter is always late and so we plan around that, giving her at least a half hour window of opportunity in our planning. Today was a little extreme, since 11 oclock turned into 1, and she had somewhere else to be at 2........so we saw them less than an hour......didn't even get to serve dessert or sit around having any conversation or anything.
So when Daughter #2 expresses her disappointment that she didnt' have long to entertain her guests.............daughter #1 gets pissed and the FIGHT IS ON!! I guess it had to happen. And because I didn't say the right thing............I'm met with an attitude and a sarcastic "well, we'll just handle Christmas with a phone call!" SUITS ME...........beats worying who's going to get pissed and hurt someone's feelings and then they are going to be pissed that someone is pissed cause they hurt their feelings!! UGH.......IT NEVER ENDS.
Whew.........
The dinner was a masterpiece!! Perfectly cooked, beautifully presented and delicious!!! It's the process of preparing a feast that is as much fun as the actually eating. I think the problem was we didnt' invite enough guests.........that way at least SOME of the guests are in good moods, not rushed and not slighted!
We didnt' even get any pictures,,,,,,,say what we are thankful for or anything. It was Emily's first Thanksgiving in her own home, I guess I can't blame her for being disappointed that she had worked so hard and it was over so quickly, without getting a chance to enjoy having her family in her home. And I admire her for being honest with Amy about how she felt. I just wished Amy had gone on over to Emily's like she said she would, and planned for tomorrow's shopping and everything would have been alright.
Instead, this animosity will spill over into next week and the next holiday.........and we'll all be tippy toeing around.
Happy Thanksgiving Everybody........we made it again!
2 comments:
bless your heart... hope i didn't jinx you by the jibjab card i sent... hope you got to take some food home with you so you could eat at least one meal without that added stress....
love you.
let me add that i am thrilled i live in texas... of course, your brother in law says to tie their tails together and throw them over the fence and let them fight it out... hahahaha
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