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Parenting after 35
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Thanksgiving = meh
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We hosted yesterday and made all the appetizers and sides while my dad and his GF brought the turkey, pie and and a pair of engaged surrogate children of theirs, whom I barely know.
My dad came over a half hour early to drop off the drippings so I could make gravy. I'd already worn myself out to the point where I could barely walk by cooking and setting the table etc, but all I had left to do was make the gravy.
Well, I made the roux then went to pour in the "drippings" and it was all fat.
I nearly cried. DH said he'd make the gravy even though he doesn't know how. It turned into turkey-flavored paste.
Anyhoo, they all show up with two half drunk bottles of wine and we exchange pleasantries. I then ask if everyone could use hand sanitizer before playing with M. The couple and Dad's GF oblige, but Dad says, "I don't have to since I'm not touching the baby." As he then proceeds to carve the turkey??? Um, ok.
Dinner was nice enough, but then it was awkward, weird and infuriating. Dad never washed his hands and then gave M his phone to play with. His disgusting, used after Dad fondles past sell-by date pork products phone. Then he laughed at me when I asked him not to let M play with it.
Then we had dessert. The couple were up getting theirs and the guy retreated back to the sofa before the girl and said, "Baby, come!" And she followed him.
Then no one helped DH clean.
Then they left, taking most of our tastiest leftovers and leading DH and I to drink the half-drunk bottle of white.
It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't awesome either.
Vent over. Hope everyone else enjoyed their Turkey Day.
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Re: Thanksgiving = meh
Ugh. Sounds bleh.
Ours was good, though I sure would have liked it if Rom had helped more with the cleanup.
I would be pissed about the leftovers because I do not plan on cooking the rest of the weekend.
I can't elaborate yet, since most of the relatives are still here! (They leave today!! YEAH!)
But I'll just say, my ham-handed BIL broke the new baby gate the second it came out of the box. No apology. No offer to pay for it. I am annoyed.
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Sorry. It sounds like it was more work than it was worth.
I had to laugh at "a pair of engaged surrogate children of theirs". Um, weird.
And when you said that the girl walked away and said, "Baby, come!" I thought you were saying that she said that to Mikey. Whew! LOL!
This was our first Thanksgiving in several years without either of our parents; mine couldn't make the trip from Ohio and DH's went to Tulsa to spend it with his sister and her family. We had my sister and her boyfriend but it was pretty much just another day, albeit with a pretty big dinner. We ordered a cajun turkey from Popeyes and just cooked the side dishes. My sis and her BF helped with the cooking and cleanup so that was really nice, but it just didn't feel like much of a holiday since we have them over for dinner pretty often.
On the plus side, Noah slept for 3 hours while I was doing all of the cooking! Of course, he woke up just as everything was ready so I had to eat after everyone else since I had to feed him first, but that is just standard these days. I'm like the mom in The Christmas Story - haven't had a hot meal in ages!!