December 1, 2005

  • Thanksgiving and stuff

    Our Thanksgiving went pretty well, with only one snag.  We had planned on cooking a turkey ourselves, from a recipe we were given from a friend.  My parents called and told us that they were doing nothing that day and invited themselves to our house for an afternoon Thanksgiving meal.  So we bought a larger turkey, more potatoes and stuff, and were preparing the turkey (on the Tuesday beforehand) when my mom called. 


    She asked us what time we were planning on eating.  We said it would be ready around 1:30.  That's when she pissed us off by saying that she was going to have lunch with their son-in-law and his family (my sister would be working).  She didn't say it, but was obviously wanting us to postpone our meal to the evening so she could have her second Thanksgiving meal of the day at our house.  Then she proceeded to try to change history by claiming that she "was sure she told us about it earlier."  Now, to her credit, she did mention that my sister's in-laws were having a Thanksgiving lunch... she just didn't mention that she was going, and instead mentioned that she had no plans.


    She claimed that she had already confirmed her plans with them "a couple of days a...I mean last week."  Apparently, she didn't feel that her telling us she was coming over as "confirming" it with us when she originally called 3 days ago.  This is a double insult to us, because we have seen my parents treat my sister's husband better than they treated my wife, and even better than my sister!  And he's not a catch in any sense of the word.  He was a full time student that didn't even try to work part-time while his pregnant wife was working full time. 


    However, even as upset as me and my wife were for being rejected for their son-in-law's family (when their daughter wasn't even going to be there) - there is a bright side for us...  My parents weren't going to visit!  Instead, we had a lovely meal, the turkey turned out to be the best and juiciest turkey I've ever had.  Overall, the holiday was great. 

Comments (3)

  • Hey thanks for the advice. It was greatly appreciated.

  • great holiday!  glad you could enjoy it after all.  was your turkey anything like steven's?

    -dianna

  • Thanks for the encouragement, but at the same time I don't like being treated like I'm ignorant. I'm not so narrow-minded as to think that it's impossible to be a Christian and a democrat; I'm a firm believer in separation of church and state and as such have no issues with having things that are politically permissible that I personally find morally permissible. But can I also note that I said I was becoming more liberal. I'm not necessarily aligned with democratic ideals. I'm far closer to being a libertarian than anything else.

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