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Submitted by oneoffour on Sat, 12/08/2012 - 8:37am

It sucked. Seriously.
DH and I cooked all day making a lovely meal for 5pm. S/sons had lunch with their mother at 2pm. DD and SIL and Gkids had lunch at DDs in-laws at 2pm. No one was remotely hungry so they ate a slice of turkey and some dessert. WTF????

So the plan for 2013 is this (if we are still all around after 12/21/12)... DH and ODD (visiting next year maybe)and I will sit down to a grownup lunch at 12pm. Then the others can come over for dessert later. I may open a bag of chips and dip, maybe not. But I will be damned if my T/giving plans get shanghaied by DHs ex and DDs in-laws again!

They can have their big dinner and sit around the table talking about how much they miss deceased relatives and being 'thankful'. I will be thankful NOT to have to cook for a cast of thousands again! I wonder if I can talk my MIL into coming to our city for T/Giving? She is ALWAYS good value!

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Submitted by arjuna79 on Sat, 12/08/2012 - 9:36am

This year BD was going to be at her boyfriend's sister's place for TG, an hour down the road, 2:00 dinner. Then was going to try and get up here for our 7pm dinner. I said, look, why rush. We'll have our "TG" dinner Sunday night (like usual). Flexibility is good. They got to have a good visit w/ his sister. We had a blissful day to ourselves, and Asian BBQ Duck at our leisure. So yeah, go ahead and make the schedule that works for you. We all deserve some ease.