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In reply to the discussion: Grandma's Thanksgiving Invitation Dear Family: [View all]woundedkarma
(498 posts)36. Thank goodness
That this isn't anyone I'm related to.
I've spent most TGs with my wife's family since we met.
There is so much wrong with this post... I'm just going to point one out, number 10.
With our family if you are cared about by someone in the family, you ARE family. The end. That means the neighbors kid is welcome, that means wives, husbands, ex-wives, ex-husbands, friends, friends of friends, random-dude-off-the-street etc... are all welcome, considered family and will be fed to bursting.
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I had a Niece stay for a couple of months while she moved to a nearby city.
Farmer-Rick
Nov 2019
#33
We all have some of those relatives, or might even be some of those relatives.
keithbvadu2
Nov 2019
#29
I'm 71. I've cooked TG dinner since I was 19, and have had so many drunken everythings:
Greybnk48
Nov 2019
#61