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Mariana

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48. The original work is far superior to the shitty rip-off.

Sun Nov 24, 2019, 06:38 PM

Nov 2019

Helen says nothing that is vicious or hateful, and there are no threats. Whoever it was who thought they could improve upon it failed miserably.

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Grandma's Thanksgiving Invitation Dear Family: [View all] keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 OP

Tradition keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #1

Is this from your family? If it's from the net, is there a link? nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #2

Sherry Riter. Lochloosa Nov 2019 #13

This is way to true. Srkdqltr Nov 2019 #3

Sounds like a lot of it was stolen from Margaret & Helen! Hekate Nov 2019 #4

Stolen from many places keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #5

I had the same thought! PJMcK Nov 2019 #17

Helen has never written anything as hateful as this. Mariana Nov 2019 #60

Helen's original is downthread, & is as feisty as ever... Hekate Nov 2019 #62

She is as feisty as ever. Mariana Nov 2019 #65

Sigh. I was trying to be conciliatory. Hekate Nov 2019 #67

Sounds horrible. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #6

Agreed. Chellee Nov 2019 #8

No kidding, right? SammyWinstonJack Nov 2019 #15

Chill...wait till you see the end coming at you like a freight train ashredux Nov 2019 #30

??? My old relatives were nothing like that. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #34

You realize this is supposed to be a funny Thanksgiving meme, right? cwydro Nov 2019 #35

I understand it's a meme. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #44

It fails. nt. Mariana Nov 2019 #45

Yes sarisataka Nov 2019 #46

Same! DesertRat Nov 2019 #37

grandma sounds like an asshole Skittles Nov 2019 #7

Great read canetoad Nov 2019 #9

OK, Grandma. n/t demmiblue Nov 2019 #10

Unpleasant. I get that it's supposed to be funny, but comes across as Coventina Nov 2019 #11

Good lord..are all of you children? Age has some benefits ashredux Nov 2019 #31

Age gets you the benefit to be mean to people? Coventina Nov 2019 #42

Exactly. LisaL Nov 2019 #69

OK Boomer SaintLouisBlues Nov 2019 #12

Not funny Piasladic Nov 2019 #14

It's very mean. LisaL Nov 2019 #28

As Hekate wrote above in post #4, this sounds like Margaret & Helen PJMcK Nov 2019 #16

A few more goodies to add. Plagiarism - no problem. keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #18

Talk politics keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #19

OK..that's funny ashredux Nov 2019 #32

Now that's funny. PatrickforO Nov 2019 #39

The original work is far superior to the shitty rip-off. Mariana Nov 2019 #48

That's my Helen. Accept no substitutes. Hekate Nov 2019 #57

Ugh. Awful woman. She probably has to abuse her kids with threats tavernier Nov 2019 #20

Yea, I doubt it's a letter from a real grandma. LisaL Nov 2019 #26

Dear Grandma, sarisataka Nov 2019 #21

She's taking a lot of flak here. Aristus Nov 2019 #22

I had a Niece stay for a couple of months while she moved to a nearby city. Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #33

flak Skittles Nov 2019 #40

Thank you. Aristus Nov 2019 #71

My Grandmom would have knocked the shit out of this lady Baltimike Nov 2019 #23

I can sympathize with grandma. murielm99 Nov 2019 #24

if that were a real grandma (which I doubt) she sounds like a piece of work. LisaL Nov 2019 #27

If she doesn't like what they do at her house Mariana Nov 2019 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author Mariana Nov 2019 #55

I read this letter to half my family. Greybnk48 Nov 2019 #25

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

Thank goodness woundedkarma Nov 2019 #36

Thank you! Piasladic Nov 2019 #73

This just doesn't sound much like a fun Thanksgiving. PatrickforO Nov 2019 #38

we still laugh at my octogenarian mil saying..... getagrip_already Nov 2019 #41

Sounds like a grumpy grandpa in parts, and pretty cranky appalachiablue Nov 2019 #43

Grandma sounds entertaining in small doses Buckeyeblue Nov 2019 #47

Judging from the responses to this thread... cwydro Nov 2019 #49

Grandma sounds grumpy Texasgal Nov 2019 #51

Ha! I thought I invented that! And it was a secret for me too!! LAS14 Nov 2019 #52

I'll send a Happy Thanksgiving card.nt delisen Nov 2019 #53

A soul mate!!! nt LAS14 Nov 2019 #54

My mother-in-law got really mean and nasty in her later years. Mariana Nov 2019 #56

Salty CabalPowered Nov 2019 #58

I would invent a cat who needs 2 shots a day too plus odds are the crank could live long enough lunasun Nov 2019 #59

She talks about having 32 people there. Mariana Nov 2019 #63

It's a damn joke! cwydro Nov 2019 #64

Maybe if so many people didn't have real relatives Mariana Nov 2019 #66

It's pretty mean spirited joke. LisaL Nov 2019 #68

Yes we are not even mocking a real dysfunctional person so why be upset ? lunasun Nov 2019 #70

How to Stuff Your Parrot on Thanksgiving keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #72