PITY PARTY! Table for one!!!

[lildreamer316]

So get this:
My cousin, who was supposed to come by and pick me, husband and child up to take us to the big family dinner 2 hours away
FORGOT.
and is now too busy , as is the rest of the family, to come and get us.
She said she thought we would call, but had forgotton that she had her number changed since last week, when she called me from her old number. I did try to call, numerous times. I thought the phone was just temporarily disconnected, and that she would call me upon realizing I had not gotten in touch. She told me specifically not to rent a car, that they would come and pick us up.

So, I come for solace to my online family, who is obviously the only one who really gives a shit at all.

(can I absorb turkey flavor over the internets? ;) )

[EFerrari]

1. I accidently found out my family has moved the location for the third time.

Which is a good thing because I'm cooking.

Maybe they're trying to tell me something. :P

I hope it works out. The day is young.

:hi:

[lildreamer316]

20. It did..

We had our first small family dinner, just me, husband and toddler.
It may have been instant-everything; but it was dinner.
Thanks for your kind thoughts, and I hope things get better on your end too.

[Left Is Write]

2. I'm sorry.

How could she forget??

:hug:

[lildreamer316]

21. Good question.

I'm beginning to wonder if this is not a message.
Ah well. Hope your day was good, and wanted to say thanks for the kind thoughts.:hi:

[judaspriestess]

3. Everyone is too busy for the holiday?

have your own Thanksgiving. You are with your true family right now anyway. My fiance's mom wanted us to drive 5 hours to Phoenix to have dindin with them and then have to drive back another 5 hours on the same day. We have to work on Friday. I told her no way. I think that was rude of her to ask and she tried to make us feel guilty about it. We are cooking here at home. Its just me, mom and my sweetie. We are OK with that :)

Enjoy your day........

On Edit: Its not just us, its pets too and they are gonna eat well; Crystal, Thor, Kittybill and Agatha. :loveya:

[lildreamer316]

22. Sounds like..

you had a good little dinner.
Strangely enough, husband's originally from Phoenix.
Hope you had a wonderful day, and thanks for the thoughts!
:hi:

[billyskank]

4. Oh lildreamer!

That's awful! :hug:

Love and hugs for you! :loveya: :hug: :hug:

[lildreamer316]

23. ....

Love ya too, Billy-you are always so kind to me.
I swear I'm not trying to be a drama queen, it just seems to follow me around.
:hug: :hug:

[idgiehkt]

5. I am so sorry

I find it pretty hard to believe, too. How do you 'forget' a whole family, on a holiday. Sorry you are having a hard time today, here's a hug for ya :hug:.

[lildreamer316]

24. Hell if I know.

I'm trying not to feel too bad about it.
We (husband and I) pulled together a small last minuite dinner and ate with our 3 year old. It's all good...maybe it's best if we start our own completely separate tradition.
Thanks for the hug...here's one back.:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. THAT is completely outrageous..........

I am so sorry, my dear lildreamer316...

I'd say she has her priorities waaaay screwed up........

Forget her...and the rest of them...

Party with us! :pals:

[lildreamer316]

25. My lovely CaliforniaPeggy...

thanks so much for the kind thoughts.
We had a small instant-made dinner and everything is all right.
:loveya:

[bridgit]

7. i'm say'n hon...some people...

:hug:

[lildreamer316]

26. ...can't live with 'em,

can't bury the bodies in the backyard.
Just kidding.
:pals:

[NC_Nurse]

8. Wow, that sucks!

Wish I could give you some of my turkey! :hug:

[lildreamer316]

27. 's ok..

..I could smell it from here...yum.
Hope you had a good day, and are sleeping well.
:hug:

[BarenakedLady]

9. I'm so sorry

I'm having my own pity party myself. I could send you some Quorn (fake) turkey your way...

:hug:

[lildreamer316]

28. Dupe

[lildreamer316]

29. Oh!

Sorry you are alone too.
I hope (since I'm writing this at 5 in the morning); that you had a good one and are sleeping off the fake turkey effects ;)
Thanks for the hug.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

10. Send her a Happy Thanksgiving Day greeting card.

Bet you can still pick some up at the drug store. Tell her that you hope she had a wonderful holiday, even though you and your family did not get to have a Thanksgiving this year. I don't think you have to add, "thanks to you"...I think she'll get the message.

Don't worry that it might sound rude. You couldn't possibly say anything to her that was as rude as what she did to you.

Happy Thanksgiving, and how about another helping of homemade pumpkin pie?

[lildreamer316]

30. ..I'll take..

the pie, thanks!
I made one from the Libby canned mix, but have not cut into it yet.
Thanks for the kind thoughts.:pals:

[hfojvt]

11. all the kids and other people

at those big family dinners tend to drive me crazy anyway. Plus trying to make sure my dogs don't mess up the house or attack one of the kids. (I have really nice dogs, but you never know, and one of them did not have alot of people contacts.) Not to mention four hours packed into a car.
You may end up with a better day with just the three of you.

[lildreamer316]

31. I probably did..

the only real reason I was upset was for my son's sake.
But I'm not sure he's gonna remember it anyway.
Thanks.....:hug:

[Radio_Lady]

12. I'm here alone. Sent my husband along to Thanksgiving at my daughter's house.

I'm struggling with the tail end of a cold and back pain on top of that. Going to bed in about a half-hour.

Difficult day -- My ex-husband has end-stage cancer, and is refusing all food and water as of tonight on Thursday. My daughter is going to leave by plane tomorrow, and Grandpa and I will have to care for the two kids until she gets back in a week.

I need to rest up for that.

[lildreamer316]

32. Oh honey!!!

..if I may call you that, sorry...
I am so sorry. Since I'm writing this at five in the moring, I hope you had a decent day, and please have a :hug: from me.
Hope you are sleeping soundly and well.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. not this one, but some way back were hell

I think my big loser was Nov. of 1979, when I was married to a 19 year old loser who was sleeping with seven of my girlfriends. He just couldn't understand why that upset me so much. I had just graduated from college in May with my B.A. and I was 24(Had gotten an extra associates degree in the middle). He was spending t-day with his girlfriend's family (I guess it was a steady one) in the town we were living in. We were not separated but I think we were about to separate.

I drove 275 miles across the state to my grandma's house by myself. I left Thursday morning about 8 and got there at 2 pm. My grandmother thought I was supposed to leave Wed. night and drive that far by myself at night and she freaked out and called my landlady. I was too poor to have a phone.

So when I got to big and bossy and intimidating grandma's house about 2 pm on Thursday, she stuck her finger in my face and lectured me about how scared she was because I didn't strike out on Wed. night to get there (showing good sense, in a rare instance). If I hadn't been so damn tired I would have turned around and gotten back to San Antonio to stew by myself.

I suppose I should have told grandma if she was so worried about my whereabouts she should have paid for me to have a telephone. Later I told the loser hubby's parents that he spent Turkey Day at his girlfriend's house, not with his me, so they could scream at him about that. Didn't do any thing to change his behavior. All his discussions with his family were at a high decibel level. They yelled at me a lot too for some pretty silly reasons.

(Nobody ever told me stand up for myself and not be a doormat. That's why I couldn't pick men.)


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The runner up Turkey Day from Hell happened in the late 1990s when my parents were at my house, and old and grumpy and starting to get dementia and such. My boyfriend and I went to the store, got all the stuff, cooked a turkey breast, made dressing, gravy, rolls and sweet potatoes, so we could have a nice thanksgiving dinner together with what little immediate family I had. Four of us.

My dad got mad and started barking at us for SPENDING MONEY on FOOD. For Thanksgiving. For them.

Especially on expensive things like Stove Top stuffing. (We didn't have enough people there to go the Pepperidge Farm big bags of crumbs route).

That was pretty pitiful.


:shrug:

[Redstone]

14. It's not too late for you to come to our house; the family is returning tomorrow to

devour the leftovers, play more games, and make jokes at each others' expense (mostly mine).

It's a big house; we always have room for half a dozen more!

Anytime after 11 AM, the door will be open. You don't even have to knock, just come on in.

Redstone

[Nicole]

17. There you go again.

Being all generous & stuff.

You always seem to be the first in line to offer whatever someone needs when they need it the most. You are a kind man. :toast:

[Redstone]

18. Thank you. You always notice, and do not ever think I don't appreciate it.

Redstone

[lildreamer316]

19. You are the sweetest.

Thank you so much for the offer. I am honored and flattered!
We pulled it together and had a small instant-potato type of dinner, which was fine with my loving husband and son there.
I really appreciate the thought.:loveya: :hug:

[Nicole]

15. I'm sorry your cousin was so inconsiderate.

I hope you & your family were able to enjoy the day together, in spite of the disappointment.

If it's any consolation, you aren't the only ones to miss out on turkey. I was too sick to enjoy mine, I ended up eating soup.

[lildreamer316]

33. We did..

throw together a kind of instant dinner and we did fine.
I hope you feel better.....:hug:

[Jamastiene]

16. I'd disown that cousin.

What a shameful careless rude thing to do to a family over the holidays.

[lildreamer316]

34. I dunno..

she's one of 6 in that family.
I'm not sure if the family is trying to tell me something or what.
Eh, we pulled it together for the three of us anyway.
I hope you had a good and comfortable day.
Thanks for your thoughts...:pals:

[Nickster]

35. That's pretty damn messed up. So sorry they did that to your family. n/t