Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends to come together and celebrate. However, some individuals inadvertently detract from the festivities by engaging in ill-advised behaviors. Have you ever encountered such a situation?
A user asked the forum, “What is the silliest thing somebody has done at your family Thanksgiving?”. Here are the top responses.
TAKING ALL THE FOOD TO THEIR HOME
“My aunt, uncle, and cousins make no food and take 90% of it home.
Edit: They also get there late and leave first.”
AUNT ANNOUNCED SHE GOT CHLAMYDIA
“My Aunt decided to announce she got Chlamydia as we started to eat, and my grandmother told her getting stuffed by random people is for Turkey. I laughed really hard.”
BIG DRAMA
“My step-brother is an unapologetic drug addict. They ruin literally every family function, but my stepmom throws tantrums if they’re not invited, so we all just have to watch it.
I feel your pain, bro. I stopped hosting events because I have too many nice things for them to steal, but if I had just dis-invited them, it would have been a whole big family drama thing.”
STOLE A COSTCO SIZED BOX
“The woman my cousin had just married stole a Costco-sized box of individually wrapped Cheez-Its packages from our garage. I just happened to notice they were gone when putting food in the fridge.
Asked about it publicly, she locked up, started stuttering, and went to get them out of her car. She returned with the excuse, “I thought these were mine. I have a box just like them at home.”
BROUGHT FROZEN PIEROGIES INSTEAD OF DESSERT
“She was responsible for bringing the dessert. She showed up 3 hours late, and instead of bringing dessert, she brought an open bag of frozen pierogies. It was a real downer.”
ATE ALL THE FOOD
“Last year, my husband’s grandma hosted Thanksgiving dinner at her house and asked us to provide the turkey (not even the worst part)
We had to go to spend Thanksgiving with my husband’s dad’s side that morning, so we dropped the turkey off on our way to his dad’s house. His grandma said that they would be eating at 4.
We arrived back at his grandma’s house around 3:45, and everyone had already eaten all the food. Including the entire turkey.”
ACTING LIKE SHE WAS THE HOSTESS
“My father’s girlfriend sat at the head of the table at my house and acted like she was the hostess while monopolizing the entire conversation. I was her waitstaff. It was my first time meeting her. Five years later, they are still together, but I haven’t seen her in 4 years, 11 months, and 29 days.”
FALLEN DOWN THE STAIRS
“My aunt was sent to bed because she was too drunk last year and ended up falling down the stairs an hour later when she tried coming back.”
JAIL STAY
“This isn’t an isolated thing, but if someone doesn’t show up for Thanksgiving or Christmas, we automatically check the inmate records at the county jail. It’s happened a few times that someone’s absence is accounted for by an arrest and/or jail stay.
ETA: in 2016, my brother was a no-show for Christmas, and we checked the jail’s website. We saw our unique last name on their roster and assumed he’d been arrested. Turns out it was my uncle. I never did ask my brother where he was that year.”
CHOSEN WHITE CASTLE
“We were hosting Thanksgiving and prepared all the food ourselves, and my mom spent all morning cooking and baking. My aunt, uncle, and cousins arrive right before dinner and walk in with a White Castle case and say they just stopped to eat a few minutes ago. We had prepared Thanksgiving just for them, and they decided that they wanted White Castle instead.”
UNHYGIENIC
“Picked up an entire stick of butter with their hand to butter their corn.
Edit: No wrapper. Bare hand with butter.”
YELLING
“My aunt and uncle showed up an hour late to dinner. My aunt then proceeded to yell at all of us because we started eating without her. The rest of the family still makes jokes about it, and some are still not on speaking terms with her.”
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This article was originally published on Mrs. Daaku Studio.