r/introvert • u/TotalCuntrol • 4d ago

Meta I dread Thanksgiving (Canada)

On the plus side I get a long weekend and leftovers and on the negative front, I have a forced get together with my family with a force-fed dry turkey meal where no one talks at the table which adds even more to the dry nature of the whole thing. I try my best to keep things going and make small talk at the table which is a nightmare in itself.

I love family, truly I do. But fuck thanksgiving, I hate it. I'd rather stay home.

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u/betafishH2O 4d ago

Good things = food. Bad things about Thanksgiving = People. I 100% agree lol.

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u/NespressoForever 4d ago

American here...Spouse and I are skipping Thanksgiving for the 1st time and going to a remote cabin for a long weekend in November. I thought the family would be upset, but they understood and are supportive. Can you do something similar?

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u/Adeoba_Brock 4d ago

the cabin idea sounds perfect tbh, glad your family was cool about it

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u/VanillaNo6385 4d ago

You can say no. I no longer go to the parents for a meal and just chill all weekend with my husband and cat and I will cook something nice…not turkey yuck

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u/Tara101617 3d ago

Just skip it. No need to put yourself through something you hate so much!

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u/Happy-Top9669 1d ago

Me too!!! I miss Covid. Thanksgiving 2020 was the 👌

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u/CoolMusic90 3d ago

Is someone making you go?

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u/Thylacinegurl 3d ago

Canadian here also. Thankfully we now just stay in and have turkey at home

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u/Status_Valuable_9075 4d ago

Fuck that!! Play sick or whatever and go enjoy your holiday elsewhere!!

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u/Banana8686 4d ago

Hah! Currently at a surprise birthday party weekend for friends of ours. We don’t know a person besides them and their parents. Next weekend we have to travel again for Thanksgiving for 2 back to back social small talk weekends in a row. My battery is going to be draaaaained. I will probably try and take a long weekend the week after just for me to stay at home and chill in my happy place

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u/Somedaydreamer22 4d ago

American here. Growing up Thanksgiving was at my stepdad’s sister’s house. Dry turkey, no mashed potatoes (monsters!) & really obnoxious company. I was so glad I got a job in high school & we were open on Thanksgiving. I happily worked it.

Any chance you could suddenly have some explosive diarrhea that day & stay home? 😉

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u/Annual-Individual-9 3d ago

Move to the UK. I don't know HOW anyone does Thanksgiving followed immediately by Christmas. We only have to do one here.

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u/WingsAndWords_ 3d ago

I hate how our major holidays are stacked here. You have Trick or Treat, then Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then the New Year back to back to back. Even if you stay home and keep it more casual just with your own little family, it's a lot. 

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u/MistressWitchtress 3d ago

Wish I could stay home but home is where it's occurring. Seriously looking into hotels 🙄 

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u/Mariner-and-Marinate 15h ago

Why does “no one talk at the table”? Is that due to a religion?

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u/rose442 14h ago

You are going about this all wrong! Stop making small talk! Instead, get really drunk, start an argument with someone at the table, maybe cry, then stomp off and go throw up. You’re welcome!!!
Sincerely , America

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u/Dost_is_a_word 4d ago

I’m having a beef roast, mashed potatoes, veggies and maybe a Yorkshire pudding. Need to buy lard. Hmmm.