Anybody else out there wishing they had stayed home ?

I'm so sorry you had to go thru that ordeal. I had a similar experience with my sister at her house many thanksgivings ago and I still remember it to this day. I did what you did....I just left.

Well the combination of relation you are mentioning is complicated, you meet your father on Thanksgiving at his sister-in-laws house.

Don't you think thanksgiving is a family festival, and I don't see any family here other then you dad.

Sorry it was a disaster for you but a lesson for future to arrange the next coming thanksgiving at your place always and call the people you love.

Girl yeah! I went to my boyfriend's hometown for Thanksgiving and it was not good at all.The food was not good and the hosts did not respect us at all! All she[and her hen-pecked husband] wanted us to do was clean and watch other relatives kids. I was very annoyed, and on top of that the food was not good. I had to find an open gas station and buy some goodies there and eat some pizza phil and I had ordered the day before! I am soo ready to go home, and I doubt if I'm coming back anytime soon.I even tried to look at it from their point of view and I still go up set...one thing is for sure...Christmas is at my place.

No, but I have felt left out in my own family before, though. You kind of feel like people are talking around you and not to you? I've had that happen. I don't feel like I quite match up to their standards, so I just either stay home or try to stick to myself. I do wish you a happy holiday if possible. Good luck!

They were sending you a message, who cares what it was? All that matters is that you heard it and left.....tell your father that you expect to be treated in a certain manner and if you are not treated with respect, you will not stick around for the abuse. End of Story.

When you "end" the story, hang up or walk away--- he will know that you mean business.

Good Luck.

That's sad. Thanksgiving is a special time for friends/family to enjoy each other.

I wish you had enjoyed yourselves.

I wish you could have spent Thanksgiving with my family. We would have spoken with you, fed you great food, made you laugh and hugged you on your way out the door!

Peace

Unfortunately you can't choose your family. I also have a problem with my sister and mother in law. My sister in law often acts as though I am invisible and my mother in law often causes trouble. So I now choose to not associate with them and let my husband deal with them himself. I married him not the rest of his family.

Good luck!

Yep, families - you gotta love 'em. You always feel good after Thanksgiving dinner because you are stuffed stupid and you realize you don't have to do this again for a whole year.

That is awful! No, sadly that did not happen to me, we had thanksgiving over here, and we were very inviting. We did need to ask them to leave around 200am when they were so drunk they were throwing things and breaking our belongings! But definitely no ignoring over here! That is just rude.

man im glad that wasn't my thanks giving or my sister in law would be in the hospital i did stay home yesterday and then when my mom brought me the left overs i ended up wishing i had went