Happy Thanksgiving..and I hope the family drama doesn't push anyone over the edge!! - The DIS Discussion Forums

C.Ann · 11-26-2009, 08:55 AM

Hope you all have a great day and for those who have posted that you're already expecting a full heaping of "family drama", try not to let it ruin your day!!

DMickey28 · 11-26-2009, 08:59 AM

Happy Thanksgiving C.Ann. I am sure we can come here and vent to you if we have family drama!! Luckily I am going to DH's family for Thanksgiving .... I usually stay out of the drama. Of course my MIL will push my buttons but that's more my issue than anything else .... as long as she gives me sips out of her wine glass when DH isn't looking I can handle it! :-)

nutterbutter2010 · 11-26-2009, 08:59 AM

Thanks CAnn - Thankfully the "drama people" in my family have opted not to come - or talk to anyone every again....

Ooh, and happy turkey day to you too!!!! And everyone else on the Dis as well!!!!!

happygirl · 11-26-2009, 09:00 AM

Same to you CAnn,

C.Ann · 11-26-2009, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DMickey28

Happy Thanksgiving C.Ann. I am sure we can come here and vent to you if we have family drama!!

I'm sure there will be plenty of full reports here tonight - LOL.. However, if you can sneak away to a computer for a few minutes during the "drama", I'll be here off and on today and tonight..

Pooh67_68 · 11-26-2009, 09:13 AM

Happy Thanksgiving to you C. Ann

Never any family drama here, but then again its just my mom, my sister, dh and I.

charming23 · 11-26-2009, 09:17 AM

Happy Thanksgiving C.Ann.

I happily avoided the family drama by not going to my Aunt's this year

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Meriweather · 11-26-2009, 10:06 AM

Happy Thanksgiving!!

No drama here.....just the 3 of us this year.
We are a small family. I am just so glad when we can all get together. Hopefully next year!!

C.Ann · 11-26-2009, 10:12 AM

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you as well!

Carly_Roach · 11-26-2009, 10:23 AM

Our family drama already happened yesterday (my side of the family this time). It was a bit of a shock but DH and I are rolling with it: he's working, I'm going to see a movie and we both decided yesterday that we're going to start our own traditions beginning with Christmas this year and the hell with everyone else. We're tired of trying to make it work.

My sister used to say (about the person causing the drama this time), "You're going to be sorry after she's gone" and my remark to my DH later on when I told him about it was, "Not as sorry as I am that she's here". I think that was the final straw for him and he suggested that we now spend our holidays making them meaningful for ourselves and the hell with everyone else.

God bless that man.

I was reading another thread here earlier where someone said that their drama-queens aren't speaking to anyone anymore. I almost replied, "And isn't it nice when that happens?

"

So now I AM replying that it's nice when the drama-queens are refusing to speak to those they're mad at. Everyone gets what they want.

BelleWDW · 11-26-2009, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Carly_Roach

DH and I are rolling with it: he's working, I'm going to see a movie

So you are going to a movie instead of having Thanksgiving with family?

Feralpeg · 11-26-2009, 12:37 PM

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

DD and I are heading to DTD soon. We'll be having dinner at Portobello and just soaking up the holiday atmosphere.

Cross your fingers that DD is in a cooperative mood. I want to have her picture taken with Santa at DTD. Of course, being 21, she won't want to do this. Maybe, because it is a holiday, she'll be extra nice to her mom and cooperate. After all, it's been years since she did this and my scrapbook still has empty pages! Lol!

MerMom60_94 · 11-26-2009, 12:45 PM

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!

The trainer at the gym this morning told the class a great trick. When she and her husband were first married they would tell her mother they were going to his mothers house and his mother they were going to her mothers house. Then they would go and enjoy a nice dinner out. For all of you with family drama, I thought this sounded like a wonderful way to enjoy the holiday.

ginna74 · 11-26-2009, 01:05 PM

happy thanksgiving all!!!!!!

Carly_Roach · 11-26-2009, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BelleWDW

So you are going to a movie instead of having Thanksgiving with family?

Yes, and thanks.

When the drama and selfish attitudes make me resent the holiday seasons (or any celebration now that I think about it), it's time to take action and change what I (and we) do to "celebrate" the holidays.

It'll be tough. It would help if DH wasn't working, but we can't change that. We'll have our Thanksgiving celebration later on tonight and spend this weekend with each other building our new traditions instead of with people who've spent the last two days being miserable and wanting to make everyone else around them just as miserable as they are.

The only thing I can change is myself and my actions. I can't change the person who created all the drama in the first place. Once I internalized that and stopped wasting emotion and thought on how angry I was at the person who caused all the drama, things got better.

Thanks for the hug, Belle. I'm going to splurge and see Disney's A Christmas Carol in 3-D on the IMAX screen and the hell with how much it costs! DH said the nicest thing before he left for work this morning:

I should work on my relationship with myself (because that's who I spend the most time with). I should give her comfort, tell her you love her, take her out on a date and buy the overpriced popcorn and drinks. It's what I would do for my best friend who was having a bad time so why wouldn't I do it for myself?

Did I say I thank God for that man?

11-26-2009, 08:55 AM	#1
C.Ann We'll remember when... No time for green bananas When the going gets tough, she gets the Palmolive!! If I knew we were going to be graded here, I might try harder Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 28,920	Happy Thanksgiving..and I hope the family drama doesn't push anyone over the edge!! Hope you all have a great day and for those who have posted that you're already expecting a full heaping of "family drama", try not to let it ruin your day!! __________________ C.Ann ----------------- *"Scars remind us where we've been.. They don't have to dictate where we're going.."* "Life ain't always beautiful.....but it's a beautiful ride." "We won't be sad, we'll be glad for all the life we've had and we'll remember when...."

11-26-2009, 08:59 AM	#2
DMickey28 DIS Veteran Comes from a very square 1950's Leave it to Beaver type family. Kaboom! is my new best friend! Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Someplace between here and there Posts: 6,958	Happy Thanksgiving C.Ann. I am sure we can come here and vent to you if we have family drama!! Luckily I am going to DH's family for Thanksgiving .... I usually stay out of the drama. Of course my MIL will push my buttons but that's more my issue than anything else .... as long as she gives me sips out of her wine glass when DH isn't looking I can handle it! :-) __________________ DS#1 Alexander Stephen 2.5 DS#2 Ryan Bradford EDD 3.28.10 RCS 3.22.10

11-26-2009, 09:00 AM	#4
happygirl Wishing upon Okay this is starting to get freaky Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,861	Same to you CAnn, __________________ hubby Richard 37 me Jenny 32 daughter Ashlyn 6 son Brady 4 Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away

11-26-2009, 09:13 AM	#6
Pooh67_68 1st Tag Donated DH gave me roses ... just because :) Someone please take pity on me, and send me a small piece of pecan pie Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: 5 miles from Pocono Raceway. OKW Posts: 43,423	Happy Thanksgiving to you C. Ann Never any family drama here, but then again its just my mom, my sister, dh and I. __________________

11-26-2009, 09:17 AM	#7
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11-26-2009, 08:59 AM	#3
nutterbutter2010 DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 546	Thanks CAnn - Thankfully the "drama people" in my family have opted not to come - or talk to anyone every again.... Ooh, and happy turkey day to you too!!!! And everyone else on the Dis as well!!!!!

11-26-2009, 10:06 AM	#8
Meriweather 86,028 posts and FINALLY.. a TAG! Time to share your chocolate! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WA, AZ, OKW, VGC Posts: 109,390	Happy Thanksgiving!! No drama here.....just the 3 of us this year. We are a small family. I am just so glad when we can all get together. Hopefully next year!! __________________ Nancy

11-26-2009, 10:12 AM	#9
C.Ann We'll remember when... No time for green bananas When the going gets tough, she gets the Palmolive!! If I knew we were going to be graded here, I might try harder Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 28,920	Happy Thanksgiving to all of you as well! __________________ C.Ann ----------------- *"Scars remind us where we've been.. They don't have to dictate where we're going.."* "Life ain't always beautiful.....but it's a beautiful ride." "We won't be sad, we'll be glad for all the life we've had and we'll remember when...."

11-26-2009, 10:23 AM	#10
Carly_Roach Carly Roach Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,848	Our family drama already happened yesterday (my side of the family this time). It was a bit of a shock but DH and I are rolling with it: he's working, I'm going to see a movie and we both decided yesterday that we're going to start our own traditions beginning with Christmas this year and the hell with everyone else. We're tired of trying to make it work. My sister used to say (about the person causing the drama this time), "You're going to be sorry after she's gone" and my remark to my DH later on when I told him about it was, "Not as sorry as I am that she's here". I think that was the final straw for him and he suggested that we now spend our holidays making them meaningful for ourselves and the hell with everyone else. God bless that man. I was reading another thread here earlier where someone said that their drama-queens aren't speaking to anyone anymore. I almost replied, "And isn't it nice when that happens? " So now I AM replying that it's nice when the drama-queens are refusing to speak to those they're mad at. Everyone gets what they want.

11-26-2009, 12:37 PM	#12
Feralpeg Diet coke lover Can now visit the parks anytime My DD, the movie star Sean Bean...is he related to Mr. Bean? Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Windermere, FL Posts: 13,849	Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone! DD and I are heading to DTD soon. We'll be having dinner at Portobello and just soaking up the holiday atmosphere. Cross your fingers that DD is in a cooperative mood. I want to have her picture taken with Santa at DTD. Of course, being 21, she won't want to do this. Maybe, because it is a holiday, she'll be extra nice to her mom and cooperate. After all, it's been years since she did this and my scrapbook still has empty pages! Lol! __________________

11-26-2009, 12:45 PM	#13
MerMom60_94 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Abington, MA Posts: 2,281	Happy Thanksgiving to you all!! The trainer at the gym this morning told the class a great trick. When she and her husband were first married they would tell her mother they were going to his mothers house and his mother they were going to her mothers house. Then they would go and enjoy a nice dinner out. For all of you with family drama, I thought this sounded like a wonderful way to enjoy the holiday. __________________ Leslie

11-26-2009, 01:05 PM	#14
ginna74 WDW GUEST WANNA BE ...but today, I will have to settle for Valleyfair and Camp Snoopy Join Date: May 2003 Location: minnesota :) Posts: 1,639	happy thanksgiving all!!!!!! __________________ NAVY VET AND PROUD OF IT!

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