snowy

I looove that stuff...and if it's gloppy, there aren't enough green beans/french-fried onions and it hasn't been cooked long enough

This year is the first year in two years that I will actually be getting to cook Thanksgiving dinner myself--prior to this we've gone to my aunt and uncle's for T-day. This year, however, since I have the SO to drag around now (yay!) my mother decided they would just celebrate the family Thanksgiving on Saturday. With less conflict over who is going to be where, all my cousins are also able to attend. So I am going to be cooking for nine people come Saturday but I have to spend my actual Thanksgiving day with my SO and his family (not that I mind).

My rant isn't about who's coming, it's about my dad. He's the one paying for all these shenanigans, mostly because when people ask my mom if they can bring stuff (and in this case, the only person who could possibly bring ANYTHING is my going-through-a-divorce uncle, as my cousins are either poor/incapable of cooking) she says not to worry about it. I agree with her; we only get together for a big meal like this once a year and I like to go all out. Dad, however, does not agree. I sent him a copy of the menu, and my mother approves of all of my ideas, but Dad says it's "too much." Mom has subsequently pointed out to him that not only are we going to be feeding nine adults, but those nine adults include six grown men, one of whom is a vegetarian (my SO) and another who is a picky eater (my bro). Besides, like Mom said, we can ALWAYS send home leftovers with my cousins (one is single and lives alone, the other is married but poor and always up for a free meal). Besides which, left to themselves, my SO and my bro could easily polish off all I have planned (my bro would just have to eat all the meat, that's all). Hopefully he gets with the program soon, because it's causing me undue stress.

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