Theres nothing I can complain about concerning the holiday or it's festivities, but I can complain about having lost my voice this morning. What is Thanksgiving dinner without good conversation!?

My family wants to eat out for dinner. Yes, eat OUT. OUT, OUT OUT!!! No marshmallow yams for me. *VENT*

Last year's Thanksgiving (at the now-ex-girlfriend's parents' house) turned into a Festival of Regurgitation when an unknown dish caused massive stomach-sickness across the whole attending party (maybe 14 people). I figure it was her aunt's banana-pineapple-sausage dressing, because I avoided it and I didn't catch the barfing.

a stink bug landed in the butter at my aunts house. we trapped it under a cup. it's still there now...ew!

No horror stories this year, but here's the general gist of the last several Thanksgivings/Christmases with my ex-GFs mom:
1) Weeks and weeks in advance, make a humongous deal about scheduling a dinner right in the middle of the day, forcing everyone to schedule around you with massive problems all around.
2) Come time for the big hullabaloo of Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner when everyone shows up at your house, announce that you decided you didn't want to spend all that money on food. Serve frozen pizzas and/or hamburgers.
3) As everyone "enjoys" their ghetto-assed "holiday feast," talk nonstop about either a) your new car, b) the cruise you just got back from, c) the new carpet you just got, d) your new computer.

Ah. Single life is wonderful.

@The Grim -- omg, that story is awesome. Hope the girlfriend was worth it (tho since she's gone, I'm thinking you probably decided she wasn't ;).

'Horror' would be too extreme, but I just returned from Idaho where I spent 4 days with the fam. Since I was without a car, computer or movies I watched A LOT of football. I think the next time I'll want to watch any sporting event will be sometime around summer 2009......

Boy do I love the internet and DVDs!