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The Holidays bring out my favorite Lakebum
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The Holidays bring out my favorite Lakebum


Nov 14, 2018, 11:31 AM

The salty truth-telling Lakebum1®

On fire today

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I guess I'm probably a little extra salty today


Nov 14, 2018, 11:39 AM

I was informed via text (right after my wife had pulled out of the driveway this morning, so she knew what she was doing) that we've got to do Thanksgiving with one side of her family that I've grown to absolutely abhor for a variety of reasons.

Mainly because all they do is totally ignore us and have a one upping contest between themselves, which is made more bizarre by the fact that most of them live in the same house, and the ones who don't live like half a mile away. So it's not like there's any new news to share with each other. For 4 years I've tried to make any semblance of conversation with these people, and it just goes no where. I've literally had better conversation with a brick wall while on mushrooms.

Every year we say it's the last time, and every year we go back.

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While I want to feel sorry for you, what if you had to go


Nov 14, 2018, 11:44 AM

and stay with them for 4 days? And they question why you want to watch the Clemson-Gamedicks game so much cause they're stupid North Carolinians who don't know what football is. Or if they were going to come stay with you for a week.


Just imagine that.

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Man, that's terrible. I'd probably make it a day being


Nov 14, 2018, 11:49 AM

cordial before I snapped. It's probably the same conversation every year too.

Thankfully our family just isn't built like that, we have to have our personal space. Now, my in laws and BIL/SIL do come stay with us for a few days, but they're tolerable. They bring their own alcohol and drugs, so no problems there.

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These are the inlaws. So they're not even my own blood


Nov 14, 2018, 11:56 AM

No one brings drugs

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Is the food going to suck?


Nov 14, 2018, 11:44 AM [ in reply to I guess I'm probably a little extra salty today ]

Sounds like you'll get to eat then go sit somewhere and nap without being bothered. I call this winning.

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I bet not.


Nov 14, 2018, 11:49 AM



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Yeah, we'll get out of there after a couple of hours, but


Nov 14, 2018, 11:51 AM [ in reply to Is the food going to suck? ]

still. It's just aggravating, why am I spending half of one of my days off with people I, nor my wife even like? Most of them try to act like we're 14 years old or something, it's disrespectful.

I know I don't have it as bad as some, but that doesn't mean I can't complain too.

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We moved one of the family thanksgivings to Wednesday


Nov 14, 2018, 11:49 AM [ in reply to I guess I'm probably a little extra salty today ]

lunch to accomodate one of the families that's going out of town Wednesday evening.

Email chain

A: I will bring an appetizer. We will not be able to eat lunch because we will need to leave by 1.

B: We can eat earlier--what time do y'all need to leave?

A: We will need to leave at 1. Please don’t change it just for us though.




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At least you don't have to host. Every since we moved


Nov 14, 2018, 11:52 AM [ in reply to I guess I'm probably a little extra salty today ]

back this way from Clemson, we have had to host her family for EVERY holiday every year. Thanksgiving is always at our house then follow that up with Christmas. I learned to just pour a real stiff drink and play with the dogs in the backyard as much as possible. The will all bring over like a 2 liter Pepsi and some paper plates, then eat all our food and conveniently need to leave with a huge mess in the house. IT IS SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!

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Number one advantage to me not having kids


Nov 14, 2018, 11:58 AM

and the step sister having a 4 year old, I never have to host anything. Far easier for us all to go to them.

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Come to your step sister you say?


Nov 14, 2018, 12:09 PM

~Mcluvin

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Pics of step-sister?***


Nov 14, 2018, 12:58 PM [ in reply to Number one advantage to me not having kids ]



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Pics of 4 yo


Nov 14, 2018, 12:59 PM [ in reply to Number one advantage to me not having kids ]

-CS02

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100% chance they have muttered something to the extent of


Nov 14, 2018, 12:04 PM [ in reply to At least you don't have to host. Every since we moved ]

"They're rich, they can afford it" between themselves.

Does your wife not get aggravated with it? How do you deal? That sounds really frustrating, and I do worry about my wife biting off more than she can chew next year with this sort of thing.

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Re: Sounds like you were on to


Nov 14, 2018, 12:57 PM

The solution with the mushrooms. Entertain yourself and everyone else!

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I've been to their house. I like lights on and no cheeto


Nov 14, 2018, 2:31 PM [ in reply to 100% chance they have muttered something to the extent of ]

bags laying in the corners. I prefer to have seating for people instead of whatever furniture you can find to lay across. I prefer to eat in my house and eat food that I prepared or supervised the preparation.

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People from Dillon are weird


Nov 14, 2018, 1:00 PM [ in reply to I guess I'm probably a little extra salty today ]

weird

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Pretty true statement


Nov 14, 2018, 1:04 PM

I went to a wedding in Dillon earlier this year, and it was probably the most uncomfortable I've felt as an adult. That church was weird AF.

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Re: Advice to Lakebum


Nov 14, 2018, 2:38 PM [ in reply to I guess I'm probably a little extra salty today ]

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