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May 2013 Weddings

No Thanksgiving??

So I just got a call from my mother, in tears (she's very emotional, so sometimes she cries over little stuff, so I wasn't sure whether to be alarmed or not)... She and my dad are extremely sick... At first, they thought it was food poisoning from dinner last night, but now, she's not sure...

Well, they were supposed to host Thanksgiving tomorrow... small group... my parents, FI and me, my brother, and my 96 y/o grandfather... Not sure if that's happening now... My mom isn't sure if they're going to be able to have anyone over tomorrow or not... I told her *IF* they can handle having us there, I'll pick up the slack and make/bring more stuff... but now, on the off chance they can't host, I may be faced with the task of cooking Thanksgiving dinner (which I've never done,... and will have to figure out my grocery list in the next 5 hours)...

I know my brother will be super disappointed (my parents are great cooks... I'm solid, at best)... and my grandfather won't be able to come (we can't accommodate him at our townhouse with his needs).... Of course I won't know until later today if I have to try to throw this together or not...

I acted very calm and soothing on the phone with my mom b/c she already sounded like she felt guilty for something she has no control over.... but honestly, I'm totally bummed and totally freaking out!
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Re: No Thanksgiving??

  • Freaking out won't change anything and will only make your mom feel worse. Can you pick up the stuff from her house?
    There is no rulse that you HAVE to have Turkey and all the trimmings for Thanksgiving dinner. Take a deep breath, and just remember that you what really counts is you all being together! You can always get together after you parents feel better and have a big dinner, just make sure they take care of tehmselves and see a doctor if they need to.
    It will be okay!!
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  • The freaking out is secretly (and on here.. haha)... would never let my mom know b/c I know she would feel worse if she knew...

    Postponing Thanksgiving may be a good idea though - I hadn't thought of that... I can attempt to do a mini version tomorrow and then we'll figure out another day to do the big deal... I just feel bad that if they are too sick for us to come over, that they'll be home alone feeling crappy on Thanksgiving...

    I know this isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things... I guess I'm just a little thrown at this possible last minute situation...

    Thanks for the advice!
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  • If you are feeling incomfortable doing everything on your own I would just do something small and then have Thanksgiving later. When my sister had her baby on Thanksgiving and I was 7 months pregnant we didnt have dinner because I was too big and we we're at the hospital we had it the next Sunday after it was fun. So i say you will be ok.
  • Oh, I meant your Mom's freaking out! Just meant that calming her down was priority #1 :)
    Hang in there, you can do it!
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  • Don't worry!

    This actually happened to me a few years ago -- I was hosting my first Thanksgiving at my new townhouse, and the night before, I came down with the stomach flu. Because I had already purchased everything (and done most of the prep work), my parents came over and cooked everything and had a great meal while I slept upstairs.
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  • My family always plans everything last minute and everything always turns out great with food or without.  
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