That One Annoying Person At Your Thanksgiving Table....
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82778)
United States
November 19, 2024 10:13am CST
Thanksgiving is only a little over a week away and it brings back memories of years gone by.
My uncle (my moms brother) and his wife were always part of our family gatherings for the holidays. As much as I loved my uncle he could be a real pain in the butt.
I hosted Thanksgiving in my house when I got married and continued the tradition until my oldest daughter got married and she took over.
Thanksgivings have always been about family and for years we had more than one table to seat everyone. Fun times ....except for my uncle.
We didn't do buffet back in those days so all the food was in dishes on the table and we would pass each dish and everyone would serve themselves.
My uncle was a very fast eater and he would be finished long before most of us. Half of us probably still had half a plate of food left when he would say...
I'll have my pie now!!!
Yup, he wanted to have his pie right as soon as he finished his meal. It would really make my mom mad as she was usually the one to get up and bring him a slice of pie.
When I look back I don't know why we just didn't ignore him and make him wait until dessert was served later on.
As much as he was a pain it has brought us laughs and memories of all those past Thanksgivings and there isn't a Thanksgiving that someone doesn't say "I'll have my pie now" in the middle of dinner and everyone laughs.
So, thank you uncle George for being you and even though you've been gone for years you're still part of our Thanksgiving.
Do you have that annoying person in your family?
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@AmbiePam (92708)
• United States
19 Nov
Well, bless his heart, it had to be my great grandfather. You know how we were taught as kids to chew with our mouths closed? Well, he apparently wasn’t. I loved him, but he chewed with his mouth open so loudly, and would talk while smacking, just clearly showing the food in his mouth. He left school in 8th grade and managed to make a name in real estate, but bless the man, he could not chew silently. I was the great grandchild so I was too respectful to say anything, but I always wondered why his close family never did. It was just gross. I started volunteering to sit at the kid’s table.
But he was a good man, and I’m proud to have been his great granddaughter.
I love your story!
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@Marilynda1225 (82778)
• United States
19 Nov
That would gross me out too but we grow up loving our family and overlook their faults. You were lucky to even know your great grandfather
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@Marilynda1225 (82778)
• United States
19 Nov
I always loved our large gatherings too
There isn't a holiday that goes by that those who are no longer with us are really missed.
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@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
23h
@Marilynda1225 - We are only the two of us now that my mother is no more and my niece cannot come because she has two young children.
!@Marilynda1225 (82778)
• United States
19 Nov
Thats funny that we have opposite stories. I don't know which would be more frustrating 
Imagine them eating at the same table 
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@Dena91 (16636)
• United States
20 Nov
I would say from my childhood it would be my great uncle, my Nana's brother, and his wife. Both were always negative. At an early age I learned to try and avoid negative people as much as I possibly could.
As an adult I would say my father in law. He just had no filter and cussed. It grated on Mike and my nerves. Matter of fact when we first dated Mike wanted me to meet his Mom but not his Dad because of his mouth.
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@LooeyVille (66)
• United States
19 Nov
I used to. My mother's boyfriend was an obnoxious person and would make family gatherings very awkward.
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@Juliaacv (51190)
• Canada
19 Nov
That is a funny story.
I can understand your Mom getting mad at him, that was her brother and she probably had to put up with that at all of their meals growing up.
We used to have the opposite in our family.
My older brother's ex-wife, Dianne, always went into the bathroom just a few minutes before we would eat. And we couldn't sit down without everyone being together, and one year we actually waited about half an hour for brunch.
I never knew why she would do that, I mean they had facilities at their home, which was usually where they came from and it only made good sense to use the facilities before leaving the home.
But they are divorced now, and we no longer think about it.
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@wolfgirl569 (106226)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Nov
We didn't have that many together and everyone behaved. The only annoying one wasn't except she never showed up. That was my ex sister in law. And none of us really missed her
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@RasmaSandra (79833)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Nov
Never had a big family, The people I made Thanksgiving dinners for when mom and I lived in NYC were close neighbors and friends,
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
20 Nov
That's a great Thanksgiving story. My FIL was the aggravating person. He's been gone for more than 20 years now. Have a great day.
