Thanksgiving Dilema

A young lady that I'm very taken with has invited me to Thanksgiving dinner with her family.

Of course I accepted!

Any words of wisdom from those who have been in my shoes?

Just Remember the words of Theodore Roosevelt,

Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stick!

Er........I mean have a great time and try to enjoy yourself!

Best of luck and hope they can all get to know you a bit and that you can get to know them as well.

Don

Originally posted by SomeNightSW
Any words of wisdom from those who have been in my shoes?

Offer to bring something that may be needed.
If they will be watching the football games, bring another case/keg of beer. That'll never lose. :D

Kiss her families a.. NOOOO just kiddin... Just be yourself ok......

Good Luck

Originally posted by TheChosen1
If they will be watching the football games, bring another case/keg of beer. That'll never lose. :D Funny, Chosen. I don't see my mom's family throwing keggers. :rolleyes: :D

Now at Dad's house that might work, but it's usually car racing or basketball instead of football. :p


Seriously though, it'll be fine. He just hasn't met them and is a little nervous I guess, but they'll love him, I'm sure. That side of the family is very polite. Even if they don't like someone they would never say so (while they're around anyways). :D

Just go with the flow... they are just people.... :-)

Originally posted by MerAlove23
Just go with the flow... they are just people.... :-)

Ahh.....But important people when its this new in a relationship Mer!

When Crystal and I got together that first meal with her family had me a nervous wreck! And her Step-Mom pulled no punches! She sat me down and grilled me for 1/2 hour the second I walked in the place....LOL!

What are your intentions? How are you going to treat her? Where do you see yourselves in 5 years 10 years? Is this love or just a passing thing for you? What about when your older.....and so on...and on.

Her Step-Dad was alot simpler! Hey! Nice to meet you....Hurt her and I'll find you!.......Lets eat!

I can laugh about it now because we all get along so great but man that day....Yikes!

Don

Originally posted by rollsharley
When Crystal and I got together that first meal with her family had me a nervous wreck! And her Step-Mom pulled no punches! She sat me down and grilled me for 1/2 hour the second I walked in the place....LOL!

What are your intentions? How are you going to treat her? Where do you see yourselves in 5 years 10 years? Is this love or just a passing thing for you? What about when your older.....and so on...and on.

That's awful, Don! Wow, talk about the third degree. :rolleyes:

Her Step-Dad was alot simpler! Hey! Nice to meet you....Hurt her and I'll find you!.......Lets eat!

That sounds more like my family. :D

Originally posted by MerAlove23
Just go with the flow....... :-)

And roll with the punches (no pun intended).....LOL

Didn't you two just meet? It's normal to be nervous with meeting The Parents/Family.

I'm not nervous, I'm really looking forward to it.

My plan is to just behave myself (at least while people are looking ;) )

I'm going to take a bottle of wine and a nice bouquet for the hostess (Pink's mom).

How's that sound for a plan?

Originally posted by TheChosen1
Didn't you two just meet? It's normal to be nervous with meeting The Parents/Family.
Yeah, it is pretty quick, but if I I thought for a minute that anyone was going to be rude or obnoxious, or if they were overprotective of me, then I would have put it off.

I'm also in a little different position than some of the women here, since I've been married already. Going through a divorce is usually enough to convince your family that you're capable of making your own decisions (at least in my case). At this point they're happy for me as long as I'm happy. Besides that, they all realize that I'm a little different, so they don't expect anything "normal" from me anyways. :)

edit: Actually, since it's going to be at my aunt's house, she'd be the hostess, but I want you to come over and meet my mom before we go over there. Best to get that out of the way first, right?

Originally posted by PinkPanther_04
edit: Actually, since it's going to be at my aunt's house, she'd be the hostess, but I want you to come over and meet my mom before we go over there. Best to get that out of the way first, right?

I trust your judgment completely. ;)

Originally posted by SomeNightSW
I trust your judgment completely. ;)
That's good to know. :D


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Originally posted by PinkPanther_04
That's good to know. :D
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You sure know how to put a silly grin on my face. :)

Scratch the flowers for you mom (maybe next year) I think I'll just give her a big hug and thank you for the little devil. ;)

should we make this into a personal thread? :D

Originally posted by EMCAD80
should we make this into a personal thread? :D
Well, if you don't mind, we'd appreciate some privacy...
















Oh, were you being sarcastic? My bad. :D

Originally posted by SomeNightSW
I'm not nervous, I'm really looking forward to it.

My plan is to just behave myself (at least while people are looking ;) )

I'm going to take a bottle of wine and a nice bouquet for the hostess (Pink's mom).

How's that sound for a plan?

That's just about perfect. I would go to a decent store that sells wine and get a good recommendation, then bring two bottles. If you figure anything over five people at the dinner, more than one bottle is required. They may not use the bottle(s) that you bring, but make it an option. Bring two. With the flowers, again ask a florist tell them to make you something that "can" be used on a table, but need not be. I'd would opt for something placed in a basket, that was not too tall, with fall flowers. Other than that be on good behavior and get a good night's rest the night before. You do not want to go into food coma after the turkey dinner, but that's tough to fight. Plenty of rest and caffiene may help you. If you feel it coming on, stand up. That would be my plan.

Some Night and PInk you guys are SOOOOOO CUTE...

And this all happened on ageless.... Em are you glad we kept this site somewhat active for awhile??? heheheh


awww

SomeNight that sounds like a good plan!!!!

Well, I spent almost five hours with the Panther family yesterday.

Let's see, how do I put this kindly...

Oh yea, it's easy cause the were all very nice and fun people.

At first I detected a slight hint of people are gonna talk syndrome from PinkMom but I think she quickly adopted the Panter's gonna do what Panthers gonna do attitude.

She was totally cool and made me feel right at home.

So did the rest of her family (PinkMom, PinkAunt, PinkGranma, PinkGrandpa).

Here's a few observations...

The PinkGranparents were a hoot!

Pinks family has a couple of traditions.

Apparently one tradition is to spill wine on yourself. Oh well when in rome...

Another traditions is to form a circle holding hands and say grace. I held Pink's hand in my right and PinkGrandpa's hand in my left. Of course I took the opportunity to give Pink's hand a few extra squeezes ;) Unfortunately my left hand was feeling the love too and gave PinkGranpa's hand a quick squeeze...

I'm sure the PinkPanther has some observations... ;)

Glad to hear that all went well for the first family meeting Some!

Now wheres that Panther with her side of the story??

Don

Congrads you two!! I didn't feel the earth shake as much as I thought I was going to, but there were a couple little quakes here and there:D

Originally posted by SomeNightSW
I held Pink's hand in my right and PinkGrandpa's hand in my left. Of course I took the opportunity to give Pink's hand a few extra squeezes ;) Unfortunately my left hand was feeling the love too and gave PinkGranpa's hand a quick squeeze...

I'm sure the PinkPanther has some observations... ;)

Sounds to me that you had a great time and all went well for you SNSW. That's good to hear.

I'm sure we're all looking forward to see what PP will say about that special day.

Congrads you two!!!!!! Sounds like the day went wonderful... and see you were nervous for nothing!!!!

I do hope you guys work out...... You both have my blessing !!!!

Originally posted by TheChosen1
I'm sure we're all looking forward to see what PP will say about that special day.

We had almost four special days together. Many more to come I'm sure! ;)

On Saturday we went to a friends wedding so Pink had a chance to meet some of my friends... (she's still around! Yea!)

Great!!!! Where has pink been??? I haven't seen her around :(

Hey, I'm still here. I've just been...distracted the last few days. ;)

Thanksgiving went really well. My family really seems to like him. My mom's going to come around, I guess, but she can be sort of illogical sometimes. :rolleyes:

The wedding on Saturday was fun. SomeNight has some very interesting friends. At the beginning of the reception there was a small fire at our table when a napkin got too close to a candle and had to be put out in the fishbowl centerpiece. :p

We got a few odd comments...let's see...one guy told him to hold on to me so I don't run away, and then he said somebody might steal me. :rolleyes: Later the same guy suggested that SomeNight trade me for his 16-year-old daughter (I'm still not sure what that was supposed to mean) and then later the daughter stated - while we were dancing, no less - that I looked like his daughter!!!! I didn't even realize she was talking to us! Then she came over and interrupted us and said "seriously, how old are you?" I asked why it mattered because I couldn't think of anything witty to say and I was trying to avoid going into attack mode. :mad: She finally went away after telling us about half of her life story...

Anyways, overall it was a fun night, and an absolutely perfect weekend. ;)

Pink & SomeNights,

I am happy that your Thanksgiving went well! And Pink, next time someone asks you how old you are, tell them that you're 45, but look young because of the miracle beauty treatment you use every night...slathering a mixture of mayonaise, avocado, peanut butter, and sesame oil all over your face, and that the trick is to keep it on all night.

Originally posted by emmiegirl
Pink & SomeNights,

I am happy that your Thanksgiving went well! And Pink, next time someone asks you how old you are, tell them that you're 45, but look young because of the miracle beauty treatment you use every night...slathering a mixture of mayonaise, avocado, peanut butter, and sesame oil all over your face, and that the trick is to keep it on all night.

That's funny!

We did have good time laughing about possible responses that came too late...

When she told me Pink looked like my daughter I said "Thank you. She is very pretty isn't she?"

;)

Edit: I think there were a couple of fires at our table. ;)

Who's wedding was this?????

WOw I can't believe people are so bold sometimes.... i never had this problem... My family and friends were so accepting of this... I'm sorry you had to go through that...

I'm glad you didn't leave pink I was worried... :)

Thanks Mer, but it was really no big deal.

It was good for a few laughs. :D