would you rather be alone or with semi-strangers for Thanksgiving?

babyaustin725 · November 2011

There is a family at our church that is military. They have been here since July of '10. I have tried to be friendly with them. We have had them over a couple times, they have had us over, during the summer, I got together with the mom and kids (and Tman, of course). They have no family local - all east coast. I am 99% sure they are going to be local for the holidays. I invited them to join us at my mom's house for Thanksgiving. I would say we are friends, but not like best friends. They have never met my parents. I don't want them to be "alone" for Thanksgiving if they would rather be with people, so I think inviting them is the right thing to do. But, I don't know if I were in their shoes, if I would feel comfortable. So, I thought I'd see how others would be in this situation.

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uwhuskygirl · November 2011

Ss- if it's not a big deal to your family to bring people home, why not invite the family and let them decide? Reading fail. Sorry, I just retread your post and saw that you already invited them. I still stand by my ss of "don't sweat it, they'll do what they want"

karimychel · November 2011

I think it's great you extended the invitation, now it's up to them.

Every Thanksgiving up until the year my dad retired from the Air Force - he gave an open invitation to any of his troops to join our family for Thanksgiving. Some years we had a packed house, other years it was just us. But it was fun and everyone always at least appreciated an invitation.

jennuinne · November 2011

If it was just me, it'd be pretty depressing to be alone. But, if I was w/ fam -- even just DH/kids, I'd rather be just w/ them than to feel akward invading someone else's holiday. I think it'd be more depressing to me to be w/ non-fam than to be w/ only a few fam, but maybe I'm weird.

CDMay2006 · November 2011

I don't have a lot of emotional reaction to thanksgiving, so if i had someone i wanted to spend time with (like, someone i'd have dinner with on a non-holiday), i'd probably enjoy celebrating with them. On the other hand, i'd be fine skipping it altogether. Honestly, i probably wouldn't attend a celebration hosted by a friend's parents unless i was close to that friend. The invitation is kind, though, and not at all out of place.

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