Family Refuses To Follow Simple Rule, Parent Cancels Thanksgiving: “I Was Overreacting”

As much as we love the holidays and joyful family gatherings, planning them can be incredibly stressful. For this Redditor, the Thanksgiving they were set to host this year started going off the rails well before the big night.

Hoping to protect their child with a medical condition, they asked relatives to follow just one simple rule: don’t come if you’re feeling sick. But when no one took the request seriously, things quickly spiraled into full-blown family drama. Read on for the full story.

For Thanksgiving this year, the host asked their relatives to skip dinner if they were feeling sick

Family Refuses To Follow Simple Rule, Parent Cancels Thanksgiving: "I Was Overreacting"

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But when no one took the request seriously, it sparked a full-blown family drama

Family Refuses To Follow Simple Rule, Parent Cancels Thanksgiving: "I Was Overreacting"

Image credits: graziegranata/Envato (not the actual photo)

Family Refuses To Follow Simple Rule, Parent Cancels Thanksgiving: "I Was Overreacting"

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Many commenters supported the parent, saying the other relatives were being incredibly irresponsible

Family Refuses To Follow Simple Rule, Parent Cancels Thanksgiving: "I Was Overreacting"

A few, though, argued that it wasn’t wise to plan the dinner in the first place

Family Refuses To Follow Simple Rule, Parent Cancels Thanksgiving: "I Was Overreacting"

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Libstak 2 hours ago

The YTA trolls out in force again. Would it kill them to read properly where she pointed out she hosts thanksgiving every year and the expectation that she would again was ingrained before she made the sensible conditions to protect her child's health? This is family, she was simply assuming they would care enough about the welfare of their niece, nephew, cousin, grandchild etc to just appreciate the heads up to do the right thing. But all they cared about was THEIR thanksgiving. No doubt they are peeved they now have to fork out for their own thanksgiving meal themselves too.

12points

R Dennis 53 minutes ago

There is just a horrible section of society...

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Alex Mosby 1 hour ago

I will forever look at most of my family differently after the pandemic. Non of them were skeptic or anti vaccines, they just had no regard for social distancing and anytime someone got sick, it was some one else's fault.

8points

T.M.P Janssen 1 hour ago

seriously, if I had a child and the doctor said "keep them away from anyone with flu sympoms" during autumn (like rn) and my family would react like THAT, they can go f**k themselves right away. Your every-year returning dinner is not worth my childs safety, go eat your Thanksgiving at a McDonalds then.

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Libstak 2 hours ago

12points

R Dennis 53 minutes ago

There is just a horrible section of society...

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Alex Mosby 1 hour ago

8points

T.M.P Janssen 1 hour ago

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Family Refuses To Follow Simple Rule, Parent Cancels Thanksgiving: “I Was Overreacting”

For Thanksgiving this year, the host asked their relatives to skip dinner if they were feeling sick

But when no one took the request seriously, it sparked a full-blown family drama

Many commenters supported the parent, saying the other relatives were being incredibly irresponsible

A few, though, argued that it wasn’t wise to plan the dinner in the first place

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