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How to get through Thanksgiving with a Dysfunctional family
HOW TO 
Tags: Thanksgiving, Dysfunctional Family, Coping Skills
Semi-serious tips for surviving Thanksgiving dinner with a less than healthy family.
| 1. | Keep something in your mouth at all times so that when tempted to snap and say something to the person that is pushing your buttons, you can chew on something instead. Things with high fat or sugar content, or that can be gnawed on for long periods of time seem to work best. |
| 2. | Fake a last minute stomach bug, moan pathetically on the phone to your family about how much you were looking forward to seeing them all, and how bummed out you are, and then skip Thanksgiving with them and go to a friend's house for dinner! |
| 3. | Half way through dinner, jump up with a start, looking terribly alarmed, and gasp aloud, and as you are running out, yell that your forgot a pumpkin pie in the oven at home, and have to go save your house or apartment from burning down. |
| 4. | Sit at the kid's table. |
| 5. | If there is no other option, and it's your last resort, have a few glasses of wine with dinner. Cocktails, Champagne or Beer are also acceptable aids to sanity if all the above fails. |
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