Any Family Squabbles at Thanksgiving Dinner?

Over time I have read and heard horrible holiday or birthday celebration news stories of families actually shooting and killing each other, even children mistakenly losing their lives over what?
 

One of my adult wishes was to be a family man and have those wonderful family holidays I missed out on as a child. While married and raising children we hosted almost all holiday get togethers, and I loved that family time. Even though my marriage ended in divorce and those large family holidays disappeared I am very grateful for the years I got to enjoy them.

I'm happy to say in my adult life there was never any major holiday drama.
 
Never any drama with family or friends as a child or as an adult. This year since it was only my oldest son and daughter-in-law and I we went out and had a nice meal instead of cooking. I feel bad for the people that had to experience fighting during their holidays or any other time.
 

I was going to say there were never any negative interactions at our family dinners. I do remember my stepson being sulky after I said no to football while eating dinner. That was many years ago and he’d probably never spent the hours preparing a meal. Now that he’s the chef, there’s never been a suggestion of watching sports during the meal. ;)
 
MACKTEXAS said:
The food was good, everyone was pleasant, yet it was one of the strangest Thanksgivings in memory. There were envelopes beside each of our plates with our names on them. Each envelope contained a list of clues to solve a murder mystery - a game which took place during the meal, and consumed the entire time. So, except for a few brief conversations with people before or after the meal, I have no idea how things were going in their real lives. It was not at all a kind of day I enjoyed. The best part was getting back home.
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I wouldn't have cared for that either, @MACKTEXAS, especially if those were people one hasn't seen in awhile.
 
KSav said:
I wouldn't have cared for that either, @MACKTEXAS, especially if those were people one hasn't seen in awhile.
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Yes, it sounds like the hostess way over thought it. Dinner and games should never be mixed, it's insulting to the cooks and stressful to the diners.

I once planned a dinner at a nice place for all my co-workers and their mates, it was about 30 people altogether. We, women, had worked together for several years and become quite close, but never met each other's husbands. So I was really excited to meet these guys I'd heard so much about. I already knew from stories that some of them were very fun to be around.

Well, it seems one couple was afraid we would be bored so they brought slides of their vacation in Australia and put on a long illustrated speech, rather like a geography lesson. We didn't get to talk to each other at all. You could tell they were quite pleased with themselves and sure we were all impressed.
 
It was just the two of us, which was perfect!

I used to like holiday parties when I drank, but since I quit drinking, I'd rather just have a quiet dinner.

When we'd have family gatherings, we were all pretty much on the same side ideologically, so there were never any heated discussions or "squabbles."
 

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