Thanksgiving is usually the time to surround ourselves with friends, family, delicious food and good vibes. But with a contentious presidential election in America’s rear-view mirror, it’s safe to say we’re all anticipating a pretty awkward family meal.
If your Thanksgiving dinner comes with a side of passive aggression, know that you’re not alone. Here are 21 spot-on tweets that sum up your irritation with your family on Thanksgiving.
My mother asked what I was going to make this year for Thanksgiving and I said, "a scene."
— Alison Leiby (@AlisonLeiby) November 20, 2015
me & my dysfunctional family trying to bond on thanksgiving pic.twitter.com/l8eVWtwtFQ
— lil killr (@ShayBayBay18) November 16, 2016
Thanksgiving is always awkward for me since the thing I'm most thankful for each year is the time I'm not forced to spend with my family.
— (((OhNoSheTwitnt))) (@OhNoSheTwitnt) November 24, 2015
trump and obama look like all of us at thanksgiving this year sitting in awkward silence wishing we were blackout drunk pic.twitter.com/S1T0us91Xs
— The Glad Stork (@TheGladStork) November 10, 2016
Trump is what happens when you spent the last 7 Thanksgiving dinners lecturing your angry uncle from your Vox index cards.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 10, 2016
Right now there is an aunt buying all the ingredients for that thing she brings every Thanksgiving that everyone in the family hates.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) November 17, 2016
*at thanksgiving dinner surrounded by extended family*
— A box of raisin bran (@lukasbattle) November 16, 2016
"So why are u still single? Is there anyone u like?
Me:
pic.twitter.com/LHAhV8QuNK
I'm going to do the same thing I do every Thanksgiving: talk to no one & get drunk while dancing with the family dog.
— Doth (@DothTheDoth) November 17, 2016
#ThanksgivingClapBackAuntie: I thought you were on a diet
— R É B È L 👑 (@Reckless_God26) November 7, 2016
Me: I thought you were on probation#thanksgivingclapback pic.twitter.com/Tps5JolyBp
Today's Thanksgiving craft. Building a tiny box in my soul to silently scream into during the family gatherings tomorrow.
— Tim Siedell (@badbanana) November 23, 2011
Florida is your drunk, dramatic aunt at Thanksgiving that cries & accuses everyone of not liking her and you're all like "yeah this is why"
— Mary Numair (@MaryNumair) November 9, 2016
Already have my thanksgiving outfit planned pic.twitter.com/NBgtZ8o18f
— hispanic probs (@HISPANlCPROBS) November 25, 2015
Do old people just wait until #Thanksgiving to ask the younger generation of their family EVERY technology question they've ever had?
— refinery29 (@Refinery29) November 27, 2014
Hello I am a grown-up and the only Thanksgiving job my family entrusted me with was to put the leftovers in Tupperware.
— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) October 10, 2015
This Thanksgiving for the first time ever, your drunk uncle will seem quite “presidential.”
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) November 14, 2016
Call your dad now and ask him what the wifi password is so he has time to find the little paper it's written on before Thanksgiving.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) November 15, 2016
Thank you, Thanksgiving, for being a time for family. And thank you, football and alcohol, for making that tolerable. #ThankYouNotes
— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) November 28, 2014
My face 100% of the time during Thanksgiving with extended (ignorant) family. pic.twitter.com/5MTURffrqE
— refinery29 (@Refinery29) November 25, 2015
Isn't it annoying when you're having dinner with your in-laws and they don't exist because no one loves you enough to marry you?
— Megan Amram (@meganamram) November 28, 2013
Listen, if you can't spot the drunk uncle at thanksgiving then you (me) are the drunk uncle at thanksgiving.
— Jeff (@usermcuserface) November 15, 2016
Happy Thanksgiving! This year I'm thankful that your family is so annoying you're checking Twitter instead of talking to them.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) November 27, 2014
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