Ugggg every year....

A week ago today was Thanksgiving and the very day I decided that I hate Thanksgiving and may never celebrate it again. Every year seems to go the same way, early in the day I think to myself “This year will be splendid! Food, family, and football! I just know this year will be the year my expectations of Thanksgiving will change forever. This year will be the exception to every other Thanksgiving I have ever had.” But by afternoon I recall of the reasons I hate Thanksgiving in the first place.

I recognize that the majority of people would find this hatred toward Thanksgiving to be considered almost blasphemous, but I can not hide this feeling any longer.

I detest sitting around staring at my family, whom I never see other than the big holidays, acting as if we have something in common, because we don’t. There is never going to be a day that I want to cook for eleven hours and I think that Thanksgiving should not be an exception to this rule! I loathe the fact that I have to pretend that I care if you like my gravy! I hate washing 50 dishes! I find it insufferable that I have to share my couch when I watch football, even worse, I might have to sit on someone else’s couches and not feel comfy! I can’t stand the fact I have a day off and I can’t be with who I want or go where I want! I can't bear the fact that the company I keep probably doesn’t even think about why we are “really” getting a day off of work or school.

Maybe it is the “who” not the “day” that makes my skin crawl, but I sadly admit I am limited in that regard. Maybe it is the commercialized part of the holiday I dislike, but I am a “victim” of black Friday by choice. Maybe Thanksgiving is like this for everyone and it is, to some extent, like childbirth, you forget how awful it is every time so you will hopefully continue to reproduce. I am ok with that, but I am certain that this past year was my “last ditch effort” for enjoying Thanksgiving.

That is until next year when I say to myself again, “Oh, this year will be fantastic and better than all the rest. This year will be the exception to every other Thanksgiving I have ever had!”

Optimism, insanity, or ignorance? You decide.