Is there a Compromise Here or How do I Get out of This?

[OldsnowboarderME]

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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'd ski a half-day in the morning and have Thanksgiving with your family..

 

[skidbump]

Family is over rated.I bet she left you in lurch at least once.Throw it back in her face and remind her that pay back is a bitch.

Thanks not needed
glad i could help
PAt

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I have also heard that sex is extremely over rated ...

Only if the girl is blacked out...lol

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

You opened the door and I have to take it .."You know this from some past experience I assume?" ;-)

No comment...So what's everybodies favorite Thanksgiving side dish..

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Buck it up grandpa, it's only one day. If you skip it will give the in-laws more ammunition to dis you down the road.

 

[drjeff]

The grand kids want me there

End of story. Missing a few hours of board time in November is nothing, especially considering how many days a season you spend on the hill.

Now if you were offering to take the grandkids to the hill that AM, that might be a different story

 

[wa-loaf]

My daughter wants me to come over for Thanksgiving dinner but the catch is .. the in-laws are invited also and I know I would be rather be any place else but there with them. I am trying to talk her into serving the dinner late so I can go snowboarding in the morning. I know she wants me around for morale support. The grand kids want me there too but I know some ski area is going to be open and I want to be there. If the dinner plans make it so I can't get out.. Do I just suck it up or should I be a no or late show? What would you do Marc?

I'm not Marc (nor do I play him on TV) but . . . Tell them you'd be happy to come, but you can't make it until 3pm (or later). Hopefully they won't want to wait that long and will start without you. You can drop in in time for pie, be polite and social, and then make an early exit.

 

[ALLSKIING]

Family first.....The season is young.

 

[dmc]

My daughter wants me to come over for Thanksgiving dinner but the catch is .. the in-laws are invited also and I know I would be rather be any place else but there with them. I am trying to talk her into serving the dinner late so I can go snowboarding in the morning. I know she wants me around for morale support. The grand kids want me there too but I know some ski area is going to be open and I want to be there. If the dinner plans make it so I can't get out.. Do I just suck it up or should I be a no or late show? What would you do Marc?

Be with your family...

 

[Marc]

Tell them a posse wants you in connection with the murder of a prostitution and drug smuggling ring out of Miami, but you were really just protecting society and the innocents when your AR15 jammed and you accidentally grazed a member of the SWAT team so you'll have to go into hiding as a middle aged snowboarder.

I don't know what could be more believable.

 

[Greg]

Family first.....The season is young.

Be with your family...

^^^ What they said ^^^

Family first. Always.

 

[smitty77]

Buck it up grandpa, it's only one day. If you skip it will give the in-laws more ammunition to dis you down the road.

There's a reason you can't pick your family, or your kids' in-laws. Suck it up and go. Thanksgiving and Christmas are but two days to sacrifice for the grandkids.

 

[Dr Skimeister]

Yes...family first

Can I send my in-laws up too??

 

[madman]

We all have people we dont like' but must deal with, not showing would send the wrong message to the kids. Even young kids pick up on that stuff. Just go [Bring Bourbon]

 

[Sky]

Daughter and Grandkids trump early season trax...especially Thanksgiving.

There's ALWAYS the Friday after...plus Sat and Sunday.

No brainer for me...your mileage blah blah blah. :>

My 2 cents...if you go to dinner..."be" at the dinner. Yuk it up with the fam. Play the role....it'll give he outlaws so much less to whine about. :>

 

[BeanoNYC]

Family. Thanksgiving is pretty much the only holiday in the U.S. that is strictly for the sake of spending time with your family without any religious or political remembrances. Take advantage of that and ski the next day.

 

[Birdman829]

What exactly is so great about skiing on Thanksgiving? Aren't the day before and the day after going to be pretty much the same on the slopes? I don't see the point in bailing on your family to rip groomers covered with man-made snow.



Now if it was dumping on Thanksgiving that would be another story

 

[Trekchick]

You honestly will look back on this time in your grandkids lives and wish you hadn't missed moments like this.

Don't just go to Thanksgiving, Go and Embrace the time you have with them.

My niece and nephew are 20-22, now and I regret the things I blew off with them in the interest of my selfish fun.

One alternative........
Find out if the ski resort has a Thanksgiving buffet and invite them to that, and a fun day on the hill!

 

[Marc]

What exactly is so great about skiing on Thanksgiving? Aren't the day before and the day after going to be pretty much the same on the slopes? I don't see the point in bailing on your family to rip groomers covered with man-made snow.



Now if it was dumping on Thanksgiving that would be another story

No people. That makes it great in my book, no matter what I'm skiing on.