Thanksgiving Dislikes...

No matter how many times I try, I can't like sweet potatoes. I have tried them many different ways and I just can't!!

Same here.  I really want to like them, but I just can't.

Food-wise: cranberry sauce. My cousin's Mac and cheese. Broccoli casserole. Yams with marshmallows (yuck!).

Other: joint custody means every other year without the kids. It's good prep for when they're adults and have to choose between us, their dad and their spouses' families but it still sucks. The in laws. Mil "invites" us to her place up north but has made it clear it's all about her boyfriend and his kids, not her kids. We don't like his kids. DH's grandparents have made their golden son (dh's Uncle) and his family their preferred company. We were invited once but was told we'd have to be ok with the leftovers as they were eating at 1 or something and we couldn't come until later. FIL will drunk dial DH and complain that he's not doing anything with him and his girlfriend. Hard to plan for that when he flakes out all the time and we don't really care for the girlfriend. She's nice but things are so awkward with FIL as it is that adding her to the mix just makes for a very uncomfortable gathering. DH would just rather skip it. So unless we host my family, there's no holiday gatherings.

I really hate the cleaning I need to do. While we keep a neat house, I do slack on chores this time of the year due to time to keep up with inventory for craft shows. My mom really nickpicks stuff and will make comments if she sees dust. (She has no room to talk, her house is messier than mine!)

The cleaning up after we eat-hate it! I also dislike stuffing.

I love all the food but I do not like:

The ten trips to the grocery store.

Cleaning beforehand.  We have too kids and not alot of space.  Our house is "lived" in so there is the decluttering and then searching cabinets and basement for the holiday serving pieces. 

The fact that no one else wants to have it their house and no one brings anything.

DH has celiac so everything we prepare is gluten free except for some of the desserts

The unpredictable comments from my parents. 

My youngest son's birthday is on Thanksgiving day this year, so between the company and dinner, we will squeeze in a special breakfast for him, and later in the day cake & presents.  

Just the prep -- getting the house ready for house guests, twenty seven trips to the grocery store, planning three meals a day for five days. Once everyone gets here, it's all good.

I only cook things I like, so the actual meal is the best!

I love green beans.  LOVE them.  But fresh and without processed food products (not that I'm totally opposed to such things, just not on my green beans!).  However everyone but me loves the green bean casserole and they like how I make it.  So that's my assignment and I don't even eat it!  I used to have a spoonful but I've given up, it's waste of plate space and calories.

cooking, clean up, violating the turkey to remove the neck and giblets (gag), stuffing, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole. I do like day overall though and we have so much fun since we stopped making it a huge gathering. I love it just being the 4 of us!

I truly don’t understand how anybody likes stuffing/dressing.

The drive because of the traffic

I dislike green bean casserole, and never eat it.

Other than that, I really do like Thanksgiving food. I do miss the jellied cranberry sauce my grandmother used to make - i prefer it to the whole or crushed cranberry sauce that most people seem to make, but hers was so much better than the canned kind.

Cooking. 

This!!
DH wants to help by doing it all. But, got to go to bank (at least he drove; he usually walks there. Oh, wait, I've got leaves to dispose of! Wait, I've got to deliver a gift! Next it will be wait, I've got to shower! He did take some time to chop onions and celery.

Luckily, there is no timetable for tomorrow, so if we eat at midnight, it will all be good. 😀