Timothy ( )

Date: December 03, 2010 01:05PM Posted by:Date: December 03, 2010 01:05PM

Sorry about your T-Day, Heather. Beloved never-mo spouse and I don't do holidays with tbm family and haven't for many years for the reasons you state above. Holidays are meant to be fun. Mormons go out of their way to ruin festive occasions.



Round these parts, Thanksgiving centers on three things; Food, Football and Beer (not necessarily in that order). Those who might not care for one or more of these luxuries are more than welcome to share the day and equally welcome to take a hike should they find such indulgences offensive. In any event, dissent will not be tolerated.



We tend to make rather merry on holidays which is why, I suppose, TBM family members rarely stop by. My only regret is that they miss out on some pleasant moments. One Thanksgiving, TBM mom surprisingly stopped by for dinner. We had a lot of friends over who, as mentioned, are very much into the food, football and beer thing. Mom was obviously uncomfortable, but there wasn’t much Beloved and I could do. We simply weren’t going to halt the festivities on account of one person.



Things came to boil when we sat down to watch the game and eat. We don’t do blessings on the food or thank god for “providing the bountiful feast” we paid for. I guess mormons don’t like that as evidenced by mom’s reaction:



Mom: "Aren’t you going to say a blessing?”



BigTim: “No!”



Mom: “Why?”



BigTim: “Are you suggesting that the meal we’ve prepared for your enjoyment is of such low quality that only a god can make it palatable?”



Mom: “Well, no, what I meant was …”



BigTim: “Then hush-up and eat! … The game’s on!”



Other than that, it was a very nice day until Leon Lett screwed-up and cost the Cowboys the game. I often wonder if mom thanked god she brought up the blessing thing before that happened.



Timothy







Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2010 01:07PM by Timothy.