pakled wrote:
Thanksgiving stresses everyone out, regardless. I didn't have much in the way of family around, but people are used to me not talking. I got through it fairly ok.
For me its the opposite of everyone else though. I can see the stress in other people. My mom goes nuts, no amount of social blindness can stop me from seeing how stressed she gets, cooking and dealing with cleaning and people canceling and people calling last minute to see if they can come etc etc. And I dont mind that, i enjoy the cleaning, dont mind running errands, going to bakers square and waiting 30 minutes in line to get a few pies. I enjoy cooking.
Then there is the eating. Where everyone sits down to rest and eat and talk, and I cant take it. There are like 3 conversations going and everyone is using normal 'inside' voices but combined its like a band of brass instruments is playing in my ear, i cant make sense of anything. God I hate it.
But then everyone starts leaving and I can enjoy myself cleaning up at my moms house.
Its stressful for everyone but just different for me and i'm guessing its like that amongst most of us.