With Thanksgiving coming up it is time to reflect on the holiday’s aspects that are annoying.

1. Not Being Able to Relax

To me, the perfect way to spend a holiday is to literally do nothing all day and not have to worry about maintaining interactions, or cleaning the house and preparing food. In my family, my household normally hosts holidays, usually Christmas, but we’ve started doing Thanksgiving as well, and it’s pretty awful. We spend all day cleaning. With my mom freaking out the whole day, being stressed, worrying about cooking, all the way up until the family comes. The family is normally late, too. And who knows when they’ll leave. It’s very hard to relax in your house when you’re worried about entertaining guests.

2. Awkward Family Encounters

My family isn’t super tight, and what I mean by that is that I’m the youngest and my cousins are close to ten years older than me. So it’s pretty hard to engage in normal conversations, especially when your family sticks to the stereotype that you are quiet and don’t engage with them, so they always act surprised when you actually try to have a conversation with them.

3. Lack of Food Options

This holiday has become all about food, and when you have a wheat allergy the holiday loses its appeal. Sure I can eat turkey and veggies, but I honestly miss out on all the good stuff.

Hopefully your Thanksgiving will be more fun than mine.