As Thanksgiving- the forgotten middle child between Halloween and Christmas approaches, many people are already beginning to mentally prepare themselves for the stress of dealing with their families for the week. Managing multiple personalities, attempting to cook in a kitchen full of hungry children, and ignoring snide comments about your relationship are all Thanksgiving staples for those with large families. However, if you have a relatively small immediate family like me, here are some things you can probably relate to.
1. You can't relate to half of the Thanksgiving tweets you see on Twitter around the holidays.
You'll still favorite/like them anyway because they would totally still be funny if you could actually relate.
2. Your grandma will still cook like you are going to have 50 relatives bust through the door at any moment.
This means leftovers for months, but who is really complaining? Fewer mouths to feed but the same amount of food = more to go plates for everyone!
3. Less drama!
So many people dread Thanksgiving because they know they are going to be faced with a crazy family with conflicting political or religious views, both of which are bound to stir up drama at the dinner table. Having a small, close-knit family means that, for the most part, when an inevitable political conversation comes up this year, there are likely to be fewer major conflicts. If there are disagreements, it is much easier to mediate a conversation between 10 family members rather than upwards of 20.
4. It's O.K. to still be single.
When your family is tiny, everyone already knows the majority of each others' business, so you never have to fear that not-so-subtle "where is your boyfriend/girlfriend?" comment from your aunt at the dinner table because they already know that you still aren't #cuffed.
5. All of the cousins are SUPER close.
I only have three first cousins, and since there are so few of us, they are the closest things to extra siblings I have. Now that we're all growing up, whenever we get together we can all air out our dirty laundry and laugh together about everything that has happened over the past few months. Spending years bored together while we wait for the food to be ready has created a lifelong bond, and getting to laugh about our parents' holiday antics together makes everything even better. Uno, anyone?
