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Thanksgiving Dinner, As Told By The Cast Of Friends

Pass the gravy and stop asking me about my future plans

Kelly Corbett

Nov 22, 2016

The College of New Jersey

Thanksgiving Dinner, As Told By The Cast Of Friends

Gather round the table as your family pries into your social life in between bites of turkey and green bean casserole. Your favorite TV clan always had the most memorable holiday feasts -- I'm sure you can relate! These are the phases of Thanksgiving Dinner, as told by the cast of Friends.

1. Reuniting with your fam

2. Then listening to their stories while the food is still cooking

3. Uh oh, someone just asked you about your future plans

4. And about your significant other....

5. Oh, and of course someone in the fam got a little too ahead of themselves......

6. Ahhh, you're so hungry you start hallucinating

7. Mhmm finally, it's time. Thank you Turkey Gods xoxo.

8. Oh snap, but wait! You accidentally said something a little too controversial at the dinner table

9. Your mom glares at you like....

10. Just keep eating, don't look up, it will blow over...

11. Don't worry, calories don't even count today

12. Finally, at last. You're so stuffed and all you want to do is sleep....

13. Basically your family wants to stay and chat some more, but you're all like

14. Well, until next year

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Thanksgiving Dinner, As Told By The Cast Of Friends

Pass the gravy and stop asking me about my future plans

1. Reuniting with your fam

2. Then listening to their stories while the food is still cooking

3. Uh oh, someone just asked you about your future plans

4. And about your significant other....

5. Oh, and of course someone in the fam got a little too ahead of themselves......

6. Ahhh, you're so hungry you start hallucinating

7. Mhmm finally, it's time. Thank you Turkey Gods xoxo.

8. Oh snap, but wait! You accidentally said something a little too controversial at the dinner table

9. Your mom glares at you like....

10. Just keep eating, don't look up, it will blow over...

11. Don't worry, calories don't even count today

12. Finally, at last. You're so stuffed and all you want to do is sleep....

13. Basically your family wants to stay and chat some more, but you're all like

14. Well, until next year

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All names should be "unisex names."

1. Communicating via email can be awkward.

2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

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3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

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1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

Because you need it in your life.

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!