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[Venfayth]

For those of you that celebrate Thanksgiving, have you ever had Thanksgiving spent with non-family?

I live alone and usually return home to spend the day with just my immediate family. We fly out to spend the holiday with extended family once or twice a decade, I'd say. This year, though, my family (who besides me is heavily invested in a church) decided to invite over their pastor and his family. I'm open-minded about spending the day with them, but I'm curious if many other people have this day with people outside their family.

 

[thestopsign]

I am spending it alone this year! It was a tradeoff for a longer Christmas vacation for me, so it'll be worth it in the end.

I have had non-family members over when they do not have reasonable access to going home before. I think my grandmother brought over some of her friends one year. It isn't very typical though. We have dinners with our friends in the following nights normally.

 

[sixteen-bit]

2 thanksgivings ago i celebrated w/ a friend's family

 

[WickedCobra03]

A like twice during college, my friends, roommates decided to stay at school at the house for Thanksgiving (a few of them had long flights home, projects to get done, ect, so going home was kind of a burden, and instead just went home for the month long Christmas Break).

It was fun! Its really different after spending thanksgiving with only your family to spend it with a totally new group of people and definitely brings in a new dynamic. I would definitely do it again.

 

[Toa TAK]

Back when I was living in VA, I had a Thanksgiving with one of my BFFs. Great fun. I can't seem to remember if we ever did it again, though. We were in Middle School at the time and I think we might've done it again sometime in High School.

 

[Union Carbine]

I've spent Thanksgivings with friends' families but not people I didn't really know at all. Good luck! Hopefully it won't be too awkward.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Yup, I made turducken.

Needless to say I knew how it was to feel like a true hero!!

 

[E the Shaggy]

I'm doing it today with the Mrs.

Low stress, good friends, it's great.

 

[FStop7]

It's fun 90% of the time. But every once in a while some family drama erupts and as an outsider it can be super awkward and funny.

 

[thesoapster]

In 2013 I went to my friend's Thanksgiving (along with a bunch of mutual friends). Best Thanksgiving to date.

 

[Dishwalla]

Think I've only celebrated Thanksgiving once with my family since I moved out of my parent's house, and that was on leave prior to a deployment that was taking place prior to Christmas.

 

[redlegs87]

I'll be having Thanksgiving at a friend of the families place this year. First time in a long time we haven't had a big family get together.

 

[Trance]

During almost every year of college I've had friendsgiving potluck. Being an immigrant, my family doesn't actually celebrate it, even when we're all home together.

I'm a couple years out of college now. Last year I read the entirety of Y: The Last Man from beginning to end all day. Despite being by myself, it is one of my favorite recent memories because I got to really have time to myself. And Y is amazing.

Today I'm cooking with and having Friendsgiving with one friend. I'm excited

 

[Arkos]

Spending Thanksgiving with the "inlaws" on my sisters side today. Luckily they're pretty cool, but it is a little weird.

Then again, once you grow up (no offense) and get used to spending holidays apart from family or by yourself it's not so bad.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

I used to work this shitty job, but they were pretty cool about Thanksgiving. If you didn't want to work you didn't have to. And everyone got paid on Thanksgiving whether you worked or not. But if you did work, you got an extra days worth of pay at time and a half. And it was always dead at Thanksgiving so you were just really hanging out the whole time. And they supplied a pretty good dinner. It was actually a lot nicer and more peaceful than Thanksgiving with family. I did it about every year I worked there.

 

[dbztrk]

Three Thanksgivings ago I went to an orphan Thanksgiving. It was a friend of mines who hosted it for his friends. He also cooked the majority of the food. He is a awesome dude.

 

[QP3]

Today I will be with non-family. Military will do that to you, but having company and friends to spend it with is certainly something to be thankful for.

 

[Glendemonium]

Doing it today with a co-worker and his family, because they're real cool people. I'm making a marinated ham to bring with me.

 

[painey]

Im English, living in the USA. My first 2 Thanksgivings were at strangers houses, with friends. Horrible. Then with a girlfriends, which was scary (a LOT of people) and then alone. I really hate Thanksgiving, to be honest.

 

[BigMastadon]

Used to do this all the time. Friends families would have me over for Thanksgiving so I'd usually wind up with three or four Thanksgiving meals to visit.

Good times.

 

[Kisaya]

Since I left home I haven't been. Last year I spent it with my best friend's family, and this year I'll be spending it with my boyfriend's family.

 

[smoothj]

My family celebrates thanksgiving on Friday and sometimes Saturday. So I usually use thanksgiving at a friend's house today. I'm actually doing a ramen and rocky dinner tonight. Gotta see that Creed movie.

 

[linkboy]

I'm in Korea, family is stateside. I worked thanksgiving (military food service).

Going to spend thanksgiving with my girlfriend and some friends this weekend.

 

[Rainy]

Today I'm spending it with some friends, first time I'm doing that. A lot of us are from the West Coast or somewhere farther away so we couldn't fly home for it. Best we can do.

 

[xxracerxx]

We always seem to have non-family Thanksgivings. I wouldn't have it any other way, it is great.