November 22, 2004

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  Thanksgiving Faux Pas to Avoid

  
  

   

  
  

  
  

  
  

  1. Don't take a bite of the stuffing and then tell your date, "I really should have brought my mother's recipe for you to try."
  
  2. You won't win points by telling your boyfriend, as you meet his brothers, "Wow, it's incredible ... I mean, honey, you'd look exactly alike if you worked out! "
  
  3. When offered a glass of wine, it would be a bad idea to respond, "Got anything with a little more kick?"
  
  4. Culinary compliment to avoid within earshot of the family: "Babe, this is the best meal I've had since that amazing breakfast you cooked for us after our first date!"
  
  5. Say your honey has young nieces and nephews. Say one of them gets a little carried away crying at some point during the day. Don't say, "I see that whining thing runs in the family."
  
  6. "Oh, Mrs. Jones, what a lovely necklace," is a great thing to tell your boyfriend's mother or grandmother ... but best not to add, "I'd love to inherit that baby!"
  
  7. Remember: Hitting on one of your date's parents is bad. Hitting on both parents is really bad.
  
  8. During the half-time show, don't nudge your girlfriend's father, point to a particularly hot cheerleader, and marvel, "Wow."
  
  9. Question best left unasked: "You don't really think we're going to stay in separate rooms, do you?"
  
  10. If you ask your honey's parents how long they've been married and they smile and say "45 years," a poor response would be, "FORTY-FIVE YEARS? I'd go NUTS."

  
  

  

  
  

   

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