An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
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IMDB rating: 6.10 Plot: Widow Maria Bassett (Helene Joy) and her 3 children have met hard times on their farm, it is especially apparent when it is not even a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner afford. Oldest daughter Tilly (Tatiana Maslany) writes rich and estranged mother of Mary Isabella (Jacqueline Bisset), exaggerating their situation in a long letter. Isabella is offering the farm to help her and finds a soulmate in Tilly. However, Mary tries to help her mother angry, they made their financial problems. |
Actors: Atherton Ted,Barbuto Michael,Munroe Gage,Turner Kristopher,Drama,
What should I do about my grandparents making racist remarks about my boyfriend?
My boyfriend is Taiwanese, and when we went to Thanksgiving at my grandparents’ house, things got a little tense. My grandfather kept referring to him as "Korean" or "Japanese," no matter how many times he politely corrected him. My boyfriend even said (I didn’t hear but then again I wasn’t always in the room when they were talking) that he muttered something like "Doesn’t matter, they all look the same…" My grandmother kept saying things like "Well, I don’t know how you two manage to stay together, you’re so different," and "Your children will certainly be… interesting…" It was pretty clear they did not approve of him, and both of us were pretty angry by the time we left.
I love my grandparents, but they are very conservative and a little old fashioned. We have to go back to visit for Christmas. What should we do if they start up with the thinly veiled racist comments?
Edited for clarification, we have asked them to stop. They claim they’re not saying anything racist and "they just want what’s best for me."
To those telling me not to go, thanks for your answers, but my mother (who adores my boyfriend, btw) is very into us having a "Family Christmas" and it would break her heart if we weren’t there. I’ve talked to her about it but her stance is "Ignore it, put on a fake smile, and soldier through."
Ask them to stop.
I live in a pineapple! | Dec 14, 2009
Not really even thinly veiled. They’re old and set in their ways. Not much you can do about it. Just have a thick skin and have your boyfriend develop the same. And hang out with your grandparents with him as little as possible - be civil, take the high road, be better people than your grandparents. Sad, but you sometimes have to acknowledge your family’s failings at times.
Mike | Dec 14, 2009
Well maybe you can talk to them before Christmas. Explain to them how you feel about it.
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