Things We Saw Today: The AITA Thanksgiving A**hole Is Free!

My favorite story from Thanksgiving was when a girlfriend ruined her evil MIL‘s (sort of, it was her boyfriend’s mother) holiday. The MIL (as she is called in the story) hated her son’s girlfriend and called her the wrong name all the time, and when someone dared to compliment her cooking, the girlfriend decided to “ruin” Thanksgiving by not bringing a turkey. In her defense, she thought the MIL was joking when she told her to bring it.

But the end of the story had the boyfriend angry and mad at her because of the event, so many were questioning him. Luckily, there is an update to the story that is both great for “Janet” and the right choice for this couple.

I’m glad that the boyfriend explained that he wasn’t mad about her getting back at his mother but more that she didn’t include him, but I still stand by the fact that it was unclear whether or not the MIL was being serious. Still, the two clearly were not going to work out if his mother was that much of a hindrance on their relationship, so maybe it is a good thing that “Janet” didn’t bring the turkey …

(image: NBC)

Here are some fun memes we saw today!

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      Joe Biden on his student loan forgiveness plan pic.twitter.com/LDWsbMgOXY

      — Jimmy (@jimmy_koski) December 14, 2021

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      Russell T Davies says everyone he meets on Grindr says the same thing to him https://t.co/LnenOE2NV2

      — The Independent (@Independent) December 23, 2021

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      when alan rickman played famous villain snape in the harry potter series, he was actually less evil than he was when he was in love actually pic.twitter.com/9DP2qWHoVu

      — Taylor Owens (@taylorowens37) December 22, 2021

Anything else you saw out there today, Mary Suevians? Let us know what you saw in the comments below!

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