Write a story about a family dinner from the perspective of an in-law who's married into the family.

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“A Looney Thanksgiving” by Dave Maiden

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“Don’t worry honey, it will be fine. They’ll love you.”Famous last words from Jennifer as we walked up to her parents’ front door. It wasn’t bad enough that I’d convinced her to drop out of college to work with me on my app. I’d also convinced her to elope to Vegas just two months ago. I’d never even met these people, much less spoken to them and here I was, their little girl in hand along with a basket of apologies and a bottle of supermarket wine. The only way it could have been any worse was if she was pregnant. She was not.“Jennifer!” Th...

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“You Aren't A Guest” by L. Grey

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She trudged to another family's door. Another? No, not quite right. It was a family she had long since earned. Earned? No, not quite right yet again. The precise angle would have to be shown later, as her husband nudges her on gently to see his family. His family. Ah, the woes of a bride. Perhaps it wasn't enough that she has become a guest at her own parents' house, but this time too, she was merely a visitor. Now that she carried another man's name to her own, she felt like an outcast from her family. How...

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“Becoming Family” by Tonnye Fletcher

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Toni gasped at the table spread before her. She had never seen anything like it -- except in the magazines she sold at the grocery store. Sometimes when it was slow, she would peruse them, wondering if anybody really lived like that, really decorated like that, really cooked like that. Here was her answer in living color. Not only that, but the aromas filling the house were literally enough to make her mouth water. She could, of course, make out the turkey scent wafting through the home, along with some other tantalizing ...

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Write a story about a family dinner from the perspective of an in-law who's married into the family.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 33 stories

“A Looney Thanksgiving” by Dave Maiden

“You Aren't A Guest” by L. Grey

“Becoming Family” by Tonnye Fletcher

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about a family dinner that includes someone unexpected showing up.

Write a story about a "chosen family" dinner, where no one is related by blood, but they still feel like family.

Write a story about a family dinner that takes place in any time period other than the present.

Write a story about a family dinner that involves some kind of reconciliation.

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