Test requested to attend Thanksgiving - after action RPT post #86

[SanDiego619]

No thank you, I am not participating in covid. See you next year perhaps.

[jorgi23]

With all respect!

Please tell me your wife is on your side!!

If you like them and have kids, I would show up before anyone does, give the mother in law flowers and a nations pie, take a family picture and tell them you love them and leave.

As for Christmas, Send them a Large Framed picture that was taken on thanks giving with large words "Family is worth dying For!"

Everyone, please enjoy the holidays, and always understand we don't have vaccines for AxxHoles.

[tundraboomer]

Tell them you'll only take it if it's an anal swab.

[K001]

I would not be offended IF everyone were asked to be tested since the vaxxed can have higher viral loads with fewer symptoms than the unvaxxed!

[Paul_R]

Tell them to suck a d***

A whole bag of 'em

[Scota4570]

Host your own dinner and lure all their guests away.

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Absolutely!!

I was once invited to a vegan party organized by liberal women. The wife made me go. I brought charcoal, beer, hamburger fixings and chips. The men were elated, the women were pissed. I was never invited back, mission accomplished.

Based on the woke politics of the OP's description of the in-laws I bet the food will suck. There is something about liberals, they are terrible cooks. They can not differentiate between a feast and daily fare. They seem to be fixated on raw broccoli, plain brown rice and other unpalatable stuff. They often have a need to share their sacrifice of crappy food as a virtue signal.

In the end, I'd make an excuse and not attend.

[2slo4u]

Their house, their rules.

That said, I'd politely decline their offer to attend and wish them a Happy Thanksgiving. Always take the high road.

This is the 100% correct answer. The rest are in the 80-90% range.

[eatmoredonuts]

OP here. Thanks for all the great responses.

Haven't come up with a plan/response yet, haven't discussed w/ wife yet either. What I do know is that this horsesh1t is making me feel like a 2nd class citizen.

Part of me wants to show up and take their home test, but do it in the bathroom and just piss on it instead of sticking it up my nose.

I don't even know what would happen if somehow it came up positive. Of course they probably haven't thought about that.

[Wherryj]

Actually I hear the PCR tests aren't very reliable and fully vaccinated guests might still feel uncomfortable with you around. To make everyone feel better, you might want to arrive with rapid test results and a Newsom bumper sticker on your car or proof of a DNC donation to verify your status as compliant?

Make certain to bring some wine as an offering just in case:

[alpha_romeo_XV]

So another case of protecting the vaxed from the unvaxed. So not much confidence in them but you need it?
Why not just a temperature check at the door?

[Wherryj]

Their house, their rules.

That said, I'd politely decline their offer to attend and wish them a Happy Thanksgiving. Always take the high road.

I agree. Just remember that at your next get together at your place, full STD test results are required.

[ibanezfoo]

In-laws are hosting this year and I found out today they want me tested beforehand, or take a 'home test' at their house when I arrive. 3 other relatives attending who aren't vaxxed say they're getting tested beforehand (1 adult, 2 teens). I was at the same in-laws house a couple of months ago (after a funeral). No problems then for some reason and nobody was wearing masks.

Not sure how to respond. No one from this side of the family has given me any grief about it ever. I suspect an older paranoid couple attending are the ones asking for it (different in-laws parents).

I wonder if there's going to be a kids table and a table for unvaxxed in the backyard.

Those are family members I would no longer associate with, but thats just me. They are lost. Forget about them. Maybe have a mock funeral for them at your place since their minds are effectively dead.

[Palmaris]

[eatmoredonuts]

Op again, more info below

The request for a test was only relayed through the hosts, so it's either coming from my other BIL or his mother who is currently SICK....with what nobody knows. So why isn't mommy dearest staying home instead hmmmm? Her and her husband drink too much of the kool aid as it is and seem pretty timid in general. My wife is pissed because she got thrust into the middle of this sh1t show, but me and her are at least on the same page philosophically speaking. i.e. all of this is the most stupidest sh1t of the stupidest magnitude. I'm not going to be barred from attending or spending time with my wife and our kid and all the other relatives who have been reasonable.

So, I'm going to take their 'test' (I'm not paying for anything). I am going to read the whole box, and also take note of where it was manufactured and it's origin. I'm going to give them a little bit of a hard time, I don't give a F - if I see them less because of this I'd be ok with that. Whether or not it even works will be interesting (still entertaining the idea of taking it in the toliet to pee on it) -- and what if it says I'm positive? Do I have to vacate, or wear a mask, or go sit outside sequestered away from the true believers? Positive or negative result, I think certain folks at the gathering are going to be made to feel like fools at the least, and uncomfortable at most.

LOLLercoaster times ahead.

[Paul_R]

Or you could just show up and just say no. Don't give their request any legitimacy at all. Just laugh and say you thought they were joking, make like they're crazy (shouldn't be hard) and see what happens.