Is it selfish of me to expect someone in my family to invite me over for Thanksgiving?

They are all married with their own families so I'm guessing they think their children are their families. I'm still single and have no children but I just thought they could at least ask.
Is it selfish of me to expect someone in my family to invite me over for Thanksgiving?
I feel your pain. about 8 years ago I was in a similar situation. estranged father, all grandparents and mother passed away. Only close relative was my sister, and she was spending the holiday with her husbands family. My girlfriend had left me over the summer so I was very alone. lucky for me ,my sister asked me to go to her in laws with her. it was still a little awkward as I wasn't really a part of the family hosting the dinner. I hope someone asks you,but if they are going to in laws dinners they might not be in a position to invite you. i was lucky in that my sister's in laws were neighbors with my grandparents and knew me so were more inclined to offer an invite. your families in laws might also be all out of state and so not really practical.
Reply:Yes you are, why don't you ask them over for a Thanksgiving meal and you cook everything or have it catered. Or say that you want to have a potluck and you supply the star of the meal the Turkey and a big one. This way you have the best of both your family over and your hosting dinner one year.





Try it one year you might just get the right response.





Now if no one invites you over I hope that you have made something for yourself for the holiday's. But never expect someone to invite you over, if anything you should do the inviting to your home for dinner.





You might want to consider doing that for Christmas.
Reply:Not selfish, but don't sit around waiting for an invite. They may not know you haven't been invited to dinner yet. Call up a few and find out what their plans are and ask if you can attend their dinner--offer to bring a dish or two or to assist with dinner preparations so that you won't arrive empty-handed.
Reply:No you aren't selfish. I hope they do, and there's still time for them to extend the invite. Do you have a friendly, open relationship with them? You can feel free to call and ask them what they are planning for Thanksgiving. It may be that they are headed to their in laws.





If no one asks, celebrate with other single friends or volunteer at a homeless shelter. You will do a world of good!
Reply:It's not selfish. Hopefully you will get an invite soon. But if they don't invite you, don't take it too hard. I'm sure they have a lot going on and it maybe slipped their minds. If you aren't invited by wednesday then call one of them and bring up the "So what are you doing for Thanksgiving'' conversation and be sure to include that you don't have plans yet.
Reply:YES YOU ARE VERY SELFISH,MANY OF US ARE SINGLE AND DEAL JUST FINE BEING ALONE ON THANKSGIVING. GO OUT TO DINNER OR FIX IT YOURSELF. SUCK IT UP BABY.
Reply:You're not selfish. You're LAZY and SELF-CENTERED. A MOOCHER too!!!!!! //~_~\\