How many people can you cram in your house?

@SomeCowgirl (32189)
United States
November 25, 2008 3:58pm CST
My fiance and I are possibly going to be going to my aunts house for thanksgiving. We are not sure of how many people are going to be there but we believe it will be atleast 24 people. That is a lot of people to cram into a house, I tell ya. However, I don't know if more will come or not. There are four bedrooms, and two bathrooms in her house. As well as a den, dining room, record room,and laundry room. I assume the multitude will be in the dining room or outside, or even in the kitchen. My fiance and I are both afraid of being around a lot of people so as to whether we will attend we're not sure. When we used to have Thanksgiving at my granny's there would be 17 people in the house... So how many are you cramming in to your house, and how many rooms? We will be going to his side of the family as well, but there will be maybe 12 people. Do you have family that doesn't attend?
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@cream97 (29085)
• United States
25 Nov 08
About 12 people.. That is the limit! Yes, that is many family members that will not be attending..
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
26 Nov 08
Well atleast with 12 people there's not that many mouths to feed! Happy Turkey Day! I appreciate the response!
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@stinge (810)
• United States
25 Nov 08
cramming as many people in your house is a great idea. Just think of it this way. Everyone comes over for thanksgiving and stuffs the hell out of themselves with turkey, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, apple pie, sweet potatoe pie, cheese cake, chocolate cake and all sorts of great tasting desserts. You wash all of that delicious food down with a nice thick chocolate milkshake. You turn off off the heat. You have everyone stand together as close as they can and you all let out the nastiest farts that you have built up inside you. This will give the house a feeling of warmth for the rest of the evening, which should allow you to turn off the heat and save you some money on the gas bill for the holidays.
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@hellcowboy (7374)
• United States
12 Dec 08
This is a pretty good discussion baby,and I am sure there are a lot of people out there who are good at cramming a lot of people in their house when it comes to holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas because they have a lot of family and they have learned over the years,and then I am sure there are people who are either not good at cramming people in their house,or they do not have a lot of room and can only cram a few people in,or they only have a small family so cramming people is never a problem,and I can understand that different people can cram different amounts of people in their houses,and I know we were considering going to your aunts for Thanksgiving,and we were not sure how many were going to be there,and neither one of is likes crowds so we were not sure we wanted to go,and I remember we had calculated about twenty four people who could possibly be there,and that is a lot of people even though you have said your aunt has four bedrooms,two bathrooms,a den,a dining room,a record room,and a laundry room,and I remember you telling me about the people who would show up when you had Thanksgiving at your granny's ,and we did not go to your aunts,because your aunt and my granny were having Thanksgiving at the same time,and we had done promised to go to my granny's,but we did go see your mom and your aunt was there and she told us there was not as big a turnout as we were expecting,and I remember we were expecting about twelve at my granny's which is not a lot of people since she has like three bed rooms,two bathrooms,a den,a living room,a kitchen,and a dining room,even though only like eight people were actually there,even though two people showed up a little later so it was not that bad when it came to a crowd,even though my uncle and aunt did not show up,just as my mom recently told us that my uncle and aunt are not coming to Christmas this year either which is a bunch of crap if you ask me and I wonder why he is not coming,I love you with all my heart and soul.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
12 Dec 08
I know that the turn out was not as big as we had expected at either house even though we didn't go to my aunt's, and even though we knew my aunt had started counting for us all the people and then stopped when she realized there'd be too many to count, and she probably thought there'd be many that she even wouldn't know was coming. I also know that we found out from your mom that the people we had expected at thanksgiving wouldn't be there, and your uncle and aunt won't be at christmas either, which I agree is not right, but that is just the way it is sometimes. You can't blame them with the economy the way it is but whether that's the reason or not I am not sure. I love you.
@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
25 Nov 08
My husband and I have a very large family. Last year I fed 40 people. I broke it up into two dinners one at 2:00 and one at 5:00 in order to keep it from being so crowded. It worked well for that reason but it was too hard to try to prepare two dinners in the same day. So this year it is at 5:00 period! LOL My house has 9 rooms and two bathrooms which 4 of those are upstairs where guests are not normally , unless they are sleeping or seeking some hideaway! LOL Downstairs I have plenty of room which is exactly why I am nominated for this task!LOL I think I need to move to a smaller house and then I can just bake a pie and go! I find myself retreating to the upstairs periodically just to get a break once in a while and occasionally I run into some other poor soul that is seeking some quite time! But we have a good time it's one of those cases of "I love to see em' come and I love to see em' go!" Happy Thanksgiving
@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
26 Nov 08
Wow, that's alot of mouths to feed. I talk to my aunt and she started to name off a few and then just said "a bunch" because I don't even know if she knows who all will come. Two dinners would probably be a nicer way to weed out a bunch of people, but your right, it's gotta be hard. I myself haven't fixed dinner yet for anyone other then my fiance and I. I'd rather be the Pie bringer, but at the same time I wouldn't mind cooking a big meal (I say that now, but once I get to cooking I'd probably think "why'd I say that?" lol) I know what you mean about see ya come, see ya go.. just being a guest at thanksgiving and Christmas, there's a whole slew! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
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