Thanksgiving: The Prequel

If there is a single person in your life with no obvious plans for the holiday, inviting them to join you is a kindness. Waiting until only two days ahead of time and including the barbed comment that there will be X number of other people there is not.

Such behavior is at best gauche, and at worst deeply insulting. Why? Because by waiting until the last minute, you've indicated that they are not a priority to you. By announcing that they are the last to be invited, you have confirmed that they are an afterthought.

Mrs. S, I've got a bird for you and it ain't turkey!