The first thing you need to do is decide why you don't want to see your in-laws on Thanksgiving and how far you are prepared to go to do this. Are you avoiding them because you haven't yet learned how to manage difficult relatives on Thanksgiving? Are you wanting to go with an honest approach or is the situation desperate and you need to go to extremes? Either way, the solution is at hand. So bring your conscience and read the options below to make your Thanksgiving in-law free.

The first thing you need to do is decide what type of Thanksgiving dinner you want to host. In fact, this may be the key to avoiding your in-laws. If your relatives are completely traditional and you tell them you are on your way to deciding how to host a non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner, they might begin trying to find a graceful way to dodge out anyhow! Think about your favorite things that are the things your relatives dislike the most. Base your Thanksgiving on those things.

Maybe the key is really for you to know how to skip Thanksgiving. You can always celebrate Thanksgiving on a day of your choosing or not at all. Below are some ways to avoid Thanksgiving with your relatives or at your own house. ~Don't plan to be home. ~Go to someone else's house. ~Go to work. ~Be out on vacation.

If it is so bad that you need to lie, then below is a list of ways to deceive your in-laws so that you can avoid Thanksgiving dinner with them. ~Tell them that the dinner is a secret recipe potluck, you aren't allowed to know who made what and you are a bit concerned. When they ask why tell them that Uncle Joe is bringing a dish and you just now found out he is a cannibal. ~Explain to them that you are avoiding Thanksgiving altogether because of that "Turkey Incident" when you were a child causes severe PTSD. ~Thank them for wanting to come, explaining that you are actually having a child only Thanksgiving dinner for parents who didn't want to take their children with them to dinner. You could sure use the help since there will be 10-15 toddlers. ~Pretend you have the flu but will gladly cook dinner if you can just stop throwing up for a bit. (Personally I don't recommend this one as bad karma may ensure that you actually end up with the flu.)