🌸 Pink Aura Diaries Presents: A Bad B*tch Thanksgiving — Because I Brought More Than a Dish Part 3 — “If You Didn’t Help Cook, Don’t Comment — That’s the Thanksgiving Commandment.”
✨ Table of Contents
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The Nerve of People at Thanksgiving
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The Commentary Nobody Asked For
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Aquarius Boundaries in the Kitchen
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Protecting Your Joy, Not Just Your Plate
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P.A.D. Journal Prompt
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P.A.D. CTA
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Closing
1 — The Nerve of People at Thanksgiving
Let’s be honest babe…
Thanksgiving brings out a special type of boldness in people.
And it’s ALWAYS the ones who didn’t chop, mix, boil, season, bake, or stir a single thing…
who suddenly believe they’re Michelin-rated food critics.
How you judging a plate you didn’t contribute to?
How you got the most opinions but did the least labor?
It’s giving delusion, and honestly, the holiday spirit wasn’t meant for that.
Here’s the truth:
If your hands didn’t touch a pot, a pan, or a prayer… keep your comments in the living room.
This year, we’re not playing the “take it with grace” game.
If someone wants to critique a dish, they better be ready to roll up their sleeves and help next year.
Oh, they’re suddenly quiet? Exactly.
2 — The Commentary Nobody Asked For
Thanksgiving commentary hits different.
People think the holiday gives them permission to say ANYTHING.
“You added too much butter.”
“This isn’t how mama made it.”
“It’s a little salty.”
“Why you make it like that?”
“I liked the old recipe better.”
Baby… you didn’t make ANY recipe.
Not last year.
Not this year.
Not ever.
There is nothing more irritating than someone hovering over the food like they put in effort.
Like they stood over a hot stove.
Like they bought one ingredient.
Let me be clear:
Holiday cooking is a love language.
Cooking is emotional labor.
Cooking is time, energy, heart, and intention.
If you didn’t contribute to the vibe, you don’t get to critique the plate.
And Aquarius women?
We don’t do uninvited opinions — we shut them down, softly but directly.
3 — Aquarius Boundaries in the Kitchen
Aquarius energy in the kitchen is unmatched.
We’re helpful, we’re observant, we’re quick, we’re strategic…
but we’re also unbothered and uninterested in commentary from people who didn’t show up to assist.
An Aquarius will politely redirect with ease:
“Oh that’s how it turned out? Beautiful — make your plate.”
“You don’t like it? There are other dishes, sweetheart.”
“You think it needs more seasoning? Bring some next year.”
“You prefer your way? Make yours at home.”
Said with a smile.
Said with grace.
Said with boundaries.
Holiday softness does NOT mean you get to be played with.
And if someone wants to talk reckless while holding a styrofoam plate?
The kitchen closes immediately.
4 — Protecting Your Joy, Not Just Your Plate
This year, you’re protecting:
✨ Your joy
✨ Your mood
✨ Your time
✨ Your peace
✨ Your emotional energy
✨ Your effort
✨ Your love poured into the food
✨ Your boundaries
✨ Your aura
You’re not letting anyone’s side comments ruin the warmth you created.
You’re not letting anybody’s unnecessary opinions disturb your vibe.
The kitchen is a sacred place —
a place where stories, smells, memories, and generations come together.
So if someone can’t appreciate the effort?
They can appreciate the silence.
Energy is an ingredient, too.
And yours stays pure, protected, and powerful.
✨ P.A.D. Journal Prompt
“Who do I allow to place expectations, commentary, or pressure on me during the holidays — and how can I gently but firmly detach from that this year?”
✨ P.A.D. CTA
Comment below, baby:
Which family member ALWAYS critiques the food and NEVER helps — and how are you shutting it down this year with grace and glow?
❤️ Closing
This Thanksgiving, you’re no longer cooking love for people who season it with complaints.
You’re no longer shrinking to keep the peace while others stir chaos.
You’re no longer accepting commentary from people who don’t contribute.
You’re choosing softness.
You’re choosing boundaries.
You’re choosing joy.
You’re choosing YOU.
And that?
Is the new Thanksgiving commandment.
Pink Aura Diaries, XOXO.
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