My parents were hard at work in the kitchen preparing for the Thanksgiving dinner. The house smelled of desserts, lasagna, macaroni and turkey. Every year, Thanksgiving Day, my family would sit down for a feast with neighbors, friends, co-workers, and relatives to give thanks for all that we have. We are thankful that we can celebrate such a special moment together every year.
This Thanksgiving Day feast had the potential to become “very special”.
I ate Thanksgiving dinner in front of my neighbors, friends, co-workers and relatives absolutely naked, with the exception of boxer shorts. This breach of the social norms and ethics would prove uncomfortable and awkward for every individual at the dinner table. I sat in a bathrobe, Ralph Lauren, and ate and conversed normally with the guests; I received strange looks from the others, but no one directly questioned why I had a robe on at this formal dinner setting. Instead, some individuals chose to whisper to one another about my choice of clothing.
It was now time to deploy the second phase of this outrageous experiment; I went to the upstairs bathroom to take off the robe. I felt foolish and nervous. This ridiculous act had the potential to single-handedly ruin every single relationship that I had with the people downstairs. …show more content…
Every one glared at me, but no one made any comments. Several of the individuals at the table were bewildered that I was wearing only boxer shorts instead of appropriate clothing for dinner. The adults at the table again chose to whisper to one another instead of directly confronting me. The relentless whispers and glares continued for the remainder of the night. Not one person directly accused me of wrongdoing or acting belligerent in any way. Instead they opted to whisper, scoff and deride me from afar without any direct