Nah, it had something grey in it and smelled bad. D said when in doubt, throw it out. Definitely don’t want to get sick. :-&
D just attended one consisting of 18 recent college graduates that joined her company in July. They were all part of the same orientation group.
I am happy D and my niece and friends are going to be celebrating at niece’s place in Oakland. I’m glad they’re creating their own celebrations and memories and definitely glad they’re not celebrating alone at a diner.
I’m sure they don’t think it compares in any way to a family celebration. It’s joyous in its own way but the highest compliment of how much celebrations and gathering people mean to them!
We call it Straysgiving since we gather up all the “strays” and have a get together. It’s nothing like a traditional Thanksgiving since most of us are usually vegetarian and we are pretty uniformly terrible cooks. But, we get together the week before or week after.
I don’t think I’ve ever had a thanksgiving that didn’t include last minute guests who couldn’t eat with their families for whatever reason. Last year at my parents, we had two students from Germany who wanted to experience a thanksgiving lol.
Thanksgiving is not a big deal in my family. We started buying rather than cooking our meal a long time ago.
my aunt has been doing one the Saturday before for 40 years, they call it Turkey Feast.
D’s entire MBA program got together for Friendsgiving last weekend.
H and I have never lived near family, so we host “our Thanksgiving Family” every year. It is largely the same group of friends although we do add people. Some have been attending for decades and they have all gotten to know each other well. We have a blast and our kids love it.
I was thinking this week that the wonderful thing about Thanksgiving is that if you look at the average traditional food items (not talking to those who have caviar as an appetizer!) it can be an affordable holiday for most everyone - even those who receive food assistance. Turkey can be bought pretty inexpensively. Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, corn dish, rolls and pumpkin pie. Really most of that is not a splurge.
That and someone to enjoy the day with? That makes me really happy to think that for most, it is attainable. 
We are included in my brother’s family’s “Scrubsgiving” tradition, a variant on the leftover party started (IIRC) by my nephew. The kids and adults all invite their friends. Everyone brings their leftovers. The kids have their own party with elaborate traditions which don’t generally include the adults. The adults have their own dinner which intersects at times with the kids’ but is generally separate. It’s very relaxed and fun and there’s no cooking involved, only reheating. We’re friends with my brother and wife and their friends (ditto for the kids and their cousins) so we enjoy it.
This follows the more formal Thanksgiving with the entire extended family the day before at the same house.
It’s nice in that the kids still get to celebrate with their friends and get a little raucous but we still get to have them home to spend time as a family.
My older D just had one with her sorority sisters last week. My younger D who is a junior in HS just did one last night with her friends. My older D has done a few since high school so yes, both my girls have participated in a friends event for a few years now.