Here we go...ILs and Family: Fourth '19 Edition

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Anonymous wrote:Unless your small children are infants they do not need to be fed around the clock, every few hours. Of course the kitchen is closed! Your mom will be treating you all to a fabulous bbq dinner soon. Why you would need to fill up on gross gas station food is beyond me.

Young kids can’t go from 7 am until 4 pm! Do you have little kids? I’m not for the snacking all the time but this is crazy.

This is why there is a serious obesity epidemic. Young children do not need to eat greasy convenience food. If they are hungry between meals they should get an apple out of the fruit bowl, sit on the front doorstep and have a nice, healthy, nutritious snack. They do not need a bacon, nacho cheese, funion burger.

Do you seriously think small children should go from 7AM to 4PM with only an apple in between? Do you not feed your children lunch?

If I am serving a late lunch/early dinner bbq at 4pm, I would not expect to have a pre-lunch/dinner meal especially if I had just eaten a big bowl of cereal that morning. If you really must eat, a delicious piece of fruit should be enough to sustain them until the bbq starts. I always keep a well stocked fruit bowl on the breakfast bar - you don't need to enter the kitchen - just grab an apple, banana, orange or pear, go sit outside in the fresh air and enjoy!

The 4th of July bbq spread is a much heavier meal than one would usually eat. I can't imagine eating a big, salty, heavily processed turkey sandwich from Panera only to turn right around and eat bbq just a few hours later.

This is hilarious. I’ll totally go along with this plan, but you will have to be the one to watch my three year old once he is starving by 11am. The Apple will keep the crazy away until about 1230 and then you might wanna out in protective gear and find a hiding spot. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Like, it's come to the fact that you are known as Burger King Lady and even contentious DCUM has joined together to tell you that you are a horrible, horrible host.

Bet you don't get many REPEAT visitors. And put-upon adult daughters and sons don't count.

[Anonymous]

See, I don't think it's an eating disorder, or JUST an eating disorder. I think Burger King Lady has OCD.

If you are that bothered by a few potential crumbs and don't trust your adult guests to clean up after themselves and their children to your crazed standard, you have some type of OCD-like cleanliness issue.

Honestly, and not being snarky...Burger King Lady, if you're a troll, well played. If not, honestly, seek help. You need a therapist to get this anxiety, OCD, eating disorder or all of the above under control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Help! Embarking on a three hour car trip with my mom to belatedly celebrate her friend’s 7/4, 80th birthday. The ladies are just going out to lunch and one other friend is coming along. My mom refuses to drive much more than back and forth to the grocery store so if she wants to see her friends, I’m the sole transportation.

I have the worst attitude, too. My mom annoys me to no end. Control freak and super picky and critical. Gossips. Judges. Narcissistic. She will talk non stop and expect me to cater and serve her. Try to read a book or have quiet time? That’s incredibly rude. Off to the gym? At this time? Or worse, she’ll begin to worry after about 15 minutes? Where is she?

I offered to drive her and drop her off, drive home and return for her. She was agitated and insulted by this suggestion. I have my own hotel room but she made sure it’s adjoining and yes, the door will be open. Mom wanted to go for an entire week but I stood my ground and said I only have enough leave for a weekend trip.

It’s like playing chess! Can anyone help? I can’t take my sedative and drive...

I have a family member like this. Honestly, whether you cater to their every whim or just straight up ignore their requests, you get the same result... so just do what you want. She won't appreciate you making the effort anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:See, I don't think it's an eating disorder, or JUST an eating disorder. I think Burger King Lady has OCD.

If you are that bothered by a few potential crumbs and don't trust your adult guests to clean up after themselves and their children to your crazed standard, you have some type of OCD-like cleanliness issue.

Honestly, and not being snarky...Burger King Lady, if you're a troll, well played. If not, honestly, seek help. You need a therapist to get this anxiety, OCD, eating disorder or all of the above under control.

My mom and her sister are pretty crazy about cleanliness... We joke every year that my aunt is usually cleaning up dishes on Thanksgiving while most of us are still eating. They make endless comments about how their daughters/daughter-in-laws (never sons, of course) don't maintain a home like they do. AND YET they still will try to feed you every five minutes. Just finished a Thanksgiving dinner? Time for pie! Just finished pie? Time for a turkey sandwich! It's eleven p.m. and you are half asleep on the couch? You must want popcorn! So I think it's more than just a cleanliness thing with this lady (if she is real.)

[Anonymous]

My ILs are the type who sleep with their bedroom door open, even though their doorway very nearly lines up with the main living space.

That's fine, do what you want, but don't insist that we stay with you, leave your door wide open, then COMPLAIN when you hear the baby fussing at 6:15, and hear us head to the bathroom, quietly putting a bottle together, etc.

Newsflash: families with babies are up pretty early. We try to be quiet. But you need to CLOSE YOUR DOOR or at least take us up on our offer to let you borrow the extra white noise machine that we brought.

[Anonymous]

The sad guy standing in the rain eating a pear made me belly laugh. that was a good one!

[Anonymous]

My ILs just left. Full house, 8 adults and 5 kids. Everyone was delightful.

But a stomach bug ran through the house, we had to cancel our big party, and it was so hot and humid we all wanted to die trying to do things outside.

We let the kids play too much Minecraft and drank enough to keep us all in good spirits with each other. Success!

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Anonymous wrote:BK lady is a troll or someone with an eating disorder because anyone who actually knows anything about healthy eating/healthy eating habits would never post what she posts as evidence of said healthy lifestyle. Signed, someone who deals with healthy eating/habits for a living.

I am alive and quite well, thank you very much. I assure you, I have never had a guest waste away. If you are having a heavy, early dinner you can most assuredly survive on a light snack between breakfast and dinner.

Sounds to me like you treat guests the way most people treat their houseplants - water, occasionally feed, give them some sunlight, and be pleased with yourself when they don’t die.

Well, if they must die, they ought to have the decency not to do it at her house.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless your small children are infants they do not need to be fed around the clock, every few hours. Of course the kitchen is closed! Your mom will be treating you all to a fabulous bbq dinner soon. Why you would need to fill up on gross gas station food is beyond me.

Young kids can’t go from 7 am until 4 pm! Do you have little kids? I’m not for the snacking all the time but this is crazy.

This is why there is a serious obesity epidemic. Young children do not need to eat greasy convenience food. If they are hungry between meals they should get an apple out of the fruit bowl, sit on the front doorstep and have a nice, healthy, nutritious snack. They do not need a bacon, nacho cheese, funion burger.

OMG shut it! Poster said she went to Panera. Know what my kids eat at Panera? Black bean soup and an apple. Or turkey sandwich on wheat - with an apple.

But no, better keep my preschooler starving for 9 hours so we have room for Mimi’s mayo drenched potato salad and a Pinterest inspired red white and blue dessert!!! What are you serving at your BBQ? Grilled tofu and veggies?

No need to be dramatic. Your preschooler will be fine eating some fruit as a light snack. My spread is full of healthy choices and doesn’t involve heavy or oily foods. We eat mostly a Mediterranean diet that is healthy and filling.

So, if you actually look up feeding a toddler or pre-schooler, you're completely off base. They should eat every 2-3 hours and not just fruit. Also, you apparently don't realize that small children typically aren't able to "fill themselves up" on a big bowl of cereal in anticipation of a barbeque 9 hours later. Most little kids eat tiny amounts of food at a time.

What, by the way, is the arrangement for fluid intake? I understand that they are probably restricted to water. Do you have a drinking fountain in your well-appointed garden? Or is that the idea with the fruit--they'll get their liquids from the apples?

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Anonymous wrote:Unless your small children are infants they do not need to be fed around the clock, every few hours. Of course the kitchen is closed! Your mom will be treating you all to a fabulous bbq dinner soon. Why you would need to fill up on gross gas station food is beyond me.

Young kids can’t go from 7 am until 4 pm! Do you have little kids? I’m not for the snacking all the time but this is crazy.

This is why there is a serious obesity epidemic. Young children do not need to eat greasy convenience food. If they are hungry between meals they should get an apple out of the fruit bowl, sit on the front doorstep and have a nice, healthy, nutritious snack. They do not need a bacon, nacho cheese, funion burger.

OMG shut it! Poster said she went to Panera. Know what my kids eat at Panera? Black bean soup and an apple. Or turkey sandwich on wheat - with an apple.

But no, better keep my preschooler starving for 9 hours so we have room for Mimi’s mayo drenched potato salad and a Pinterest inspired red white and blue dessert!!! What are you serving at your BBQ? Grilled tofu and veggies?

No need to be dramatic. Your preschooler will be fine eating some fruit as a light snack. My spread is full of healthy choices and doesn’t involve heavy or oily foods. We eat mostly a Mediterranean diet that is healthy and filling.

So, if you actually look up feeding a toddler or pre-schooler, you're completely off base. They should eat every 2-3 hours and not just fruit. Also, you apparently don't realize that small children typically aren't able to "fill themselves up" on a big bowl of cereal in anticipation of a barbeque 9 hours later. Most little kids eat tiny amounts of food at a time.

What, by the way, is the arrangement for fluid intake? I understand that they are probably restricted to water. Do you have a drinking fountain in your well-appointed garden? Or is that the idea with the fruit--they'll get their liquids from the apples?

Young children do just fine on fruit as a snack. A banana is quite filling actually.

As far as drinks between meals go, I have a water cooler located in the basement, as well as, some liters of sparkling water in the garage fridge. I provide a stack of paper cone cups to drink out of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Unless your small children are infants they do not need to be fed around the clock, every few hours. Of course the kitchen is closed! Your mom will be treating you all to a fabulous bbq dinner soon. Why you would need to fill up on gross gas station food is beyond me.

Young kids can’t go from 7 am until 4 pm! Do you have little kids? I’m not for the snacking all the time but this is crazy.

This is why there is a serious obesity epidemic. Young children do not need to eat greasy convenience food. If they are hungry between meals they should get an apple out of the fruit bowl, sit on the front doorstep and have a nice, healthy, nutritious snack. They do not need a bacon, nacho cheese, funion burger.

OMG shut it! Poster said she went to Panera. Know what my kids eat at Panera? Black bean soup and an apple. Or turkey sandwich on wheat - with an apple.

But no, better keep my preschooler starving for 9 hours so we have room for Mimi’s mayo drenched potato salad and a Pinterest inspired red white and blue dessert!!! What are you serving at your BBQ? Grilled tofu and veggies?

No need to be dramatic. Your preschooler will be fine eating some fruit as a light snack. My spread is full of healthy choices and doesn’t involve heavy or oily foods. We eat mostly a Mediterranean diet that is healthy and filling.

So, if you actually look up feeding a toddler or pre-schooler, you're completely off base. They should eat every 2-3 hours and not just fruit. Also, you apparently don't realize that small children typically aren't able to "fill themselves up" on a big bowl of cereal in anticipation of a barbeque 9 hours later. Most little kids eat tiny amounts of food at a time.

What, by the way, is the arrangement for fluid intake? I understand that they are probably restricted to water. Do you have a drinking fountain in your well-appointed garden? Or is that the idea with the fruit--they'll get their liquids from the apples?

Young children do just fine on fruit as a snack. A banana is quite filling actually.

As far as drinks between meals go, I have a water cooler located in the basement, as well as, some liters of sparkling water in the garage fridge. I provide a stack of paper cone cups to drink out of.

Lmao! Sustenance of fruit eaten outside and water in paper cups between breakfast and dinner. Hahaha! You just know her guests all know how cray cray she is and they probably hoard snacks in their purposes or coat pockets. I picture them “accidentally” almost spilling things when she’s not around like that scene in Friends with Rachel and the red wine over Monica’s wedding invites. Cuckoo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been a loyal fan of DCUM for more years than I care to say. And I love a good crazy story about IL visits. But I’ve never heard of nor do I see the need for a
July 4th ILs rant.

Give it a rest. Fetch isn’t going to happen.

Look at that, Loyal Fan of DCUM! This thread you said wasn't going to happen made it to Hottest Topics--Last 30 Days!

[Anonymous]

I wonder if BK lady is also crazy about the thermostat

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Anonymous wrote:My ILs are the type who sleep with their bedroom door open, even though their doorway very nearly lines up with the main living space.

That's fine, do what you want, but don't insist that we stay with you, leave your door wide open, then COMPLAIN when you hear the baby fussing at 6:15, and hear us head to the bathroom, quietly putting a bottle together, etc.

Newsflash: families with babies are up pretty early. We try to be quiet. But you need to CLOSE YOUR DOOR or at least take us up on our offer to let you borrow the extra white noise machine that we brought.

Start staying in a hotel.