IF MY SISTER IN LAW OBJECTS TO ME GIVING THE KIDS ICE CREAM FOR NEW YEARS I AM GOING TO SLAP HER!!!

[Anonymous]

Wow. Such anger, OP. You should think about getting angry about things that really matter. This doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

My oldest now has a bout of constipation thanks to all the sugar and carb-only snacks the grandparents gave her. So, they're backing off. This could have been avoided if I had been the bad guy and said no - but people like OP have to see it to believe it.

[Anonymous]

Wow. I truly don't get why someone would be upset about this. Good for your SIL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think your SIL probably gets a huge kick out of pushing this particular button of yours. I know I would! The more you try to control and undermine her, the more she's going to insist on her way.

I can imagine at her laughing at you right now.

+1! There is a way to defeat that: let her stay home by herself.

DH may resist at first and pretend he wants his sister over, but then suggest that he deal with her all by himself this year. Result? She's gone. Else, he has to spend the evening with his sister. Result: she's gone forever!

BTDT! It worked.

[Anonymous]

My DD 10 can't handle too much sugar. A small cup of plain vanilla high quality icecream is maybe ok. The fat content will satisfy her after a couple spoonfuls and she'll abandon it. A double scoop of artificially neon dyed HFCS flavored stuff with sprinkles, syrup, etc is going to end badly. She will be bonkers for 30 minutes then feel ill and need to go home.

We don't do candy parties or other sugar-centric events. I don't like cheap plastic shit either, but I'd rather you skipped her treats and gave her a couple noise-makers and those awful fake glasses shaped like 2016.

[Anonymous]

Is this really a hill worth dying on?

You both sound annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD 10 can't handle too much sugar. A small cup of plain vanilla high quality icecream is maybe ok. The fat content will satisfy her after a couple spoonfuls and she'll abandon it. A double scoop of artificially neon dyed HFCS flavored stuff with sprinkles, syrup, etc is going to end badly. She will be bonkers for 30 minutes then feel ill and need to go home.

We don't do candy parties or other sugar-centric events. I don't like cheap plastic shit either, but I'd rather you skipped her treats and gave her a couple noise-makers and those awful fake glasses shaped like 2016.

Please post when your DD is 13, 14, 15 and able to access foods without your supervision. Would love to hear how that goes.

[Anonymous]

OP, you're insane. Poor SIL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My oldest now has a bout of constipation thanks to all the sugar and carb-only snacks the grandparents gave her. So, they're backing off. This could have been avoided if I had been the bad guy and said no - but people like OP have to see it to believe it.

You allowed your daughter to become uncomfortably constipated just so you could prove a point to her grandparents? Wow.

[Anonymous]

Whose kids?

Yours - tell her to mind her own business and feed your kids what you want.

Hers - you mind your own business and don't give her kids food you know they're not allowed to have.

Doesn't matter if you agree or not. Your kids, your rules. Her kids, her rules. Easy and NOT worth getting upset over. Why do you care? Can't see how it affects you if she deprives her kids of sweets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD 10 can't handle too much sugar. A small cup of plain vanilla high quality icecream is maybe ok. The fat content will satisfy her after a couple spoonfuls and she'll abandon it. A double scoop of artificially neon dyed HFCS flavored stuff with sprinkles, syrup, etc is going to end badly. She will be bonkers for 30 minutes then feel ill and need to go home.

We don't do candy parties or other sugar-centric events. I don't like cheap plastic shit either, but I'd rather you skipped her treats and gave her a couple noise-makers and those awful fake glasses shaped like 2016.

Please post when your DD is 13, 14, 15 and able to access foods without your supervision. Would love to hear how that goes.

She CAN access food without my supervision now. I just don't purposely put her in situations where she will have both no healthy alternative and the peer pressure to make a poor choice. I have a friend who is an alcoholic and I don't make him hang out with me in bars either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD 10 can't handle too much sugar. A small cup of plain vanilla high quality icecream is maybe ok. The fat content will satisfy her after a couple spoonfuls and she'll abandon it. A double scoop of artificially neon dyed HFCS flavored stuff with sprinkles, syrup, etc is going to end badly. She will be bonkers for 30 minutes then feel ill and need to go home.

We don't do candy parties or other sugar-centric events. I don't like cheap plastic shit either, but I'd rather you skipped her treats and gave her a couple noise-makers and those awful fake glasses shaped like 2016.

Please post when your DD is 13, 14, 15 and able to access foods without your supervision. Would love to hear how that goes.

She CAN access food without my supervision now. I just don't purposely put her in situations where she will have both no healthy alternative and the peer pressure to make a poor choice. I have a friend who is an alcoholic and I don't make him hang out with me in bars either.

So what you're saying is non-premium ice cream is like...a gateway drug?

I'm just imaging your daughter becoming an HFCS-aholic, and entering a 12 step program to help her regain control over her life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD 10 can't handle too much sugar. A small cup of plain vanilla high quality icecream is maybe ok. The fat content will satisfy her after a couple spoonfuls and she'll abandon it. A double scoop of artificially neon dyed HFCS flavored stuff with sprinkles, syrup, etc is going to end badly. She will be bonkers for 30 minutes then feel ill and need to go home.

We don't do candy parties or other sugar-centric events. I don't like cheap plastic shit either, but I'd rather you skipped her treats and gave her a couple noise-makers and those awful fake glasses shaped like 2016.

Please post when your DD is 13, 14, 15 and able to access foods without your supervision. Would love to hear how that goes.

She CAN access food without my supervision now. I just don't purposely put her in situations where she will have both no healthy alternative and the peer pressure to make a poor choice. I have a friend who is an alcoholic and I don't make him hang out with me in bars either.

So what you're saying is non-premium ice cream is like...a gateway drug?

I'm just imaging your daughter becoming an HFCS-aholic, and entering a 12 step program to help her regain control over her life.

[Anonymous]

People like you are weird. If a kid doesn't have ice cream, his life won't end nor will he miss out on something vital to his existence. Ice cream isn't something that can only be eaten in childhood. He has his whole life to eat it.

[Anonymous]

I am really lucky that my kids do not care about sugary treats at all. Their addiction is for video games! If it is not one thing then it is another.