Where are people’s manners?

[Anonymous]

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So let me get this straight. OP invite a family over to their weekend rental and gets mad when the other family’s teenagers grab the floaties? Did her teenager not use the floaties too? She is really complaining about this?

They took our floaties that we brought from home, not the ones from the rental.

I don’t mind sharing stuff with kids who are well mannered. But there are plenty of kids who, if you share the snacks with them, they will eat ALL the snacks. They won’t use their own sunscreen, but your forty dollar one from a French pharmacy. They will seat take the chairs that you brought from home, your floaties, and just take over your stuff because their parents raised them as entitled to everything around them.

I remember on our first trip with another family I shared breakfast with their kids and on day 1 they literally ate all our breakfast we brought for the weekend and we had nothing left.

On another trip another family brought a platter of cookies to share with everyone and my friend’s son literally ate ALL of them in a matter of hour and there were none left.

The problem is inconsiderate parents who raise inconsiderate kids.

Why wouldn’t you share your floaties?

I promise the kids weren’t seeking out your precious la roche posay sunscreen that you can buy at target. They’re kids! You seem really mean.
Be grateful the kids were being safe in the sun.

The plot thickens!

[Anonymous]

Byo snacks? I’ve never heard of such a thing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

So let me get this straight. OP invite a family over to their weekend rental and gets mad when the other family’s teenagers grab the floaties? Did her teenager not use the floaties too? She is really complaining about this?

They took our floaties that we brought from home, not the ones from the rental.

I don’t mind sharing stuff with kids who are well mannered. But there are plenty of kids who, if you share the snacks with them, they will eat ALL the snacks. They won’t use their own sunscreen, but your forty dollar one from a French pharmacy. They will seat take the chairs that you brought from home, your floaties, and just take over your stuff because their parents raised them as entitled to everything around them.

I remember on our first trip with another family I shared breakfast with their kids and on day 1 they literally ate all our breakfast we brought for the weekend and we had nothing left.

On another trip another family brought a platter of cookies to share with everyone and my friend’s son literally ate ALL of them in a matter of hour and there were none left.

The problem is inconsiderate parents who raise inconsiderate kids.

Why wouldn’t you share your floaties?

I promise the kids weren’t seeking out your precious la roche posay sunscreen that you can buy at target. They’re kids! You seem really mean.
Be grateful the kids were being safe in the sun.

The plot thickens!

If it were South Korean or Japanese sunscreen, then I would be pissed. But French? Eh.

[Anonymous]

Kudos to troll OP for putting this thread in Travel, instead of Family Relationships, Relationships or Off-Topic. Always go one left of the usual suspects. I invented the move and like to put my drama in Midlife. Gets a lot more action.

[Anonymous]

OP, you need to face the reality that you are simply not a gracious or competent host. And hosting probably just isn’t for you. And that’s ok! Now you know. Don’t do it again. You’ll be much happier and less aggrieved. You may do other things well, but hosting is not one of them. Know your limits!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you need to face the reality that you are simply not a gracious or competent host. And hosting probably just isn’t for you. And that’s ok! Now you know. Don’t do it again. You’ll be much happier and less aggrieved. You may do other things well, but hosting is not one of them. Know your limits!

Or we need to dace reality that we are raising a generation of spoiled and entitled children with bad manners.
Whatever you take away from this.

By the way, in other countries children survive without constant snacking and parents don’t have to travel everywhere with bags of gold fish and crackers. This is purely American parenting and junk food. Your snowflakes can survive without eating every two hours. It would help the obesity rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you need to face the reality that you are simply not a gracious or competent host. And hosting probably just isn’t for you. And that’s ok! Now you know. Don’t do it again. You’ll be much happier and less aggrieved. You may do other things well, but hosting is not one of them. Know your limits!

Or we need to dace reality that we are raising a generation of spoiled and entitled children with bad manners.
Whatever you take away from this.

By the way, in other countries children survive without constant snacking and parents don’t have to travel everywhere with bags of gold fish and crackers. This is purely American parenting and junk food. Your snowflakes can survive without eating every two hours. It would help the obesity rates.

What about European dogs? Would they have been starving in this scenario?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

So let me get this straight. OP invite a family over to their weekend rental and gets mad when the other family’s teenagers grab the floaties? Did her teenager not use the floaties too? She is really complaining about this?

They took our floaties that we brought from home, not the ones from the rental.

I don’t mind sharing stuff with kids who are well mannered. But there are plenty of kids who, if you share the snacks with them, they will eat ALL the snacks. They won’t use their own sunscreen, but your forty dollar one from a French pharmacy. They will seat take the chairs that you brought from home, your floaties, and just take over your stuff because their parents raised them as entitled to everything around them.

I remember on our first trip with another family I shared breakfast with their kids and on day 1 they literally ate all our breakfast we brought for the weekend and we had nothing left.

On another trip another family brought a platter of cookies to share with everyone and my friend’s son literally ate ALL of them in a matter of hour and there were none left.

The problem is inconsiderate parents who raise inconsiderate kids.

Lol. You don’t have snacks if 2 tweens can eat all the snacks.

You also seem to have disordered eating, because you don’t have enough food when you host and your entire breakfast for a weekend could be consumed in one sitting by your guests.

11 and 14 yos eat a lot. You obviously don’t.

It is RUDE to not have enough food for your guests. You are the rude one about the food.

The bed, they should have asked but I can’t imagine why you would object to an 11 yo watching TV in a rental. It doesn’t sound like she was snuggled under your covers.

[Anonymous]

OP, are you French chateau in the family mom?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ICYMI: pool toys are for everyone. They are universally known to be communal property.

Didn’t you teach your kids that when they were little? Anytime we went to the neighborhood pool I brought extra toys and reminded my little ones that anything we brought to the pool would be shared.

As an adult hosting guests at a vacation home, you let the other kid use the item for 15 minutes and then you let the other parent know that your Larla shared her floaties with Johnny and now she would like to have a turn.

Adulting really isn’t hard…

First of all, these are not little kids. These are teenagers and they don’t take turns.

Secondly, not in our pool. Who told you others’ pool toys are yours to take?

You have no concept of personal boundaries, do you?

DP. I have a pool. The pool floats are for everyone to use. We don't ask people to bring their own or greedily keep them to ourselves. If you don't bring a towel you are welcome to use ours, we have tons. Also if OP wasn't willing to share anything then she should have stated up front what the daily use charge of this rented place was and indicate everything they might need for the day would have to be brought with them. Food, drinks, floats, toilet paper, towels, plates, cups, cutlery, etc. all were not to be shared. Every family fends for itself.

[Anonymous]

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Lol. You don’t have snacks if 2 tweens can eat all the snacks.

You are not cooking proper meals for your kids if they are consuming gallons of chips and crackers between meals.

Perhaps, you are lazy and don’t want to cook. So you buy cereal for breakfast and sandwich stuff for lunch. And what’s for dinner? A frozen pizza?

[Anonymous]

Bacon lady is back!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Also if OP wasn't willing to share anything then she should have stated up front what the daily use charge of this rented place was and indicate everything they might need for the day would have to be brought with them. Food, drinks, floats, toilet paper, towels, plates, cups, cutlery, etc. all were not to be shared. Every family fends for itself.

If I invite you over to our rental and I have to provide you with towels, floats, sunscreen, bug spray, chairs, snacks, breakfast, lunch and dinner, drinks, dog food and entertainment… then please don’t come. I’m not your mommy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you French chateau in the family mom?

Ooh maybe family chateau mom is ALSO Bacon mom????

[Anonymous]

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/908921.page

I’d recognize you anywhere, bacon lady!