ILs take/divide up leftovers without asking

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. I thought my family was dysfunctional but I can’t even imagine fighting over leftovers. You all sound low class.

It's some wanna be rich thing to be fretting about your own family being "low class". They are cut from the same cloth even if OP is putting on airs about being classy when she wants to hoard leftovers for herself. None of this is classy.

No, you lack class just like the people described in these posts. Op isn't hoarding leftovers. She has guests to feed the next day. That isn't hoarding leftovers idiot. That such an obvious deceitful take on what op is describing. It's clear you're a parasite and these posts are making you realize what a leach we all think you are.

This. What I'm picturing in my head is that the people still staying at OP's house on the Friday or Saturday want some thanksgiving leftovers. There are leftovers still in the fridge, but the guests and OP can't have them because MIL 'reserved' them to take home in a few days. That's quite frankly nuts and rude. Until the guests have left, the leftovers should be for everyone to share.

So you're saying the ILs forego their own leftovers and let them sit for days until they finally go home? That's not very credible.

OP said that the next night she went into the IL’s containers to offer everyone leftovers, and they objected. So it certainly looks as if they are letting them sit for at least 36 hours until they leave on Saturday or later.

Ok. Just ignore that it's "their Tupperware" and serve. Where is OP's own Tupperware? How can there be so little left of a giant turkey?

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Anonymous wrote:For the one (probably greedy boomer) who says just double up it’s easy, it’s clear you aren’t the host. Thanksgiving for a crowd of poorly behaved animals is already a ton of work. Cooking an extra turkey, doubling or really tripling the potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry, pies etc etc so the “guests” aka invaders can be fed leftovers the next day and take back heaping portions is a ton more work.

I honestly think it’s an aspect of boomers who are inherently selfish and greedy losing their filters and making sure they get theirs and no one else does.

I am 40 and I am team “just provide more food.” I think it is the martyr generation who thinks of hosting as such a burden. If you already don’t want people “invading” your house and you are already fed up, then everything will seem like a problem and imposition.

There is no need to buy two turkeys and no need to double everything. But there are many ways to give the ILs a doggie bag pretty easily.

You seem to have a listening problem. If you have overnight guests and plan to offer/left overs the next day then unless you double your amounts there is nothing left for greedy FIL/MIL who already snatched up containers full of food. You would be stuck explaining to rude guests that no they can’t have any leftover because the greedy boomers grabbed them already. You are stuck making more meals for rude people. The alternative is to double but that is a lot of work.

Crazy grandma up above doesn't listen to anyone so she refuses to acknowledge how much work op has put in to the meal and also refuses to acknowledge that op has to feed guests the next day. She and the other old crones just want to crow about how easy they would find it when clearly they haven't hosted themselves. Also the larger the batch of food you are making, the harder it is to maintain how well it is made. Anyone who cooks often knows this.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. I thought my family was dysfunctional but I can’t even imagine fighting over leftovers. You all sound low class.

It's some wanna be rich thing to be fretting about your own family being "low class". They are cut from the same cloth even if OP is putting on airs about being classy when she wants to hoard leftovers for herself. None of this is classy.

No, you lack class just like the people described in these posts. Op isn't hoarding leftovers. She has guests to feed the next day. That isn't hoarding leftovers idiot. That such an obvious deceitful take on what op is describing. It's clear you're a parasite and these posts are making you realize what a leach we all think you are.

This. What I'm picturing in my head is that the people still staying at OP's house on the Friday or Saturday want some thanksgiving leftovers. There are leftovers still in the fridge, but the guests and OP can't have them because MIL 'reserved' them to take home in a few days. That's quite frankly nuts and rude. Until the guests have left, the leftovers should be for everyone to share.

So you're saying the ILs forego their own leftovers and let them sit for days until they finally go home? That's not very credible.

OP said that the next night she went into the IL’s containers to offer everyone leftovers, and they objected. So it certainly looks as if they are letting them sit for at least 36 hours until they leave on Saturday or later.

Ok. Just ignore that it's "their Tupperware" and serve. Where is OP's own Tupperware? How can there be so little left of a giant turkey?

Are you 12? You have no clue how many true servings you get out of a "giant" turkey.

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Anonymous wrote:For the one (probably greedy boomer) who says just double up it’s easy, it’s clear you aren’t the host. Thanksgiving for a crowd of poorly behaved animals is already a ton of work. Cooking an extra turkey, doubling or really tripling the potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry, pies etc etc so the “guests” aka invaders can be fed leftovers the next day and take back heaping portions is a ton more work.

I honestly think it’s an aspect of boomers who are inherently selfish and greedy losing their filters and making sure they get theirs and no one else does.

I am 40 and I am team “just provide more food.” I think it is the martyr generation who thinks of hosting as such a burden. If you already don’t want people “invading” your house and you are already fed up, then everything will seem like a problem and imposition.

There is no need to buy two turkeys and no need to double everything. But there are many ways to give the ILs a doggie bag pretty easily.

You seem to have a listening problem. If you have overnight guests and plan to offer/left overs the next day then unless you double your amounts there is nothing left for greedy FIL/MIL who already snatched up containers full of food. You would be stuck explaining to rude guests that no they can’t have any leftover because the greedy boomers grabbed them already. You are stuck making more meals for rude people. The alternative is to double but that is a lot of work.

Crazy grandma up above doesn't listen to anyone so she refuses to acknowledge how much work op has put in to the meal and also refuses to acknowledge that op has to feed guests the next day. She and the other old crones just want to crow about how easy they would find it when clearly they haven't hosted themselves. Also the larger the batch of food you are making, the harder it is to maintain how well it is made. Anyone who cooks often knows this.

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The "Just peel 10 more lbs of potatoes" people need to go away.
Anybody can make this cheap shit food any day of the year. Why does it have a sacrosanct scarcity value on it?

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. I thought my family was dysfunctional but I can’t even imagine fighting over leftovers. You all sound low class.

It's some wanna be rich thing to be fretting about your own family being "low class". They are cut from the same cloth even if OP is putting on airs about being classy when she wants to hoard leftovers for herself. None of this is classy.

No, you lack class just like the people described in these posts. Op isn't hoarding leftovers. She has guests to feed the next day. That isn't hoarding leftovers idiot. That such an obvious deceitful take on what op is describing. It's clear you're a parasite and these posts are making you realize what a leach we all think you are.

This. What I'm picturing in my head is that the people still staying at OP's house on the Friday or Saturday want some thanksgiving leftovers. There are leftovers still in the fridge, but the guests and OP can't have them because MIL 'reserved' them to take home in a few days. That's quite frankly nuts and rude. Until the guests have left, the leftovers should be for everyone to share.

So you're saying the ILs forego their own leftovers and let them sit for days until they finally go home? That's not very credible.

OP said that the next night she went into the IL’s containers to offer everyone leftovers, and they objected. So it certainly looks as if they are letting them sit for at least 36 hours until they leave on Saturday or later.

Ok. Just ignore that it's "their Tupperware" and serve. Where is OP's own Tupperware? How can there be so little left of a giant turkey?

Are you 12? You have no clue how many true servings you get out of a "giant" turkey.

Have you ever made a turkey? If you have nothing left after someone puts some in a Tupperware, you didn't make much. Most people have turkey for days which they turn into soups, enchiladas, sandwiches, and on and on. Try it.

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Anonymous wrote:For the one (probably greedy boomer) who says just double up it’s easy, it’s clear you aren’t the host. Thanksgiving for a crowd of poorly behaved animals is already a ton of work. Cooking an extra turkey, doubling or really tripling the potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry, pies etc etc so the “guests” aka invaders can be fed leftovers the next day and take back heaping portions is a ton more work.

I honestly think it’s an aspect of boomers who are inherently selfish and greedy losing their filters and making sure they get theirs and no one else does.

I am 40 and I am team “just provide more food.” I think it is the martyr generation who thinks of hosting as such a burden. If you already don’t want people “invading” your house and you are already fed up, then everything will seem like a problem and imposition.

There is no need to buy two turkeys and no need to double everything. But there are many ways to give the ILs a doggie bag pretty easily.

You seem to have a listening problem. If you have overnight guests and plan to offer/left overs the next day then unless you double your amounts there is nothing left for greedy FIL/MIL who already snatched up containers full of food. You would be stuck explaining to rude guests that no they can’t have any leftover because the greedy boomers grabbed them already. You are stuck making more meals for rude people. The alternative is to double but that is a lot of work.

Crazy grandma up above doesn't listen to anyone so she refuses to acknowledge how much work op has put in to the meal and also refuses to acknowledge that op has to feed guests the next day. She and the other old crones just want to crow about how easy they would find it when clearly they haven't hosted themselves. Also the larger the batch of food you are making, the harder it is to maintain how well it is made. Anyone who cooks often knows this.

+1
The "Just peel 10 more lbs of potatoes" people need to go away.
Anybody can make this cheap shit food any day of the year. Why does it have a sacrosanct scarcity value on it?

If you make it all the time left over mashed potatoes are not that exciting or worth fighting over. OP doesn't cook all year, we get it.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. I thought my family was dysfunctional but I can’t even imagine fighting over leftovers. You all sound low class.

It's some wanna be rich thing to be fretting about your own family being "low class". They are cut from the same cloth even if OP is putting on airs about being classy when she wants to hoard leftovers for herself. None of this is classy.

No, you lack class just like the people described in these posts. Op isn't hoarding leftovers. She has guests to feed the next day. That isn't hoarding leftovers idiot. That such an obvious deceitful take on what op is describing. It's clear you're a parasite and these posts are making you realize what a leach we all think you are.

This. What I'm picturing in my head is that the people still staying at OP's house on the Friday or Saturday want some thanksgiving leftovers. There are leftovers still in the fridge, but the guests and OP can't have them because MIL 'reserved' them to take home in a few days. That's quite frankly nuts and rude. Until the guests have left, the leftovers should be for everyone to share.

So you're saying the ILs forego their own leftovers and let them sit for days until they finally go home? That's not very credible.

OP said that the next night she went into the IL’s containers to offer everyone leftovers, and they objected. So it certainly looks as if they are letting them sit for at least 36 hours until they leave on Saturday or later.

Ok. Just ignore that it's "their Tupperware" and serve. Where is OP's own Tupperware? How can there be so little left of a giant turkey?

Why do you assume it’s a giant turkey? The one I’m getting this year is 8-10 lbs.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. I thought my family was dysfunctional but I can’t even imagine fighting over leftovers. You all sound low class.

It's some wanna be rich thing to be fretting about your own family being "low class". They are cut from the same cloth even if OP is putting on airs about being classy when she wants to hoard leftovers for herself. None of this is classy.

No, you lack class just like the people described in these posts. Op isn't hoarding leftovers. She has guests to feed the next day. That isn't hoarding leftovers idiot. That such an obvious deceitful take on what op is describing. It's clear you're a parasite and these posts are making you realize what a leach we all think you are.

This. What I'm picturing in my head is that the people still staying at OP's house on the Friday or Saturday want some thanksgiving leftovers. There are leftovers still in the fridge, but the guests and OP can't have them because MIL 'reserved' them to take home in a few days. That's quite frankly nuts and rude. Until the guests have left, the leftovers should be for everyone to share.

So you're saying the ILs forego their own leftovers and let them sit for days until they finally go home? That's not very credible.

OP said that the next night she went into the IL’s containers to offer everyone leftovers, and they objected. So it certainly looks as if they are letting them sit for at least 36 hours until they leave on Saturday or later.

Ok. Just ignore that it's "their Tupperware" and serve. Where is OP's own Tupperware? How can there be so little left of a giant turkey?

Why do you assume it’s a giant turkey? The one I’m getting this year is 8-10 lbs.

Are you OP trying to feed 8 people and have leftovers?

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. I thought my family was dysfunctional but I can’t even imagine fighting over leftovers. You all sound low class.

It's some wanna be rich thing to be fretting about your own family being "low class". They are cut from the same cloth even if OP is putting on airs about being classy when she wants to hoard leftovers for herself. None of this is classy.

No, you lack class just like the people described in these posts. Op isn't hoarding leftovers. She has guests to feed the next day. That isn't hoarding leftovers idiot. That such an obvious deceitful take on what op is describing. It's clear you're a parasite and these posts are making you realize what a leach we all think you are.

This. What I'm picturing in my head is that the people still staying at OP's house on the Friday or Saturday want some thanksgiving leftovers. There are leftovers still in the fridge, but the guests and OP can't have them because MIL 'reserved' them to take home in a few days. That's quite frankly nuts and rude. Until the guests have left, the leftovers should be for everyone to share.

So you're saying the ILs forego their own leftovers and let them sit for days until they finally go home? That's not very credible.

OP said that the next night she went into the IL’s containers to offer everyone leftovers, and they objected. So it certainly looks as if they are letting them sit for at least 36 hours until they leave on Saturday or later.

Ok. Just ignore that it's "their Tupperware" and serve. Where is OP's own Tupperware? How can there be so little left of a giant turkey?

If OP was able to serve everyone from MIL's tupperware, then there was still clearly a lot left. Tupperware comes in all sizes. Greedy MIL probably took half of the bird.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. I thought my family was dysfunctional but I can’t even imagine fighting over leftovers. You all sound low class.

It's some wanna be rich thing to be fretting about your own family being "low class". They are cut from the same cloth even if OP is putting on airs about being classy when she wants to hoard leftovers for herself. None of this is classy.

No, you lack class just like the people described in these posts. Op isn't hoarding leftovers. She has guests to feed the next day. That isn't hoarding leftovers idiot. That such an obvious deceitful take on what op is describing. It's clear you're a parasite and these posts are making you realize what a leach we all think you are.

This. What I'm picturing in my head is that the people still staying at OP's house on the Friday or Saturday want some thanksgiving leftovers. There are leftovers still in the fridge, but the guests and OP can't have them because MIL 'reserved' them to take home in a few days. That's quite frankly nuts and rude. Until the guests have left, the leftovers should be for everyone to share.

So you're saying the ILs forego their own leftovers and let them sit for days until they finally go home? That's not very credible.

OP said that the next night she went into the IL’s containers to offer everyone leftovers, and they objected. So it certainly looks as if they are letting them sit for at least 36 hours until they leave on Saturday or later.

Ok. Just ignore that it's "their Tupperware" and serve. Where is OP's own Tupperware? How can there be so little left of a giant turkey?

Why do you assume it’s a giant turkey? The one I’m getting this year is 8-10 lbs.

Are you OP trying to feed 8 people and have leftovers?

Are you trying to be difficult and obtuse. OP said that there would have been enough leftovers for a couple extra meals for everyone, if MIL hadn't reserved a bunch in her tupperware. That sounds like plenty of turkey to me.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG. I thought my family was dysfunctional but I can’t even imagine fighting over leftovers. You all sound low class.

It's some wanna be rich thing to be fretting about your own family being "low class". They are cut from the same cloth even if OP is putting on airs about being classy when she wants to hoard leftovers for herself. None of this is classy.

No, you lack class just like the people described in these posts. Op isn't hoarding leftovers. She has guests to feed the next day. That isn't hoarding leftovers idiot. That such an obvious deceitful take on what op is describing. It's clear you're a parasite and these posts are making you realize what a leach we all think you are.

This. What I'm picturing in my head is that the people still staying at OP's house on the Friday or Saturday want some thanksgiving leftovers. There are leftovers still in the fridge, but the guests and OP can't have them because MIL 'reserved' them to take home in a few days. That's quite frankly nuts and rude. Until the guests have left, the leftovers should be for everyone to share.

So you're saying the ILs forego their own leftovers and let them sit for days until they finally go home? That's not very credible.

OP said that the next night she went into the IL’s containers to offer everyone leftovers, and they objected. So it certainly looks as if they are letting them sit for at least 36 hours until they leave on Saturday or later.

Ok. Just ignore that it's "their Tupperware" and serve. Where is OP's own Tupperware? How can there be so little left of a giant turkey?

Are you 12? You have no clue how many true servings you get out of a "giant" turkey.

Have you ever made a turkey? If you have nothing left after someone puts some in a Tupperware, you didn't make much. Most people have turkey for days which they turn into soups, enchiladas, sandwiches, and on and on. Try it.

Enchiladas? Soup? Blehhh ew!

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Anonymous wrote:For the one (probably greedy boomer) who says just double up it’s easy, it’s clear you aren’t the host. Thanksgiving for a crowd of poorly behaved animals is already a ton of work. Cooking an extra turkey, doubling or really tripling the potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry, pies etc etc so the “guests” aka invaders can be fed leftovers the next day and take back heaping portions is a ton more work.

I honestly think it’s an aspect of boomers who are inherently selfish and greedy losing their filters and making sure they get theirs and no one else does.

I am 40 and I am team “just provide more food.” I think it is the martyr generation who thinks of hosting as such a burden. If you already don’t want people “invading” your house and you are already fed up, then everything will seem like a problem and imposition.

There is no need to buy two turkeys and no need to double everything. But there are many ways to give the ILs a doggie bag pretty easily.

You seem to have a listening problem. If you have overnight guests and plan to offer/left overs the next day then unless you double your amounts there is nothing left for greedy FIL/MIL who already snatched up containers full of food. You would be stuck explaining to rude guests that no they can’t have any leftover because the greedy boomers grabbed them already. You are stuck making more meals for rude people. The alternative is to double but that is a lot of work.

Crazy grandma up above doesn't listen to anyone so she refuses to acknowledge how much work op has put in to the meal and also refuses to acknowledge that op has to feed guests the next day. She and the other old crones just want to crow about how easy they would find it when clearly they haven't hosted themselves. Also the larger the batch of food you are making, the harder it is to maintain how well it is made. Anyone who cooks often knows this.

Good cooks also know how to choose recipes they can scale. Again, when there’s a will, there’s a way. OP is hell bent on serving thanksgiving dinner two nights in a row (yuck, no thanks) because she is rigid. There are tons of solutions that would be readily apparent to a more flexible person. But OP is not interested in solving her problems.

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Anonymous wrote:For the one (probably greedy boomer) who says just double up it’s easy, it’s clear you aren’t the host. Thanksgiving for a crowd of poorly behaved animals is already a ton of work. Cooking an extra turkey, doubling or really tripling the potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry, pies etc etc so the “guests” aka invaders can be fed leftovers the next day and take back heaping portions is a ton more work.

I honestly think it’s an aspect of boomers who are inherently selfish and greedy losing their filters and making sure they get theirs and no one else does.

I am 40 and I am team “just provide more food.” I think it is the martyr generation who thinks of hosting as such a burden. If you already don’t want people “invading” your house and you are already fed up, then everything will seem like a problem and imposition.

There is no need to buy two turkeys and no need to double everything. But there are many ways to give the ILs a doggie bag pretty easily.

You seem to have a listening problem. If you have overnight guests and plan to offer/left overs the next day then unless you double your amounts there is nothing left for greedy FIL/MIL who already snatched up containers full of food. You would be stuck explaining to rude guests that no they can’t have any leftover because the greedy boomers grabbed them already. You are stuck making more meals for rude people. The alternative is to double but that is a lot of work.

Crazy grandma up above doesn't listen to anyone so she refuses to acknowledge how much work op has put in to the meal and also refuses to acknowledge that op has to feed guests the next day. She and the other old crones just want to crow about how easy they would find it when clearly they haven't hosted themselves. Also the larger the batch of food you are making, the harder it is to maintain how well it is made. Anyone who cooks often knows this.

Good cooks also know how to choose recipes they can scale. Again, when there’s a will, there’s a way. OP is hell bent on serving thanksgiving dinner two nights in a row (yuck, no thanks) because she is rigid. There are tons of solutions that would be readily apparent to a more flexible person. But OP is not interested in solving her problems.

You make no sense. If a houseful of guests want those leftovers so much they’re willing to steal them, of course everyone wants leftovers of the main Thanksgiving meal the next day, plus a few sandwiches. That, in my mind, is more than plenty. But MIL and FIL are rolling up with Tupperware to “claim” that second dinner, forcing OP to make or buy ANOTHER meal, when her fridge is already full? No freaking thanks. If two full Thanksgiving meals and a Turks sandwich doesn’t satisfy your greedy self, go ahead and buy a turkey breast to roast for yourself when you get home.

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Anonymous wrote:For the one (probably greedy boomer) who says just double up it’s easy, it’s clear you aren’t the host. Thanksgiving for a crowd of poorly behaved animals is already a ton of work. Cooking an extra turkey, doubling or really tripling the potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry, pies etc etc so the “guests” aka invaders can be fed leftovers the next day and take back heaping portions is a ton more work.

I honestly think it’s an aspect of boomers who are inherently selfish and greedy losing their filters and making sure they get theirs and no one else does.

I am 40 and I am team “just provide more food.” I think it is the martyr generation who thinks of hosting as such a burden. If you already don’t want people “invading” your house and you are already fed up, then everything will seem like a problem and imposition.

There is no need to buy two turkeys and no need to double everything. But there are many ways to give the ILs a doggie bag pretty easily.

You seem to have a listening problem. If you have overnight guests and plan to offer/left overs the next day then unless you double your amounts there is nothing left for greedy FIL/MIL who already snatched up containers full of food. You would be stuck explaining to rude guests that no they can’t have any leftover because the greedy boomers grabbed them already. You are stuck making more meals for rude people. The alternative is to double but that is a lot of work.

Crazy grandma up above doesn't listen to anyone so she refuses to acknowledge how much work op has put in to the meal and also refuses to acknowledge that op has to feed guests the next day. She and the other old crones just want to crow about how easy they would find it when clearly they haven't hosted themselves. Also the larger the batch of food you are making, the harder it is to maintain how well it is made. Anyone who cooks often knows this.

Good cooks also know how to choose recipes they can scale. Again, when there’s a will, there’s a way. OP is hell bent on serving thanksgiving dinner two nights in a row (yuck, no thanks) because she is rigid. There are tons of solutions that would be readily apparent to a more flexible person. But OP is not interested in solving her problems.

You make no sense. If a houseful of guests want those leftovers so much they’re willing to steal them, of course everyone wants leftovers of the main Thanksgiving meal the next day, plus a few sandwiches. That, in my mind, is more than plenty. But MIL and FIL are rolling up with Tupperware to “claim” that second dinner, forcing OP to make or buy ANOTHER meal, when her fridge is already full? No freaking thanks. If two full Thanksgiving meals and a Turks sandwich doesn’t satisfy your greedy self, go ahead and buy a turkey breast to roast for yourself when you get home.

Yeah, reading your take I get that my post would not make sense to you, since you are basically on another planet at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:For the one (probably greedy boomer) who says just double up it’s easy, it’s clear you aren’t the host. Thanksgiving for a crowd of poorly behaved animals is already a ton of work. Cooking an extra turkey, doubling or really tripling the potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry, pies etc etc so the “guests” aka invaders can be fed leftovers the next day and take back heaping portions is a ton more work.

I honestly think it’s an aspect of boomers who are inherently selfish and greedy losing their filters and making sure they get theirs and no one else does.

I am 40 and I am team “just provide more food.” I think it is the martyr generation who thinks of hosting as such a burden. If you already don’t want people “invading” your house and you are already fed up, then everything will seem like a problem and imposition.

There is no need to buy two turkeys and no need to double everything. But there are many ways to give the ILs a doggie bag pretty easily.

You seem to have a listening problem. If you have overnight guests and plan to offer/left overs the next day then unless you double your amounts there is nothing left for greedy FIL/MIL who already snatched up containers full of food. You would be stuck explaining to rude guests that no they can’t have any leftover because the greedy boomers grabbed them already. You are stuck making more meals for rude people. The alternative is to double but that is a lot of work.

Crazy grandma up above doesn't listen to anyone so she refuses to acknowledge how much work op has put in to the meal and also refuses to acknowledge that op has to feed guests the next day. She and the other old crones just want to crow about how easy they would find it when clearly they haven't hosted themselves. Also the larger the batch of food you are making, the harder it is to maintain how well it is made. Anyone who cooks often knows this.

Good cooks also know how to choose recipes they can scale. Again, when there’s a will, there’s a way. OP is hell bent on serving thanksgiving dinner two nights in a row (yuck, no thanks) because she is rigid. There are tons of solutions that would be readily apparent to a more flexible person. But OP is not interested in solving her problems.

You make no sense. If a houseful of guests want those leftovers so much they’re willing to steal them, of course everyone wants leftovers of the main Thanksgiving meal the next day, plus a few sandwiches. That, in my mind, is more than plenty. But MIL and FIL are rolling up with Tupperware to “claim” that second dinner, forcing OP to make or buy ANOTHER meal, when her fridge is already full? No freaking thanks. If two full Thanksgiving meals and a Turks sandwich doesn’t satisfy your greedy self, go ahead and buy a turkey breast to roast for yourself when you get home.

Yeah, reading your take I get that my post would not make sense to you, since you are basically on another planet at this point.

DP. Pretty much everyone on this thread thinks you're on another planet. So, in your view, OP ought to scale up and provide even more food, because it's somehow her obligation to provide a week's worth of meals for MIL and FIL? Why? OP made exactly the right amount of food to accommodate themselves and their guests for the time that they're hosting. They didn't make enough for someone else to claim a generous portion of food for their own later use. If MIL wants turkey and sides for the entire week after being graciously hosted by OP, she can buy her own turkey.

Since you are on a different planet from basically everyone, I'll try to give you an analogy. Say, OP got 4 cases of soda for her guests. MIL rolls up, grabs two, and puts them in her trunk for her to take home. The next day, OP runs out of soda, and MIL throws a fit about people taking "hers." Your solution is that OP needed to buy more soda to enable MIL's theft, rather than thinking that MIL needs to stop stealing things that are meant for everyone.