s/o kitchen is closed

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Anonymous wrote:MiL already informed us never to have snacks in the house, FIL will hoover then all up in one afternoon. Chips, nuts, dips, cookies, cakes, pretzels - gone.

Same at her house, no snacks, only apples or oranges in order to keep FIL’s weight down. And crumbs. Constant crumbs from bags or bread or desserts on every counter and table. We come home from work and have to wipe down counters and vacuum the main floor each and every day they stay. They literally just sit in the house, eat, take a walk, and read all day.

I keep my snacks in a small train case. Shut and put away in a closet. MIL could stuff it. I’ll eat where I want.

Why the need for snacks? It boggles my mind that you need to have something to eat constantly. And you wonder why you keep gaining weight

Because there is not enough food served. Because there is no lunch at all. Breakfast and dinner only. Capish?

A train case full of snack foods? If I found something like that stashed in one of my guest bedrooms, I would toss it into the dumpster immediately. No questions asked. Do you think that your host wants to find crumbs and greasy stains all over the guest bedroom once you leave?

Completely agree. This compulsive need to eat unhealthy snacks and junk food is absurd. And then to trash your hosts lovely home because of this ridiculous need to constantly eat is so selfish and uncouth. Please seek help.

Yes, Burger King Lady. Of course you agree with your own comment. Yawn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Completely agree. This compulsive need to eat unhealthy snacks and junk food is absurd. And then to trash your hosts lovely home because of this ridiculous need to constantly eat is so selfish and uncouth. Please seek help.

You can't see to fathom that people have different dietary needs. They are resorting to snacks because the host is not meeting these needs or won't let them leave to get food. While I can easily go 8 hours without food, my husband lifts and when a meal doesn't have enough protein, he's starving. My mother has a very fast metabolism and feels ill and weak when she's hungry. She never travels without nuts, because that helps in a pinch. Neither of them would do well without something between breakfast and dinner.
I think it's time to retire from your hosting duties and turn in your Food Police card.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread demonstrates why we have an obesity crisis. People want to just eat and eat and eat.

My big family eats and eats. My kitchen is never, ever “closed”. We always have snacks and homemade baked goods. And we eat three meals a day. No one in my family is even the slightest bit overweight. DH and I are both runners- marathoners. I am a yoga instructor. My kids are grown now and all very athletic. Food isn’t the problem. Lack of self-discipline creates overweight people.

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I was newly pregnant one year during Thanksgiving. We were staying with MIL, but she was not hosting the family feast; nearby SIL was. MIL had no food, no snacks in her house. She normally eats like a bird anyway. We brought a huge pot of soup, so that's all we ate for breakfast and lunch before the evening family gathering. I've never known hunger like that before or since, being in first tri. H and SFIL took the car for most of the day and I was shut up in the house with MIL and no food. MIL eats very little, so she wouldn't understand that a pregnant woman needs a lot more than she does.

Please have mercy on your guests, people you presume to like since you're hosting, and recognize that what fills you does not provide enough nourishment for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was newly pregnant one year during Thanksgiving. We were staying with MIL, but she was not hosting the family feast; nearby SIL was. MIL had no food, no snacks in her house. She normally eats like a bird anyway. We brought a huge pot of soup, so that's all we ate for breakfast and lunch before the evening family gathering. I've never known hunger like that before or since, being in first tri. H and SFIL took the car for most of the day and I was shut up in the house with MIL and no food. MIL eats very little, so she wouldn't understand that a pregnant woman needs a lot more than she does.

Please have mercy on your guests, people you presume to like since you're hosting, and recognize that what fills you does not provide enough nourishment for them.

I'm sorry your MIL is a horrible host...but, what? Being pregnant rendered you incapable of ordering Pizza Hut or taking an Uber to the grocery store or CVS?

People, grown-ass adults are responsible for feeding themselves. "Brad, before you and Jane take the car and leave me here, you need to go to the grocery store and get me some food. This is ridiculous."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Completely agree. This compulsive need to eat unhealthy snacks and junk food is absurd. And then to trash your hosts lovely home because of this ridiculous need to constantly eat is so selfish and uncouth. Please seek help.

You can't see to fathom that people have different dietary needs. They are resorting to snacks because the host is not meeting these needs or won't let them leave to get food. While I can easily go 8 hours without food, my husband lifts and when a meal doesn't have enough protein, he's starving. My mother has a very fast metabolism and feels ill and weak when she's hungry. She never travels without nuts, because that helps in a pinch. Neither of them would do well without something between breakfast and dinner.
I think it's time to retire from your hosting duties and turn in your Food Police card.

Grab a piece of fruit, go outside and eat it. There is absolutely no need to be in/out of the kitchen all day snacking and dropping crumbs everywhere. There is no need to be secretly stuffing your face in the guest room.

[Anonymous]

is eating fruit outside some kind of regional thing? I have never heard of this practice of taking a piece of fruit from the kitchen and going outside to eat it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Completely agree. This compulsive need to eat unhealthy snacks and junk food is absurd. And then to trash your hosts lovely home because of this ridiculous need to constantly eat is so selfish and uncouth. Please seek help.

You can't see to fathom that people have different dietary needs. They are resorting to snacks because the host is not meeting these needs or won't let them leave to get food. While I can easily go 8 hours without food, my husband lifts and when a meal doesn't have enough protein, he's starving. My mother has a very fast metabolism and feels ill and weak when she's hungry. She never travels without nuts, because that helps in a pinch. Neither of them would do well without something between breakfast and dinner.
I think it's time to retire from your hosting duties and turn in your Food Police card.

Grab a piece of fruit, go outside and eat it. There is absolutely no need to be in/out of the kitchen all day snacking and dropping crumbs everywhere. There is no need to be secretly stuffing your face in the guest room.

NP. BKL, again, some more: DO YOU GET THAT NOT ALL OF US HAVE ACCESS TO FRUIT FROM A "CLOSED KITCHEN"?

I would visit you exactly once. If I were forced to go again, I'd make a huge point of making a huge mess, eating all the time, and laughing in your face if you tried to control me. You know your family hates you, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:is eating fruit outside some kind of regional thing? I have never heard of this practice of taking a piece of fruit from the kitchen and going outside to eat it.

No, it's just one crazy poster here. Heaven forfend you visit her on a rainy day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was newly pregnant one year during Thanksgiving. We were staying with MIL, but she was not hosting the family feast; nearby SIL was. MIL had no food, no snacks in her house. She normally eats like a bird anyway. We brought a huge pot of soup, so that's all we ate for breakfast and lunch before the evening family gathering. I've never known hunger like that before or since, being in first tri. H and SFIL took the car for most of the day and I was shut up in the house with MIL and no food. MIL eats very little, so she wouldn't understand that a pregnant woman needs a lot more than she does.

Please have mercy on your guests, people you presume to like since you're hosting, and recognize that what fills you does not provide enough nourishment for them.

I'm sorry your MIL is a horrible host...but, what? Being pregnant rendered you incapable of ordering Pizza Hut or taking an Uber to the grocery store or CVS?

People, grown-ass adults are responsible for feeding themselves. "Brad, before you and Jane take the car and leave me here, you need to go to the grocery store and get me some food. This is ridiculous."

It's not that easy. When you're out of your element, you don't have the foresight to predict how long DH and FSIL will be gone with the car, how hungry you'll actually get, when the next meal might come. I've been in the exact situation, and I've waited awkwardly (so as not to offend anyone) thinking "well maybe they'll be home soon" or "oh looks like we'll be eating shortly". By the time you realize those things are gonna happen, you're starved!! After that first trip/experience, you gotta wisen up and make your own meal plans. I will either go out and pick up food or I'll call DH to bring food home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was newly pregnant one year during Thanksgiving. We were staying with MIL, but she was not hosting the family feast; nearby SIL was. MIL had no food, no snacks in her house. She normally eats like a bird anyway. We brought a huge pot of soup, so that's all we ate for breakfast and lunch before the evening family gathering. I've never known hunger like that before or since, being in first tri. H and SFIL took the car for most of the day and I was shut up in the house with MIL and no food. MIL eats very little, so she wouldn't understand that a pregnant woman needs a lot more than she does.

Please have mercy on your guests, people you presume to like since you're hosting, and recognize that what fills you does not provide enough nourishment for them.

I'm sorry your MIL is a horrible host...but, what? Being pregnant rendered you incapable of ordering Pizza Hut or taking an Uber to the grocery store or CVS?

People, grown-ass adults are responsible for feeding themselves. "Brad, before you and Jane take the car and leave me here, you need to go to the grocery store and get me some food. This is ridiculous."

It's not that easy. When you're out of your element, you don't have the foresight to predict how long DH and FSIL will be gone with the car, how hungry you'll actually get, when the next meal might come. I've been in the exact situation, and I've waited awkwardly (so as not to offend anyone) thinking "well maybe they'll be home soon" or "oh looks like we'll be eating shortly". By the time you realize those things are gonna happen, you're starved!! After that first trip/experience, you gotta wisen up and make your own meal plans. I will either go out and pick up food or I'll call DH to bring food home.

Domino's delivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was newly pregnant one year during Thanksgiving. We were staying with MIL, but she was not hosting the family feast; nearby SIL was. MIL had no food, no snacks in her house. She normally eats like a bird anyway. We brought a huge pot of soup, so that's all we ate for breakfast and lunch before the evening family gathering. I've never known hunger like that before or since, being in first tri. H and SFIL took the car for most of the day and I was shut up in the house with MIL and no food. MIL eats very little, so she wouldn't understand that a pregnant woman needs a lot more than she does.

Please have mercy on your guests, people you presume to like since you're hosting, and recognize that what fills you does not provide enough nourishment for them.

I'm sorry your MIL is a horrible host...but, what? Being pregnant rendered you incapable of ordering Pizza Hut or taking an Uber to the grocery store or CVS?

People, grown-ass adults are responsible for feeding themselves. "Brad, before you and Jane take the car and leave me here, you need to go to the grocery store and get me some food. This is ridiculous."

It's not that easy. When you're out of your element, you don't have the foresight to predict how long DH and FSIL will be gone with the car, how hungry you'll actually get, when the next meal might come. I've been in the exact situation, and I've waited awkwardly (so as not to offend anyone) thinking "well maybe they'll be home soon" or "oh looks like we'll be eating shortly". By the time you realize those things are gonna happen, you're starved!! After that first trip/experience, you gotta wisen up and make your own meal plans. I will either go out and pick up food or I'll call DH to bring food home.

Domino's delivers.

You just like to badger people, don't you? You're almost as bad as the Burger King Lady.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:is eating fruit outside some kind of regional thing? I have never heard of this practice of taking a piece of fruit from the kitchen and going outside to eat it.

No, it's just one crazy poster here. Heaven forfend you visit her on a rainy day.

A. I love you

B. Fruit outside poster (AKA big bowl of cereal poster) is controlling in many ways. What you eat, where you eat, how you're allowed to feel . . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Completely agree. This compulsive need to eat unhealthy snacks and junk food is absurd. And then to trash your hosts lovely home because of this ridiculous need to constantly eat is so selfish and uncouth. Please seek help.

You can't see to fathom that people have different dietary needs. They are resorting to snacks because the host is not meeting these needs or won't let them leave to get food. While I can easily go 8 hours without food, my husband lifts and when a meal doesn't have enough protein, he's starving. My mother has a very fast metabolism and feels ill and weak when she's hungry. She never travels without nuts, because that helps in a pinch. Neither of them would do well without something between breakfast and dinner.
I think it's time to retire from your hosting duties and turn in your Food Police card.

Grab a piece of fruit, go outside and eat it. There is absolutely no need to be in/out of the kitchen all day snacking and dropping crumbs everywhere. There is no need to be secretly stuffing your face in the guest room.

NP. BKL, again, some more: DO YOU GET THAT NOT ALL OF US HAVE ACCESS TO FRUIT FROM A "CLOSED KITCHEN"?

I would visit you exactly once. If I were forced to go again, I'd make a huge point of making a huge mess, eating all the time, and laughing in your face if you tried to control me. You know your family hates you, right?

CAN WE PLEASE STOP FEEDING THE TROLL?

This was a fun and head-scratching thread until this dumb back and forth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was newly pregnant one year during Thanksgiving. We were staying with MIL, but she was not hosting the family feast; nearby SIL was. MIL had no food, no snacks in her house. She normally eats like a bird anyway. We brought a huge pot of soup, so that's all we ate for breakfast and lunch before the evening family gathering. I've never known hunger like that before or since, being in first tri. H and SFIL took the car for most of the day and I was shut up in the house with MIL and no food. MIL eats very little, so she wouldn't understand that a pregnant woman needs a lot more than she does.

Please have mercy on your guests, people you presume to like since you're hosting, and recognize that what fills you does not provide enough nourishment for them.

I'm sorry your MIL is a horrible host...but, what? Being pregnant rendered you incapable of ordering Pizza Hut or taking an Uber to the grocery store or CVS?

People, grown-ass adults are responsible for feeding themselves. "Brad, before you and Jane take the car and leave me here, you need to go to the grocery store and get me some food. This is ridiculous."

It's not that easy. When you're out of your element, you don't have the foresight to predict how long DH and FSIL will be gone with the car, how hungry you'll actually get, when the next meal might come. I've been in the exact situation, and I've waited awkwardly (so as not to offend anyone) thinking "well maybe they'll be home soon" or "oh looks like we'll be eating shortly". By the time you realize those things are gonna happen, you're starved!! After that first trip/experience, you gotta wisen up and make your own meal plans. I will either go out and pick up food or I'll call DH to bring food home.

Domino's delivers.

You just like to badger people, don't you? You're almost as bad as the Burger King Lady.

I don't like to badger anyone. But I also can't stand mealy-mouth ninnies who act like the world owes them a sandwich. If you are hungry, go eat. Find a way to feed yourself. If your kids are hungry, feed them. Your big, bad MIL or great-aunt can't keep food out of your mouth unless they are pointing a gun at you. Grow up and take care of yourself and your family.