Where are people’s manners?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“BYO snacks”?! Liar. That’s not a thing. You weren’t expecting they would want snacks, you didn’t prepare, and now you are back-tracking when you see that posters are rightly telling you that good hosts provide snacks.

“BYO snacks” is not a thing, and if you really did tell that to guests, never host again. Because you are a horrible host.

No, that’s not true. I actually told them to bring snacks to carry their kids until dinner. They ignored it.

Each family brings our own food for the three days we at the cabin. We do potlucks for dinner, but breakfast and lunch each family makes separately.

And have zero intention to feed another family of four.

Why did you invite them? You don't like them, aren't a good host, and resented that they showed up all and seem miffed that they didn't treat your rented dump like your personal palace.

Tell us you’re rude and entitled without telling us…

You've been waiting a long time to use that outdated quip haven't you?

Hurts you that it is accurate.

No, it hurts me because it’s old af.

“AF?” Are you 12?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids eat afternoon snacks. They don't go from lunch to dinner without a snack.

Do you not know what “eat all the snacks in the house” means?

That means you didn't buy enough food for your guests, and should feel shame. Only a selfish, socially inept person doesn't make sure their guests aren't taken care of.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the eleven year old felt unwelcome. She picked up on your angry vibe. Needed to get away from you.

What a ridiculous comment.

Not really. The kid was probably chastised for eating some goldfish, stealing a pool noodle, and letting her poor dog STARVE.

Are you always this absurdly melodramatic (while being wrong), or only on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, did anyone get Covid during the pandemic bacon sharing trip?

That is way more rude to me--possibly spreading a virus in a public health crisis.

What?! People should have done more small group socializing, not less. Young, healthy families would know the risks and could make an informed decision. I understand the perspective in 2020 to NOT agent a vacation house, but looking back I wish more people had gotten into small groups. If no one had it going into the house, no one would contract it. COVID isn’t attracted to large groups, it’s not a velociraptor or something.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, did anyone get Covid during the pandemic bacon sharing trip?

That is way more rude to me--possibly spreading a virus in a public health crisis.

What?! People should have done more small group socializing, not less. Young, healthy families would know the risks and could make an informed decision. I understand the perspective in 2020 to NOT agent a vacation house, but looking back I wish more people had gotten into small groups. If no one had it going into the house, no one would contract it. COVID isn’t attracted to large groups, it’s not a velociraptor or something.

We not only shared a beach house with three other couples in 2020, 2021 and 2022, we also shared all the bacon in the fridge.

We like to live dangerously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, did anyone get Covid during the pandemic bacon sharing trip?

That is way more rude to me--possibly spreading a virus in a public health crisis.

What?! People should have done more small group socializing, not less. Young, healthy families would know the risks and could make an informed decision. I understand the perspective in 2020 to NOT agent a vacation house, but looking back I wish more people had gotten into small groups. If no one had it going into the house, no one would contract it. COVID isn’t attracted to large groups, it’s not a velociraptor or something.

We not only shared a beach house with three other couples in 2020, 2021 and 2022, we also shared all the bacon in the fridge.

We like to live dangerously.

But did you have a fight to the death over who ate too much bacon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weve entered the phase of this thread where the OP is sock puppeting like crazy to make it appear she has allies

I’ve posted in support of OP and I’m not her. Ask Jeff (or, you know, get a life).

The slavering pack of hyenas piling on to defend the ill-mannered, spoiled kid “guests” and their parents are very telling, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, did anyone get Covid during the pandemic bacon sharing trip?

That is way more rude to me--possibly spreading a virus in a public health crisis.

What?! People should have done more small group socializing, not less. Young, healthy families would know the risks and could make an informed decision. I understand the perspective in 2020 to NOT agent a vacation house, but looking back I wish more people had gotten into small groups. If no one had it going into the house, no one would contract it. COVID isn’t attracted to large groups, it’s not a velociraptor or something.

We not only shared a beach house with three other couples in 2020, 2021 and 2022, we also shared all the bacon in the fridge.

We like to live dangerously.

But did you have a fight to the death over who ate too much bacon?

No, see we discovered this place called the "supermarket" where you can buy effectively unlimited amounts of bacon. They'll even deliver! We live in an age of wonders.

Also, when I'm making sandwiches or whatever for my kids for lunch, I also ask any other kids who are around, even ones I'm not related to, if they want one. Because the idea of letting a kid go hungry just seems awful, but maybe that's just me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids eat afternoon snacks. They don't go from lunch to dinner without a snack.

Do you not know what “eat all the snacks in the house” means?

That means you didn't buy enough food for your guests, and should feel shame. Only a selfish, socially inept person doesn't make sure their guests aren't taken care of.

Well, we all know DCUM is in full support of the weird (mostly) Gen Y/Z obsession with their kids needing to cram something in their mouths every 60-90 minutes between meals, lest they wither and die on the vine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, did anyone get Covid during the pandemic bacon sharing trip?

That is way more rude to me--possibly spreading a virus in a public health crisis.

What?! People should have done more small group socializing, not less. Young, healthy families would know the risks and could make an informed decision. I understand the perspective in 2020 to NOT agent a vacation house, but looking back I wish more people had gotten into small groups. If no one had it going into the house, no one would contract it. COVID isn’t attracted to large groups, it’s not a velociraptor or something.

We not only shared a beach house with three other couples in 2020, 2021 and 2022, we also shared all the bacon in the fridge.

We like to live dangerously.

But did you have a fight to the death over who ate too much bacon?

No, see we discovered this place called the "supermarket" where you can buy effectively unlimited amounts of bacon. They'll even deliver! We live in an age of wonders.

Also, when I'm making sandwiches or whatever for my kids for lunch, I also ask any other kids who are around, even ones I'm not related to, if they want one. Because the idea of letting a kid go hungry just seems awful, but maybe that's just me.

That’s where you’re wrong. When I make food my own kids, if there are kids nearby I laugh in their face and say “haha you can’t have any of this food because your parents didn’t bring any” then I wave it under their noses.

But, I do feed an extra sandwich to the dog, because I don’t want it to starve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids eat afternoon snacks. They don't go from lunch to dinner without a snack.

Do you not know what “eat all the snacks in the house” means?

That means you didn't buy enough food for your guests, and should feel shame. Only a selfish, socially inept person doesn't make sure their guests aren't taken care of.

Well, we all know DCUM is in full support of the weird (mostly) Gen Y/Z obsession with their kids needing to cram something in their mouths every 60-90 minutes between meals, lest they wither and die on the vine.

No, some of us were raised by civilized people who believe that guests should be shown basic hospitality. My grandmother grew up in a village in Serbia, but she knew more about how to take care of her guests than a lot of you supposedly educated and sophisticated cosmopolitans around here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Weve entered the phase of this thread where the OP is sock puppeting like crazy to make it appear she has allies

I’ve posted in support of OP and I’m not her. Ask Jeff (or, you know, get a life).

The slavering pack of hyenas piling on to defend the ill-mannered, spoiled kid “guests” and their parents are very telling, though.

Suuuuuuure

[Anonymous]

What I don't understand is, OP knows these people, have socialized with them in the past. How could you be surprised by this behavior? They're not strangers off the street. They're your friends. And yes, I agree they behaved very poorly. But surely you had some inkling to their bad manners prior. Yet here you are, using your friends' example and bemoan all humanity's lack of manners.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Read a few pages of the bacon thread and now I'm kind of getting the vibe OP is an almond mom, who has her very specific foods (organic, lower calorie, or whatever) and wants to bring just enough for her family, so that she can carefully monitor how much everyone eats and create a scarcity around the food. And God forbid if they run out of their food, and have to eat the regular people food like whole milk. It's that sense of control and that idea of "OMG, those other kids ate *so* much." If these two kids ate all of the snacks for the entire weekend in a matter of hours plus were served dinner, I'm guessing the snacks weren't that abundant in the first place.

I agree. She brought an apple and a bag of carrots for the weekend.

I don't think OP is an almond mom (she was frying bacon in that thread while the other family made oatmeal), but I do think she is very rigid about food and what counts as a "proper meal" i.e. people can't just grab cereal or make a sandwich with communal groceries on vacation; every meal has to be a home-cooked, sit-down production or you are lazy if you send your kids to grab a slice of pizza at the boardwalk, etc.

I don’t think op is an almond mom either. I think this is about her family being a family of 3 and she isn’t really comfortable with hosting or sharing. She is overwhelmed by getting food for a group and doesn’t want to share.

Don’t know why she keeps inviting people who feel differently to her vacation rentals and then takes the time to complain about it afterwards.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“BYO snacks”?! Liar. That’s not a thing. You weren’t expecting they would want snacks, you didn’t prepare, and now you are back-tracking when you see that posters are rightly telling you that good hosts provide snacks.

“BYO snacks” is not a thing, and if you really did tell that to guests, never host again. Because you are a horrible host.

No, that’s not true. I actually told them to bring snacks to carry their kids until dinner. They ignored it.

Each family brings our own food for the three days we at the cabin. We do potlucks for dinner, but breakfast and lunch each family makes separately.

And have zero intention to feed another family of four.

Why did you invite them? You don't like them, aren't a good host, and resented that they showed up all and seem miffed that they didn't treat your rented dump like your personal palace.

Tell us you’re rude and entitled without telling us…

You've been waiting a long time to use that outdated quip haven't you?

Hurts you that it is accurate.

No, it hurts me because it’s old af.

“AF?” Are you 12?

Are you 80?