No one eats in this house

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We tried the oh we're going to go eat,do you guys want anything blah blah blah plan. Mil looked like I had slapped her in the face. She started stomping around the kitchen and threw *literally threw a jar of pb, sandwich bread , cream cheese and two cans of progresso soup on the counter. Handed me a paper plate and said here.

We are here until after the new year.

Please tell me you left that disgusting crap on the counter and went on with your plan to go eat. Please.

Cream cheese and peanut butter sandwiches with fiesta veggie soup is disgusting?

It's not disgusting but it's not something I want to eat when I'm really hungry. I'd much rather eat a real fulfilling meat (meat, starch and veggies). No one is obligated to prepare it for me, I'm happy to do it myself or go out but clearly most of the control freak in-laws or parents won't even have that!

eh, I'm not going to cook a stick to your ribs meal for lunch. Eat a banana and some yogurt.

NP. Keep up. This was for dinner. They had lunch but the ILs didn't want to eat dinner. When OP said they were going out to eat MIL offered Progresso and PB/CC sandwiches with a lot of attitude.

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We tried the oh we're going to go eat,do you guys want anything blah blah blah plan. Mil looked like I had slapped her in the face. She started stomping around the kitchen and threw *literally threw a jar of pb, sandwich bread , cream cheese and two cans of progresso soup on the counter. Handed me a paper plate and said here.

We are here until after the new year.

Why do you care so much if she’s mad? Does dh care? Bc my response would have been - glad to know this stuff is here for a light lunch, but tonight we’re in the mood for steak/chicken/fajitas/Chinese/wherever, so we’ll be back in 2 hrs.

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We tried the oh we're going to go eat,do you guys want anything blah blah blah plan. Mil looked like I had slapped her in the face. She started stomping around the kitchen and threw *literally threw a jar of pb, sandwich bread , cream cheese and two cans of progresso soup on the counter. Handed me a paper plate and said here.

We are here until after the new year.

Please tell me you left that disgusting crap on the counter and went on with your plan to go eat. Please.

Cream cheese and peanut butter sandwiches with fiesta veggie soup is disgusting?

It's not disgusting but it's not something I want to eat when I'm really hungry. I'd much rather eat a real fulfilling meat (meat, starch and veggies). No one is obligated to prepare it for me, I'm happy to do it myself or go out but clearly most of the control freak in-laws or parents won't even have that!

eh, I'm not going to cook a stick to your ribs meal for lunch. Eat a banana and some yogurt.

NP. Keep up. This was for dinner. They had lunch but the ILs didn't want to eat dinner. When OP said they were going out to eat MIL offered Progresso and PB/CC sandwiches with a lot of attitude.

O.k. just backtracked a bit and saw that they had all gone out to a restaurant for lunch and the in-laws were too full to make dinner. Restaurant portions are huge these days. If Op didn't bring home a doggy bag that means that Op had plenty of food at lunch to last through the rest of the day. If Op did bring a doggy bag home that would be dinner.

Sounds like Op wanted to eat that entire huge restaurant meal AND have a stick to your ribs sort of dinner. That's a lot of food!

[Anonymous]

My parents and in-laws are the exact opposite. So much food! I realized this Christmas, that I have become my mother. Our adult kids are all home. I keep trying to feed everyone. I think I've asked "are you hungry" or "can I get anyone anything" about 1000X. Probably driving them nuts. My kitchen is always open and the kids (and grandkids) are free to get whatever they want whenever they want it. My two year old grandson had Christmas cookies and fudge for breakfast. Before his parents woke up, of course!

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Anonymous wrote:My parents and in-laws are the exact opposite. So much food! I realized this Christmas, that I have become my mother. Our adult kids are all home. I keep trying to feed everyone. I think I've asked "are you hungry" or "can I get anyone anything" about 1000X. Probably driving them nuts. My kitchen is always open and the kids (and grandkids) are free to get whatever they want whenever they want it. My two year old grandson had Christmas cookies and fudge for breakfast. Before his parents woke up, of course!

Hey, if Grandma is willing to get up with the kids and let the parents sleep in, Grandma can give the kids cookies and fudge for breakfast.

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I have never heard of a peanut butter and cream cheese sandwich. Is this really a thing ?

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We tried the oh we're going to go eat,do you guys want anything blah blah blah plan. Mil looked like I had slapped her in the face. She started stomping around the kitchen and threw *literally threw a jar of pb, sandwich bread , cream cheese and two cans of progresso soup on the counter. Handed me a paper plate and said here.

We are here until after the new year.

Please tell me you left that disgusting crap on the counter and went on with your plan to go eat. Please.

Cream cheese and peanut butter sandwiches with fiesta veggie soup is disgusting?

It's not disgusting but it's not something I want to eat when I'm really hungry. I'd much rather eat a real fulfilling meat (meat, starch and veggies). No one is obligated to prepare it for me, I'm happy to do it myself or go out but clearly most of the control freak in-laws or parents won't even have that!

eh, I'm not going to cook a stick to your ribs meal for lunch. Eat a banana and some yogurt.

No need, I'm happy to cook and clean myself or go out. Why the urge to control what I'm eating? This is the big issue here!

+1

Agree. The host has some really odd control issues (that need to be dropped while you have guests, my gosh).

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Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of a peanut butter and cream cheese sandwich. Is this really a thing ?

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Anonymous wrote:Dinner time -- how's it going? Did everyone get a nice big Christmas dinner? Or were you fed a Christmas lunch that the hosts thought was so big at 2 pm that no one should need to eat again until Monday morning?

I served light appetizers for lunch and then a big dinner at 3 followed by dessert. After that, no more food - nada, zip. I'm still not that hungry this morning and my feet are sore from standing in the kitchen making that nice meal yesterday, so I'm not making breakfast this morning. Burger King is only a short 5 mile walk away.

Signed,

The Host

Wow. You do not have to eat. You do not have to cook. But let others in your kitchen. You may have stuffed yourself silly, but others may have not. And How hard is it to put out some bagels and cereal?

Yikes. Do you warn your guests in advance? If you can only host if your guests stuff themselves beyond comfort (so they can last 20 hours) you should just stop hosting.

I just cleaned the kitchen and would like the morning off after having just treated everyone to a wonderful holiday meal. Lunch is not that far away. If you must eat before that - Burger King is open 24/7. Be there.

Honestly if hosting family is such a chore for you don’t do it.

Expecting others to eat Burger King (which is gross) because you want to close your kitchen for 20 hours is bizarre. Would it be so hard to have some clementines and bagels/ cream cheese for your guests? Taking a break from cooking is one thing, expecting your guests to starve or eat fast food on Christmas is another.

I made a lovely, abundant meal on Christmas Day. The morning after Christmas I brew coffee and take the the morning off. If someone did not eat enough at the big meal, that is hardly my doing.

Kitchen reopens at lunchtime.

So you're promoting everyone to engorge themselves at lunchtime to carry them until lunchtime the next day?

It just doesn't work like that!

Plus, I'm that person at a holiday meal who takes 1 spoonful of everything to try it and then goes back for seconds of the times I really like. I don't stuff myself and eat a holiday meal like any other meal, expecting to eat again in 5-6 hours.

You do not need to eat heavy holiday food every 5 hours. You are a grown adult, eat normal portions.

That's... that's literally what I said I do.

I eat normal portions.

There's no way 1 slice of turkey, a few spoonfuls of sides, a dinner roll, and then dessert an hour later is going to hold me 20 hours. It's just not happening.

I've never been one to gorge myself or overeat. I eat until I'm full and then I eat again when I'm hungry.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of a peanut butter and cream cheese sandwich. Is this really a thing ?

Gluttons will inhale anything apparently.

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OP GET OUT!

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We tried the oh we're going to go eat,do you guys want anything blah blah blah plan. Mil looked like I had slapped her in the face. She started stomping around the kitchen and threw *literally threw a jar of pb, sandwich bread , cream cheese and two cans of progresso soup on the counter. Handed me a paper plate and said here.

We are here until after the new year.

Please tell me you left that disgusting crap on the counter and went on with your plan to go eat. Please.

Cream cheese and peanut butter sandwiches with fiesta veggie soup is disgusting?

Cream cheese and peanut butter together, with canned soup?! Beyond disgusting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here


We tried the oh we're going to go eat,do you guys want anything blah blah blah plan. Mil looked like I had slapped her in the face. She started stomping around the kitchen and threw *literally threw a jar of pb, sandwich bread , cream cheese and two cans of progresso soup on the counter. Handed me a paper plate and said here.

We are here until after the new year.

Please tell me you left that disgusting crap on the counter and went on with your plan to go eat. Please.

Cream cheese and peanut butter sandwiches with fiesta veggie soup is disgusting?

Cream cheese and peanut butter together, with canned soup?! Beyond disgusting.

Hell, if you're that hungry you can make a hearty Chicken Noodle, peanut butter, cream cheese and bread casserole.

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We tried the oh we're going to go eat,do you guys want anything blah blah blah plan. Mil looked like I had slapped her in the face. She started stomping around the kitchen and threw *literally threw a jar of pb, sandwich bread , cream cheese and two cans of progresso soup on the counter. Handed me a paper plate and said here.

We are here until after the new year.

Please tell me you left that disgusting crap on the counter and went on with your plan to go eat. Please.

Cream cheese and peanut butter sandwiches with fiesta veggie soup is disgusting?

It's not disgusting but it's not something I want to eat when I'm really hungry. I'd much rather eat a real fulfilling meat (meat, starch and veggies). No one is obligated to prepare it for me, I'm happy to do it myself or go out but clearly most of the control freak in-laws or parents won't even have that!

eh, I'm not going to cook a stick to your ribs meal for lunch. Eat a banana and some yogurt.

NP. Keep up. This was for dinner. They had lunch but the ILs didn't want to eat dinner. When OP said they were going out to eat MIL offered Progresso and PB/CC sandwiches with a lot of attitude.

O.k. just backtracked a bit and saw that they had all gone out to a restaurant for lunch and the in-laws were too full to make dinner. Restaurant portions are huge these days. If Op didn't bring home a doggy bag that means that Op had plenty of food at lunch to last through the rest of the day. If Op did bring a doggy bag home that would be dinner.

Sounds like Op wanted to eat that entire huge restaurant meal AND have a stick to your ribs sort of dinner. That's a lot of food!

Are the OP’s MIL?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand these posts- why don't you excuse yourself and go get some food? Why would you just sit there hungry in a house with no food? Pizza delivery, uber eats, door dash if you don't have a car? I don't understand..I agree your hosts should provide enough food but if not, go get some food. If there was no water, you would go go get some right?

A lot of us are in the middle of nowhere land, where food options are limited. The easiest thing to do would be to get groceries and prepare your own meals but that would leave crumbs!

Stop with the excuse about being in the middle of nowhere.