s/o kitchen is closed

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Laundering sheets once a day??

Of course. If I get their sheets before 7:30am I will launder them and remake their bed. If I get (or go in and get) the sheets after 7:30am I will launder them but they will be responsible for remaking their own bed.

Breakfast is served promptly at 8am - not 8:30, not 9:00, not 9:30 - but 8:00am.

Now I know you're trolling.

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Yep that last one did me in.
Troll is done.

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Anonymous wrote:Burger King Lady,

What are your rules regarding overnight guests and bathing? Do you limit them to one towel visit? Must they hang it up in a particular place? The showers themselves...do you time them? Is shampoo rationed out?

I'm genuinely curious.

My guests get freshly laundered sheets and towels once a day, I prefer not to give stains a chance to set in. Shampoo, conditioner, soap, body wash, shower door squeegee and spray are all provided.

I also prepare delicious, lovely (planned!) meals. My guests are hardly starving. I simply refuse to enable and clean up after gluttony.

I don't even want to think about what will happen to a guest who dares to change her child's diaper in your house. God help them.

You expect the guest to clean your shower?

No. I expect them to squeegee the shower door after their shower.

That's dumb. I'm not doing that. You can squeegee your own shower. I don't clean in hotels, and I'm not cleaning your house.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have any of you with the stingy "kitchen is closed" relatives,
who act like pigs when they come visit you, thought to do the same thing to them when they come to your house?

Say "the kitchen is closed" after breakfast and hide your food in your bedroom so they get to experience not eating anything from breakfast to dinner unless they also go out and buy food? Did it work to break them of the rude habit?

My MIL would tell us we couldn't eat food we brought with us, to their house!! Instead they would tell us that "we have to save it for (another guest.) We continued to bring food but when MIL asked when we were serving it, I told her she would have to wait til the special guest showed up. She never did that again!

So have any of you decided to treat them like they treat you? I know.its petty and rude, but do you think it would do any good?

Haha. Will try it next trip!

I don't understand. Where do you keep food that you bring to their house? in the room or in the kitchen fridge? This is such an odd and inconvenient setup, but i don't blame you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you all do about kitchen is closed relatives when you're staying there? We can't bring food because their fridge is too full. We had battles over milk that my 1 and 3 year old drink (they didn't have room for a gallon), so we bought the shelf stable milk and made the kids drink it warm. Lunch is our struggle. They don't want us to leave and so DH gives in and we don't leave. But the kids are hungry. We eat in our room sometimes. I just feel like a hungry prisoner.

Why do you let these people torture your young children AND yourself?? you are not a prisoner. you don't have to visit, or i'm sure there is a hotel closeby.

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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?

It is monstrously rude to a) go through your guests’ belongings and b) throw out anything you find there. If you did that to me, I would leave and not come back, but not before smearing jam and mayonnaise all over your lovely closed kitchen. Suck it, you joyless harridan.

Sorry, but nothing justifies vandalizing someone’s home. Full stop

It’s not vandalism. It’s desensitization therapy for a mentally ill woman.

[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.

i misread "religious", LOL LOL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you with the stingy "kitchen is closed" relatives,
who act like pigs when they come visit you, thought to do the same thing to them when they come to your house?

Say "the kitchen is closed" after breakfast and hide your food in your bedroom so they get to experience not eating anything from breakfast to dinner unless they also go out and buy food? Did it work to break them of the rude habit?

My MIL would tell us we couldn't eat food we brought with us, to their house!! Instead they would tell us that "we have to save it for (another guest.) We continued to bring food but when MIL asked when we were serving it, I told her she would have to wait til the special guest showed up. She never did that again!

So have any of you decided to treat them like they treat you? I know.its petty and rude, but do you think it would do any good?

Haha. Will try it next trip!

I don't understand. Where do you keep food that you bring to their house? in the room or in the kitchen fridge? This is such an odd and inconvenient setup, but i don't blame you.

It's complicated, my parents are elderly controllers who don't like to cook. We brought the food to share with them. They knew we brought the food, want us to bring the food, and we put it in their refrigerator. They just don't want my dh and I to eat the food we bring, because my mom wants to "save it" for other guests coming later so she can pretend she's providing it for them. I would be more than happy to fix more food, but instead mom wants to feed us leftover 3 day old soup and save "the good stuff" I made for other siblings. Good times. Kind of the opposite of the kitchen is closed. But still dsyfunctional.

We solved the issue by doing to them what they were doing to us, in my case, denying us the food we brought for all of us to eat by telling them they couldn't eat it either. "No mom, I know you really want to have that tonight, but we're saving that casserole we brought for the special guests, not you, you can't have it. Here's that canned soup you told us to eat last time instead of the food we brought." That ended that problem! No more denying all of us the yummy food.

So when the "kitchen is closed" controller comes to visit your house, treat them exactly like they treat you. I've found that equal treatment usually solves the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you with the stingy "kitchen is closed" relatives,
who act like pigs when they come visit you, thought to do the same thing to them when they come to your house?

Say "the kitchen is closed" after breakfast and hide your food in your bedroom so they get to experience not eating anything from breakfast to dinner unless they also go out and buy food? Did it work to break them of the rude habit?

My MIL would tell us we couldn't eat food we brought with us, to their house!! Instead they would tell us that "we have to save it for (another guest.) We continued to bring food but when MIL asked when we were serving it, I told her she would have to wait til the special guest showed up. She never did that again!

So have any of you decided to treat them like they treat you? I know.its petty and rude, but do you think it would do any good?

Haha. Will try it next trip!

I don't understand. Where do you keep food that you bring to their house? in the room or in the kitchen fridge? This is such an odd and inconvenient setup, but i don't blame you.

It's complicated, my parents are elderly controllers who don't like to cook. We brought the food to share with them. They knew we brought the food, want us to bring the food, and we put it in their refrigerator. They just don't want my dh and I to eat the food we bring, because my mom wants to "save it" for other guests coming later so she can pretend she's providing it for them. I would be more than happy to fix more food, but instead mom wants to feed us leftover 3 day old soup and save "the good stuff" I made for other siblings. Good times. Kind of the opposite of the kitchen is closed. But still dsyfunctional.

We solved the issue by doing to them what they were doing to us, in my case, denying us the food we brought for all of us to eat by telling them they couldn't eat it either. "No mom, I know you really want to have that tonight, but we're saving that casserole we brought for the special guests, not you, you can't have it. Here's that canned soup you told us to eat last time instead of the food we brought." That ended that problem! No more denying all of us the yummy food.

So when the "kitchen is closed" controller comes to visit your house, treat them exactly like they treat you. I've found that equal treatment usually solves the problem.

Thanks for responding. That is CRAZY. How old are they?

[Anonymous]

Late 70s, early 80s.

[Anonymous]

They've always been controlling though, it's worse as they get older.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Burger King Lady,

What are your rules regarding overnight guests and bathing? Do you limit them to one towel visit? Must they hang it up in a particular place? The showers themselves...do you time them? Is shampoo rationed out?

I'm genuinely curious.

My guests get freshly laundered sheets and towels once a day, I prefer not to give stains a chance to set in. Shampoo, conditioner, soap, body wash, shower door squeegee and spray are all provided.

I also prepare delicious, lovely (planned!) meals. My guests are hardly starving. I simply refuse to enable and clean up after gluttony.

Our Japanese weekend houseguests asked for a new face and body towel each day.

And the European in laws think we should grocery shop every other day in order to buy fresh bread loaves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Burger King Lady,

What are your rules regarding overnight guests and bathing? Do you limit them to one towel visit? Must they hang it up in a particular place? The showers themselves...do you time them? Is shampoo rationed out?

I'm genuinely curious.

My guests get freshly laundered sheets and towels once a day, I prefer not to give stains a chance to set in. Shampoo, conditioner, soap, body wash, shower door squeegee and spray are all provided.

I also prepare delicious, lovely (planned!) meals. My guests are hardly starving. I simply refuse to enable and clean up after gluttony.

I don't even want to think about what will happen to a guest who dares to change her child's diaper in your house. God help them.

You expect the guest to clean your shower?

No. I expect them to squeegee the shower door after their shower.

That's dumb. I'm not doing that. You can squeegee your own shower. I don't clean in hotels, and I'm not cleaning your house.

Well aren’t you a grateful houseguest. Making your host clean your filth and messes everywhere?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Burger King Lady,

What are your rules regarding overnight guests and bathing? Do you limit them to one towel visit? Must they hang it up in a particular place? The showers themselves...do you time them? Is shampoo rationed out?

I'm genuinely curious.

My guests get freshly laundered sheets and towels once a day, I prefer not to give stains a chance to set in. Shampoo, conditioner, soap, body wash, shower door squeegee and spray are all provided.

I also prepare delicious, lovely (planned!) meals. My guests are hardly starving. I simply refuse to enable and clean up after gluttony.

I don't even want to think about what will happen to a guest who dares to change her child's diaper in your house. God help them.

You expect the guest to clean your shower?

No. I expect them to squeegee the shower door after their shower.

That's dumb. I'm not doing that. You can squeegee your own shower. I don't clean in hotels, and I'm not cleaning your house.

Well aren’t you a grateful houseguest. Making your host clean your filth and messes everywhere?

I'll clean up any of our messes. Water droplets in a shower aren't a mess, dumbass.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Burger King Lady,

What are your rules regarding overnight guests and bathing? Do you limit them to one towel visit? Must they hang it up in a particular place? The showers themselves...do you time them? Is shampoo rationed out?

I'm genuinely curious.

My guests get freshly laundered sheets and towels once a day, I prefer not to give stains a chance to set in. Shampoo, conditioner, soap, body wash, shower door squeegee and spray are all provided.

I also prepare delicious, lovely (planned!) meals. My guests are hardly starving. I simply refuse to enable and clean up after gluttony.

I don't even want to think about what will happen to a guest who dares to change her child's diaper in your house. God help them.

You expect the guest to clean your shower?

No. I expect them to squeegee the shower door after their shower.

My SIL expects people to squeegee. And oyu have to put a folded Bounty under your dish or cup if you put it on her counter. She discovered after they bought the house and remodeled the kitchen that in the right light at the right angle you can make out faint marks on the countertop if a dish had been placed on it without a folded Bounty.

That's dumb. I'm not doing that. You can squeegee your own shower. I don't clean in hotels, and I'm not cleaning your house.