How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I personally would be horrified if my DC gobbled up all the others’ food. It’s incredibly rude and from the age of 10 and up I would expect some manners and tact.

It’s strange that never came up in this thread, but this just shows the American attitude that their kids are entitled to everything they desire.

How can you not feed poor little 6 feet tall 13 year old Johny if he’s hungry? You’re so cruel. Wow.

It's really not that rude and you sound like you need psychological intervention and are one crazy lady. Your kids will probably put you in a home and never visit as soon as they can

I find it incredibly rude. I would not allow DC to act like that. A this age they ship be able to delay instant gratification.

Well you have extremely bad manners and are contemplating hoarding away food like a squirrel preparing for winter, so clearly your discernment is off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I personally would be horrified if my DC gobbled up all the others’ food. It’s incredibly rude and from the age of 10 and up I would expect some manners and tact.

It’s strange that never came up in this thread, but this just shows the American attitude that their kids are entitled to everything they desire.

How can you not feed poor little 6 feet tall 13 year old Johny if he’s hungry? You’re so cruel. Wow.

OP, a box of pancake mix at Aldi's is under $2. Add syrup for another $2 or not. Or, a carton of eggs and a loaf of bread, same price. I cannot imagine have a kid in my home or in that situation and not feeding them. You can afford it if you can afford a trip like that. Its not about entitlement. Its about human decency and how to treat people. You are going to a shared house, you share meals. If you go for three days, you split up the meals by either day or by meal and each taking one except if someone is on a specific diet. We do big scout trips. We bring our own food because of food issues but always donate to the group stash and bring enough so when we make pancakes or eggs when kids come over, there is plenty. I cannot imagine turning down a child or making them watch us eat and not offering food. Who does that? Oh wait, you.

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Best. Thread. Ever!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Best. Thread. Ever!

+1
The highlight was definitely the bizarre "occasionally drink an artisanal root beer" defense

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It may seem like a silly question but it’s a real struggle for me.

We’re renting a large cabin/lodge in a state park for Labor weekend. There will be 3 families, total 10 people.

We agreed to alternate cooking dinners for the whole group. I explicitly said that I’m bringing breakfast and lunch food for our family only and don’t intend to to feed others for breakfast and lunch.

However, I said that too on our precious weekend together and my friend’s kids ended up eating literally all our breakfast food. Its awkward when our family is eating breakfast and the other kids ask if they can have some of it too and their mom doesn’t say anything. These are not little kids, they’re 11-13 years old.

Anyway, I’m trying to avoid the same situation. What would be an assertive way to handle it?

Is this the kind of stuff that wealthy people sit around and wonder about? Petty Betty.

OP you are cheap cheap Cheap for not wanting to feed those kids. Shame on you!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It may seem like a silly question but it’s a real struggle for me.

We’re renting a large cabin/lodge in a state park for Labor weekend. There will be 3 families, total 10 people.

We agreed to alternate cooking dinners for the whole group. I explicitly said that I’m bringing breakfast and lunch food for our family only and don’t intend to to feed others for breakfast and lunch.

However, I said that too on our precious weekend together and my friend’s kids ended up eating literally all our breakfast food. Its awkward when our family is eating breakfast and the other kids ask if they can have some of it too and their mom doesn’t say anything. These are not little kids, they’re 11-13 years old.

Anyway, I’m trying to avoid the same situation. What would be an assertive way to handle it?

Is this the kind of stuff that wealthy people sit around and wonder about? Petty Betty.

OP you are cheap cheap Cheap for not wanting to feed those kids. Shame on you!!

No wealthy person vacations with 3 other families they clearly hate and stew about a $2 box of cereal for years. So no, this is not what any wealthy person thinks about

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Anonymous wrote:I’m beginning to get an impression that all women here do is cook brunch after brunch.

We actually go hiking, swimming.

The only time I cook for large groups is holidays and when we host dinners. And that’s a lot of work. I’m not doing this on my vacation, sorry. Bring your own bacon.

Making bacon, eggs and toast is literally the easiest meal to cook. My ten year old can make bacon and eggs.

Again: this thread is making white millennials look really, really bad.

I am really not convinced OP is a white, American millenial.

Agreed. I'm not sure where she's from but if I had to guess it would be a very hard background. The opposite of the "pampered milennial" stereotype, that's for sure. Who else would be so stingy and desperate about food in today's day and age?

She’s from under a bridge where she hangs with her other troll friends, Burger King Lady and Chipotle Mom.

[Anonymous]

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If I traveled with them before and they liked a certain food I had, I would buy MORE to share.
I doubt the other families are aware that their kids eating your food is so upsetting to you.

Oh, no, they were aware. They were like “we’ll buy you some more cereal when we’re out” and then “sorry, we couldn’t find a store”

Lol that is classic!

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OP you need to find classier people to travel with. Classy people don’t eat other people’s food without permission. Classy people bring enough food to share with the whole group.

To be fair, it sounds like the whole lot of you are fairly low class anyway, to even be this worried about some food you could easily afford to replace. And if you can’t, then don’t travel with a bunch of other families!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Best. Thread. Ever!

+1
The highlight was definitely the bizarre "occasionally drink an artisanal root beer" defense

Clearly you've never had a refreshing artisanal root beer. It goes very well with lightly fried tuna.

[Anonymous]

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Is this the kind of stuff that wealthy people sit around and wonder about? Petty Betty.

OP you are cheap cheap Cheap for not wanting to feed those kids. Shame on you!!

For f** sake, it’s NOT ABOUT THE MONEY!

It’s about me not wanting to haul extra groceries and not wanting to cook for large groups of people.
No, I don’t want to bring extra 5 boxes of cereal or cook breakfast for everyone and it has nothing to do with money.

OMG, the projections...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Is this the kind of stuff that wealthy people sit around and wonder about? Petty Betty.

OP you are cheap cheap Cheap for not wanting to feed those kids. Shame on you!!

For f** sake, it’s NOT ABOUT THE MONEY!

It’s about me not wanting to haul extra groceries and not wanting to cook for large groups of people.
No, I don’t want to bring extra 5 boxes of cereal or cook breakfast for everyone and it has nothing to do with money.

OMG, the projections...

And yet, this is obviously not true because you're STILL angry about a single box of cereal that they "never repaid you for" that happened on your last trip.

be honest with yourself, at the least, OP. You sad person.

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And yet, this is obviously not true because you're STILL angry about a single box of cereal that they "never repaid you for" that happened on your last trip.

be honest with yourself, at the least, OP. You sad person.

They couldn’t replace the stupid box of cereal because we were in the middle of woods (or forest). There are no grocery stores. It’s not about $4.99 or whatever the stupid cereal costs. Trust me, we are well off.

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And yet, this is obviously not true because you're STILL angry about a single box of cereal that they "never repaid you for" that happened on your last trip.

be honest with yourself, at the least, OP. You sad person.

They couldn’t replace the stupid box of cereal because we were in the middle of woods (or forest). There are no grocery stores. It’s not about $4.99 or whatever the stupid cereal costs. Trust me, we are well off.

Then you have mental issues, to still be stewing about the cereal and the lack of replacement. GET OVER IT!!!!! And get some therapy while you're at it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Is this the kind of stuff that wealthy people sit around and wonder about? Petty Betty.

OP you are cheap cheap Cheap for not wanting to feed those kids. Shame on you!!

For f** sake, it’s NOT ABOUT THE MONEY!

It’s about me not wanting to haul extra groceries and not wanting to cook for large groups of people.
No, I don’t want to bring extra 5 boxes of cereal or cook breakfast for everyone and it has nothing to do with money.

OMG, the projections...

If you had spent 1/10 of the time you’ve been arguing on this message board having an adult conversation with the people you’re traveling with to plan accordingly, you wouldn’t be hauling extra groceries or cooking for ten people. You’d find a way to plan and divide the shopping and cooking in a workable way. Because clearly last year’s plan doesn’t work, but you’re clinging to it and complaining instead of finding an adult solution.