How to be the "hang out house"

[Anonymous]

What on earth is wrong with a peanut butter sandwich?! What an odd thing to say.
-European person whose children eat all organic produce

[Anonymous]

peanut butter, as tried first time in US. I like US by the way, and would never want to go back, for those who are about to ask me that. But this love for peanut butter is unexplainable. It gets stuck to your teeth. It has very oily texture as they add oil to it. And why on earth one needs peanut butter in this land of food abundance? It makes you so fat and it does not leave any room for anything else as it's so very filling. God, I like peanut and cashews and chestnuts as nuts, but make them into paste? I don't have anything against avocado, BTW. And look at our kids, they are kind of overdeveloped for their age and often overweight. Peanut butter indeed. You cant even grow so much peanuts unless you use tons of chemicals which in their turn affect your overall health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do they need "snacks"? Can't the kids eat at home? I don't want my child to go over and be offered junk foods that we don't normally eat at home. Oh well maybe I will teach them that. But still, these "snack" motive must be part of american culture and sounds weird to me. They are not coming for the party so I would not worry about "snacks".

Snacks? That’s what you’re worried about. The house we hung out at in HS was the one that let our buddies band practice in the garage and didn’t mind us drinking beer. Obviously not suggesting OP allow alcohol with today’s rules, but kids aren’t looking for this moms idea of what fun is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:-the parent who is present is fun, funny, and shows interest in the kids. You don't have to give the kids alcohol to be cool.
-lots of food. let everyone eat. fill the fridge with drinks and the pantry with snacks.
-sports equipment (basketball hoop, volleyball net)
-good tv/hangout room where kids can be loud
-be relaxed about rules/cleanliness. No white carpets and sofa. No freaking out if a lamp gets broken accidentally.
-Pets are always interesting
-honestly some of it is just location. If your house happens to be centrally located among a group of friends , it's more likely to be a hangout house.

Uh, no. We were the hang out house for a few years. I worked from home, so I was technically there, but I was completely checked out and preoccupied and didn't pay the slightest attention to the kids. They LOVED it -- probably because they were sick to death of being smothered by parents who think they have to be one of the kids. Leave them alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:peanut butter, as tried first time in US. I like US by the way, and would never want to go back, for those who are about to ask me that. But this love for peanut butter is unexplainable. It gets stuck to your teeth. It has very oily texture as they add oil to it. And why on earth one needs peanut butter in this land of food abundance? It makes you so fat and it does not leave any room for anything else as it's so very filling. God, I like peanut and cashews and chestnuts as nuts, but make them into paste? I don't have anything against avocado, BTW. And look at our kids, they are kind of overdeveloped for their age and often overweight. Peanut butter indeed. You cant even grow so much peanuts unless you use tons of chemicals which in their turn affect your overall health.

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Charlie Brown parents. Just be ready to get sued.

And vilified on DCUM and social media as THAT parent responsible for raped, maimed, arrested, or dead guest.

[Anonymous]

Pre-COVID, we were the hangout because we were on the way home for the walkers and we always have lots of food and an insane number of phone chargers. But DH was home by 3:15 if he wasn’t coaching. And I was home by 4 twice a week, plus my mom had a tendency to show up unannounced midday.

[Anonymous]

Hilarious that the eating disordered anti snack moms have taken over this thread. Omg, peanut butter has fat in it!! Calories!! I was an athlete in high school, and I vividly remember sitting down and eating 5 bagels in a sitting. When we were bored we’d get fast food for fun. I had a BMI of 19 and was a high performer in 2 sports. I obviously don’t eat that way now as an adult, but teenagers who are both growing and expending large amounts of calories through sports do not need to obsess over their caloric intake.

And fat is actually good for young children. They burn a higher percent of calories from fat at rest than adults do.

[Anonymous]

Provide food music no supervision be the rich cool kid and BTW allow drugs and alcohol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Charlie Brown parents. Just be ready to get sued.

And vilified on DCUM and social media as THAT parent responsible for raped, maimed, arrested, or dead guest.

LOL wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:peanut butter, as tried first time in US. I like US by the way, and would never want to go back, for those who are about to ask me that. But this love for peanut butter is unexplainable. It gets stuck to your teeth. It has very oily texture as they add oil to it. And why on earth one needs peanut butter in this land of food abundance? It makes you so fat and it does not leave any room for anything else as it's so very filling. God, I like peanut and cashews and chestnuts as nuts, but make them into paste? I don't have anything against avocado, BTW. And look at our kids, they are kind of overdeveloped for their age and often overweight. Peanut butter indeed. You cant even grow so much peanuts unless you use tons of chemicals which in their turn affect your overall health.

HAHA! Peanut butter was invented in Georgia and highly promoted to bring economic wealth to that state. It’s also easy to ship and store for the military so people got into the habit of eating it. It doesn’t go bad in lunch boxes. Things like that.

[Anonymous]

Our teens hang out at their friend's house with the pool, hot tub, and parents that are never home. And the entire lower half of the house is dedicated teen space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:peanut butter, as tried first time in US. I like US by the way, and would never want to go back, for those who are about to ask me that. But this love for peanut butter is unexplainable. It gets stuck to your teeth. It has very oily texture as they add oil to it. And why on earth one needs peanut butter in this land of food abundance? It makes you so fat and it does not leave any room for anything else as it's so very filling. God, I like peanut and cashews and chestnuts as nuts, but make them into paste? I don't have anything against avocado, BTW. And look at our kids, they are kind of overdeveloped for their age and often overweight. Peanut butter indeed. You cant even grow so much peanuts unless you use tons of chemicals which in their turn affect your overall health.

HAHA! Peanut butter was invented in Georgia and highly promoted to bring economic wealth to that state. It’s also easy to ship and store for the military so people got into the habit of eating it. It doesn’t go bad in lunch boxes. Things like that.

It's also frikkin' delicious. I've been seriously craving pbj all afternoon thanks to this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:peanut butter, as tried first time in US. I like US by the way, and would never want to go back, for those who are about to ask me that. But this love for peanut butter is unexplainable. It gets stuck to your teeth. It has very oily texture as they add oil to it. And why on earth one needs peanut butter in this land of food abundance? It makes you so fat and it does not leave any room for anything else as it's so very filling. God, I like peanut and cashews and chestnuts as nuts, but make them into paste? I don't have anything against avocado, BTW. And look at our kids, they are kind of overdeveloped for their age and often overweight. Peanut butter indeed. You cant even grow so much peanuts unless you use tons of chemicals which in their turn affect your overall health.

Peanut butter isn't an American creation. Here is the information you didn't know you wanted:

https://www.nationalpeanutboard.org/peanut-info/history-peanuts-peanut-butter.htm

No need to be snobby though. There are plenty of food that each culture has that could be considered "disgusting" by others.

[Anonymous]

^ like Marmite.