How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?

[Anonymous]

A 13yo is not a little kid and is old enough to be told (by his own parents) to eat his own food. But it’s not even the kid asking you for food, it’s his mom asking on his behalf? Rude. I’d tell her, sure Suzy, I’ll do bacon and eggs for the kids today if you do it tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 13yo is not a little kid and is old enough to be told (by his own parents) to eat his own food. But it’s not even the kid asking you for food, it’s his mom asking on his behalf? Rude. I’d tell her, sure Suzy, I’ll do bacon and eggs for the kids today if you do it tomorrow.

I would never travel with this family twice, as OP apparently has, but if this scenario was repeated more than once, I would just say “Sorry, I only made enough for our family, but I’m happy to leave the eggs and bacon out if you or Larlo want to cook some.“ Or else, “Larlo, do you not know how to cook bacon and eggs? Let me show you.” OP has said it’s the extra cooking that annoys her rather than spending money on food, and a 13 year old can easily cook his own breakfast.

[Anonymous]

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But, do you see how this all could have been avoided by simply doing group breakfast/lunch/dinner?

The problem is you went into a group vacation with a shared kitchen trying to distinguish food between families.

If his mom was on the hook to make bacon and eggs for the group, you would have been chilling with your coffee.

Again, I don’t want to cook for 10 people every day. It’s not my idea of vacation.

There were two stoves, two ovens and people got up at different times so it wasn’t the issue of space. His mom just cooked oatmeal every day and he ate off everyone else.

I would not want oatmeal either. I have 9 and 11 year olds. They can make their own food but, god, I would think you were rude if you fed your own child and didn’t at least offer my kid some food.

Our family has a lot to offer in terms of friendship and you would definitely be losing by not giving my kids some eggs or whatever. We are generous. We could help your kid get into college or get a job. You are really short sighted, OP.

Plus, it’s not only cruel but completely inappropriate to have so much animosity towards a kid. The op called him an a$$hole and clearly focused her anger on him. That’s sick.

[Anonymous]

DP- she's venting. Better she do it here than directly at the kid when the mom is seriously the problem.

Anyone remember the thread where the 20 year old son brought the friend, and said friend ate all the cookies, ordered the most expensive things, and used allllll the sunblock in one selfish squeeze? I loved that thread and that OP.

Some kids do ACT like a-holes. Always a good reason why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If all the kids want bacon and eggs (and who wouldn’t if the alternative was oatmeal) the parents should take turns cooking for everyone. So maybe OP has to cook for 10 people one day; is that so bad if the next 2 days you get to chill on the deck with your coffee?

This is what rational people do in a multi-family vacation house. That's the beauty about having more adults around. It's kind of weird to have every family making their own meals separately. So much pointless duplication of effort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP- she's venting. Better she do it here than directly at the kid when the mom is seriously the problem.

Anyone remember the thread where the 20 year old son brought the friend, and said friend ate all the cookies, ordered the most expensive things, and used allllll the sunblock in one selfish squeeze? I loved that thread and that OP.

Some kids do ACT like a-holes. Always a good reason why.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If all the kids want bacon and eggs (and who wouldn’t if the alternative was oatmeal) the parents should take turns cooking for everyone. So maybe OP has to cook for 10 people one day; is that so bad if the next 2 days you get to chill on the deck with your coffee?

This is what rational people do in a multi-family vacation house. That's the beauty about having more adults around. It's kind of weird to have every family making their own meals separately. So much pointless duplication of effort.

+1

Yeah, but when you get stuck with selfish people in one house, and one family that has a different work ethic, guess what leeches do?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If all the kids want bacon and eggs (and who wouldn’t if the alternative was oatmeal) the parents should take turns cooking for everyone. So maybe OP has to cook for 10 people one day; is that so bad if the next 2 days you get to chill on the deck with your coffee?

This is what rational people do in a multi-family vacation house. That's the beauty about having more adults around. It's kind of weird to have every family making their own meals separately. So much pointless duplication of effort.

+1

Yeah, but when you get stuck with selfish people in one house, and one family that has a different work ethic, guess what leeches do?

I’d suggest that if you think some of your friends are “leeches”, you should probably look for new friends.

I bet that that other people from OP’s rental house have a very different take on what breakfast is like there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again. About the bacon...

His mom did bring bacon, but she never cooked it because he ate our bacon all the time. She cooked oatmeal.

Omg was it really bacon??? I thought it was just a joke like people saying Larla. So much animosity over damn bacon.

My kids are well mannered tweens. Our kids entire family is skinny. I would just count the 13yo as an adult for eating. No need to be such a jerk.

We are good friends with a family who has a 12yo who eats more than his parents. He is a growing boy. He is a large boy. I am happy to feed him. I have heard his mom tell him to make sure all the little kids get their food first because the boy can eat, like eat two cheeseburgers. I don’t know the boy well but the parents are our friends.

When we go somewhere with friends, I am glad when our food gets eaten. It makes me joy to know that others have enjoyed my food. If it were cookies, we can get more cookies for our family when we go home. Snacks and desserts get eaten. I would much rather all the food get eaten than wasted. I also don’t like bringing food back from vacation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A 13yo is not a little kid and is old enough to be told (by his own parents) to eat his own food. But it’s not even the kid asking you for food, it’s his mom asking on his behalf? Rude. I’d tell her, sure Suzy, I’ll do bacon and eggs for the kids today if you do it tomorrow.

I would never travel with this family twice, as OP apparently has, but if this scenario was repeated more than once, I would just say “Sorry, I only made enough for our family, but I’m happy to leave the eggs and bacon out if you or Larlo want to cook some.“ Or else, “Larlo, do you not know how to cook bacon and eggs? Let me show you.” OP has said it’s the extra cooking that annoys her rather than spending money on food, and a 13 year old can easily cook his own breakfast.

+1 but getting away with getting someone else’s mom to do it for you is more than half the fun. I’m sure Larlo notices that the other mom not crazy about repeating all cooking just for him. Children can be very manipulative.

[Anonymous]

I could eat a whole package of bacon by myself. Sadly. I really wouldn’t feel comfortable traveling with this family. No boundaries. It’s not a vacation when other people make all the rules: you do the cooking! We’ll make some oatmeal! Larlo is always hungry ! Let’s do a group thing where you cook everything! Ok ??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could eat a whole package of bacon by myself. Sadly. I really wouldn’t feel comfortable traveling with this family. No boundaries. It’s not a vacation when other people make all the rules: you do the cooking! We’ll make some oatmeal! Larlo is always hungry ! Let’s do a group thing where you cook everything! Ok ??

+1

Eff that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. About the bacon...

His mom did bring bacon, but she never cooked it because he ate our bacon all the time. She cooked oatmeal.

Omg was it really bacon??? I thought it was just a joke like people saying Larla. So much animosity over damn bacon.

My kids are well mannered tweens. Our kids entire family is skinny. I would just count the 13yo as an adult for eating. No need to be such a jerk.

We are good friends with a family who has a 12yo who eats more than his parents. He is a growing boy. He is a large boy. I am happy to feed him. I have heard his mom tell him to make sure all the little kids get their food first because the boy can eat, like eat two cheeseburgers. I don’t know the boy well but the parents are our friends.

When we go somewhere with friends, I am glad when our food gets eaten. It makes me joy to know that others have enjoyed my food. If it were cookies, we can get more cookies for our family when we go home. Snacks and desserts get eaten. I would much rather all the food get eaten than wasted. I also don’t like bringing food back from vacation.

Then you need to vacation with people like you, if you claim you “wouldn’t notice” what a special kind of non-vacation hell it is.
C

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If all the kids want bacon and eggs (and who wouldn’t if the alternative was oatmeal) the parents should take turns cooking for everyone. So maybe OP has to cook for 10 people one day; is that so bad if the next 2 days you get to chill on the deck with your coffee?

This is what rational people do in a multi-family vacation house. That's the beauty about having more adults around. It's kind of weird to have every family making their own meals separately. So much pointless duplication of effort.

+1 That's not the way these group family vacations should work. Every family should be assigned a breakfast and a dinner to make for the whole group. This is what we do. Lunch is on our own, but we usually bring a lot of cold cuts, rolls, etc so that anyone can help themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP- she's venting. Better she do it here than directly at the kid when the mom is seriously the problem.

Anyone remember the thread where the 20 year old son brought the friend, and said friend ate all the cookies, ordered the most expensive things, and used allllll the sunblock in one selfish squeeze? I loved that thread and that OP.

Some kids do ACT like a-holes. Always a good reason why.

I had actually thought of that thread more than once as I followed this one that doesn't seem to die. Wonder if that kid ever got invited anywhere again, and if he is still enjoying his seashells.