How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
DO NOT SHARE LIVING SPACE WITH NON-HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS DURING A PANDEMIC.

But if you are, and know these people mooch, then arrange for everyone to contribute financially to shared food.

+1
and bring enough for everyone or don't share living space.

[Anonymous]

To all the people saying don't vacation with other families during a pandemic...

We did it twice this summer. Both times, both families got Covid tests beforehand. They were the best weeks of our summer. It was wonderful sharing space, safely, with other people again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all the people saying don't vacation with other families during a pandemic...

We did it twice this summer. Both times, both families got Covid tests beforehand. They were the best weeks of our summer. It was wonderful sharing space, safely, with other people again.

But did you share your food?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either don't go or bring extra food and look at the expense as an investment in your friendship.

+1.

Group traveling may not be for you.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bring more food!
Sorry, but I think the awkward thing is eating in front of people without being able to offer some.

+100

If you are adamant about not sharing food, for heaven’s sake don’t share a house or cabin. Get a separate living space.

[Anonymous]

Not this thread again! I hate that I even recognize this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

It’s not about money. Really!
It’s just I don’t want to bring groceries for 10 people, I just want to bring enough for our family of 3. We are already sharing dinners.

You need to get one adult from each family to go to Costco and meal plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either don't go or bring extra food and look at the expense as an investment in your friendship.

+1.

Group traveling may not be for you.

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Why did you resurrect this zombie thread, pp?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either don't go or bring extra food and look at the expense as an investment in your friendship.

+1.

Group traveling may not be for you.

[phone]

Why did you resurrect this zombie thread, pp?

DP- there's a person trying to decide if they should go in on a beach house with another family this summer, so of course this came up...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either don't go or bring extra food and look at the expense as an investment in your friendship.

+1.

Group traveling may not be for you.

[phone]

Why did you resurrect this zombie thread, pp?

Oh stop. If it’s pertinent to someone it’s not a zombie. That you even use that phrase is embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

It’s not about money. Really!
It’s just I don’t want to bring groceries for 10 people, I just want to bring enough for our family of 3. We are already sharing dinners.

You need to get one adult from each family to go to Costco and meal plan.

Pro tip: send the dads to the grocery store to buy what they want to cook. End result: moms don’t cook.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:There are many literary reference to the abstemious nature of food culture in the British Isles including distrust of rich food, strict portion control, not expressing too much enjoyment of food, not askiing for or offering additional food. In my Irish-American family, I was trained never to ask for food and to always leave a small amount of the food (no matter how small the portion) on my plate out of politeness. It was wild to eat with Italian or Jewish friends and constantly be offered more, expected to eat a large amount, and expected to say how good the food was.

That’s an interesting observation. Growing up in Toronto in the 80’s (before its food culture became more cosmopolitan), restaurants were all indoors, with no patio eating, and they all had dark windows
so you couldn’t see what was going on inside. For some reason, being seen eating was considered slightly shameful.

I think it goes back to the more austere Protestant culture that used to be dominant in the northern US and Canada. Definitely a different take on communal dining compared to white ethnic, black, Hispanic, Asian etc. cultures.

Wow. The observation about Toronto in the ‘80s is fascinating. We have a summer place in Ontario that I’ve been going to since I was a child in the 70s and never heard this, though we rarely eat out, as it’s more rural. This background is why I think the idea of a cabin share in the forest sounds appealing. For the life of me though, I can’t understand why a person like OP doesn’t go eat breakfast with her small family in the forest where no ravening teens can intrude and place any demands on her.

NP. The Toronto observation is spot on. We moved to Toronto from Europe in the early 90s and there was ONE patio - a Swiss chain, Marche (Movenpick) in Yorkville. I remember us discussing the lack of outdoor eating options at length at the time. However, Toronto has definitely changed over the years and is dotted with awesome restaurants and patios nowadays.

The wasp small portion thing is real. I could eat a whole package of bacon myself but I don’t. Don’t let the kids do it either