Reply to The 3pm meal

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "The 3pm meal "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do this when we visit my parents too. If they visit us on school days, we stick to our schedule and my [b]mom will go on about how terrible it is for us to eat so late[/b]. We have to go around practice schedules though so we can't alter eating for them. They'll just eat lunch here and sometimes I'll make my dad a little extra plate even if he says he doesn't eat that late because I can tell he gets peckish if we're all eating something good.[/quote]

Laughing because we could serve a crumb, and MIL finds it mandatory to go on about how it is "enough to feed an army!!" while she sits and watches people.  Then she will make a big deal out of what she will do/make with the leftovers and/or getting a mandatory to go box, no matter how much or little is left.  Apparently, leftovers are a mortal sin, even if they get consumed.  People marrying into the family have started to silently but very effectively boycott MILs cooking and especially, MIL serving leftovers.  MILs whole performance starts as soon as we sit down at the table (sometimes during meal prep), and continues until the dishes are washed and dried. We call it the (MIL name) mealtime drama charade in 3,2,1.......

I get it, we grew up poor.  We literally grew our own food. But there was always more than enough food, and there was no ill feelings or shame about eating, being fed, or "taking up space", thankfully. It does explain why MIL is so angry. Eating/food can be a topic where some people glaringly show their personality disorders, more than usual.

OP, I love the 3 PM meal idea - it sounds unrushed and peaceful. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics