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[quote=Anonymous]I hate cooking, and when I'm alone my eating is very much by grazing rather than sitting down to big meals. I'm a SAHM and I do cook dinner for everyone, and of course I get the kids their breakfast and make their lunches. But generally I dislike making a big production out of meals. When I was single I was happy to eat cereal for dinner.

FIL is visiting, and he doesn't eat as early as the kids, or else I would just give him breakfast along with them. So my question is whether it's ok to just leave him to get his own breakfast together, or is that unwelcoming?  I don't mind making eggs once in a while, but I don't feel like going through the routine every day of asking what he wants, assembling it, and then serving him. Like if he wants to have cereal, toast and fruit, or a bagel or something. I should add that he's going to be visiting for several months. If it was just a short time I'd probably be more attentive. I'm also on a different eating schedule, so I'm wondering if out of politeness I have to sit at the table with him when he eats breakfast and/or lunch, or if I can just do my own thing. Overall I'm pretty quiet and self-contained when I'm home during the day, and I really just want to keep doing my own thing rather than be in a more "host-y" mode. I don't want to hurt his feelings, but I also don't really want to hang out with him for significant chunks of time during the day.

I guess it boils down to treating him like a guest or treating him in the laissez-faire manner one treats adults you live with. How do you all handle visits from your in-laws?[/quote]

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