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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, OP, you should continue to offer food when your in-laws visit, but maybe do it differently. My in laws are similar in some ways. Their response to "would you like lunch now" would be "I don't care, whatever you want." You can't get an affirmative out of them for pretty much anything. So I know their preferences from watching what and when they eat at home, and mimic that at our house. They like basic American food, in good quantities, at early hours. So thats what I dish up, and I just serve it. "Lunch is ready! Come to the table!" And then people are welcome to eat or not. But at my house, we eat regular meals at the table, so thats what I serve. If you mother in law eats plenty when it is laid out, she wants to eat. Her saying she isn't hungry is being (she thinks) polite.

My guess is that she is self concious/ashamed about wanting to eat and eating. She is trying to cover her own shame by discounting how much she eats. Try to just not engage in the food talk. Serve good food. Enjoy eating it together. Don't discuss it much.[/quote]

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