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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cannot believe the number of horrible bitter people on this thread. I didn't expect any random person to bring a meal, but when my parents showed up you bet they took care of the food situation. I cooked a few meals, but only because I was going stir crazy and liked to cook.

I don't even know what I'd say to parents or in laws who would show up and expect to be fed by the new mother, but that's because I wasn't raised by wolves. [/quote]
No one is saying that OP needs to feed anyone. (By the way, where is OP's DH on this? Couldn't he cook?)

OP seems to be taking this "bringing food after birth" out of context. It was done in the past in communities (and other cultures) where neighbors and extended families looked after each other. It was the norm for neighbors to pitch in. In these communities, people had multi generations living under one roof.

If OP expects people to bring food, etc., has she helped them out in the past? Has she babysat friend's and neighbor's kids without the expectation that they reciprocate? I know most are unable to do this because they work and this is the norm now. OP cannot invoke some old tradition because it benefits her. 
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I know how satisfying it is to you to bitch out other moms, but you didn't read the OP. [b]She's talking about family and lazy in laws[/b] who expected her to provide meals *to them* post partum. [/quote]
I bet OP has no plans to take care of her in-laws when they get old... just a guess.
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