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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who are these people that limit food? I don’t think I am sheltered, but I don’t know anyone like this.[/quote]

I think its an age thing.  My parents weren't like that growing up but I hear from others who visit/stay  with them that they pull that kind of stuff.  I had to rescue one cousin who was starving.[/quote]

Yes, it has to be an age thing!

My siblings and I had free-reign in the kitchen, and my mom always bought all of the good snacks. We never had any food restrictions growing up or any weird eating rules.

They got old and pulled this "kitchen's closed" crap. When my mom made a 3 mushroom risotto and spinach salad that my kid didn't eat, I went to make a pb&j and my mom told me no, the kitchen was closed. He needed to learn to eat what was given to him or go hungry. A few times of doing that would snap that picky behavior.

Um, excuse me? This from a woman who made TWO dinners most nights because my youngest brother was SO picky. Like, this kid would only eat chicken nuggets, butter bread, Kraft mac & cheese, hot dogs, or Miracle Whip sandwiches. Yes, the last part is right...he hated all lunchmeats and cheeses until he was like 12. So his sandwich in his lunch was just white bread with Miracle Whip (not mayo, good lord no). When I reminded her of that fact and how many times my other siblings and I were forced to eat the normal dinner while he got fun dinner because we weren't picky eaters, she literally said to me "oh, stop being dramatic! he wasn't that bad!"

She got old AND senile, clearly. Even the ex-picky eater called her out a few Thanksgivings ago when my nephew was hungry about 2 hours after we had dinner. My mom told him too bad, kitchen was closed and my brother told her she'd gotten mean in her old age, ha.

I think they truly forget what it was like when they had younger kids. My mom will make comments all the time like "omg, that child is too young to be outside by themselves!" And I'm like "uh, mom, you let us roam the neighborhood all day each day while you worked during the summers! And there were no cell phones so you had no idea where we were or what we were doing. And trust me, we did some shit." [/quote]

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