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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom is amazing she never once - not once talked about how great a cook she is, or even suggested how to make something, or even commented at all about anyone's food. Friends and family and acquaintances rave about my mom's food, and always have. She has always been humble about her talents.

MIL goes on about the quantity of food being served - how something is "too much!", "enough for an army!", "I could never eat all of this!!" "I certainly don't have room in my (empty) fridge for this!!" or (mysteriously) "just the right amount!" every single time - like a strange ritual. It would make a great drinking game!

Point being, some people have strange hang ups about food. Try to be gracious, OP. [/quote]

OMG, I could have written this!

My MIL would always say things like "you shouldn't have gone to all this trouble" when I'd make the same thing our family would normally eat, just more of it. Or when I'd ask what salad dressing people wanted, for example, she would say "oh, I don't want to be high maintenance, don't make such a thing of it, whatever is fine" but I had given her three options and wanted to know which one to bring to the table. Or if we were bringing drinks down to the beach and I'd ask what she'd want "oh, any old thing" so now I have to decide what to bring you instead of you just telling me which choice you wanted. [/quote]

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