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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  We've never gone anywhere where the food has run out.  There has always been food.

But when the kids were little they could be soo awful picky and the grandparents just weren't too sympathetic with that.  Fair enough, they had a point.  But still, little kids need to eat, lol.

So we used to stop on the way and get them happy meals.  So they could sit at the table and pick at the food on their plate but not be cranky, irritable from being hungry and ruin dinner for everyone else.  Really they would not eat what they didn't like.

Beyond that, unless you could bring something in a cooler for yourself, your options are limited.  Maybe duck in a Chinese restaurant?[/quote]

OP here.  I think she might have it in her head that my DC are picky, like SIL's were really, really, really, really  picky.  I think SIl's DC only ate chicken nuggets, and is probably the same, even as a teen?  Anyway, no, our DC eat what we eat.  They are not picky, and my issue is Mil's selective memory (or whatever you call it) that DCs are picky, like SILs, is part of what rubs me the wrong way.  Mil knows for a fact that my DCs are NOT picky, and she has ONLY seen them eat what we eat, so she has NO reason to believe they are picky.  Its just the arbitrariness of her ways......

When we arrive, there are no main courses left, only crumbs (seriously) of side dishes, which she tries to scrape for them to eat.  If I were not so aggravated, I would be embarrassed for her.  And it has happened so many times, it is as if she knows DH won't say anything, so she keeps doing it.  (She is kind of a bully.)  I am trying to be nice here, but the idea of another Christmas non-meal really disappoints.

When we call and say we are on the way (at the time she told us) - I always say "and please be sure, no matter what, to save food for the children".  If she gets it, she wants to pretend she doesn't.  I have never dealt with anyone so mean and difficult, so I don't know what she will "hear".

Now that the kids are getting old enough (elementary school) to know about McDonalds and its detriments, they are going to start saying no to McDonalds, then we are without any food on Christmas?

I am venting because the more I think about it, the more hurt I get, so thank you for allowing that.  [/quote]

It's hurtful behavior. It would not be a big deal for her to make some plates for you and your DH and the children, wrap some aluminum foil over the top, and stick it in the fridge.

Time to start with some kind of self-help.  Many restaurants are open for Christmas. Find one close to her house or on the way.  Stop and eat dinner at the restaurant and then continue to her house.

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