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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All my in-laws live within a 20 minutes radius so they drop by often and most of the time it's usually around 1 PM or after 5 PM. I am just wondering what is common... I feel like they always expect to be fed at my house. Sometimes when they drop by I will offer them snacks and drink but mostly they say they "haven't eaten anything all day so good would be great." DH and I don't do lunches and if we do it's usually salad. My in-laws hate salad and they don't consider any food without meat food. Sometimes I have all 3 of them with their wives and kids visit at the same time so those are a lot of mouths to feed.

My DH and I have spoken time and again that it's not fair that they don't bring or offer to chip in to buying takeout/delivery so we shouldn't be going out of our way. We feel guilty so we end up ordering food.

How do you guys handles in-laws visits? Do you always provide or order food? What kind? 
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I would have DH deal with it and not be available all the time. If that's not an option, I'd have a basket of snacks, things you can keep in pantry and just pull out. Little packets of nuts, crackers, chocolate, etc. add a couple pieces of fruit and voila, done. If they expected more, I'd have a come to Jesus with them. [/quote]

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