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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH just told MIL for the third time that no, we won’t be putting food on the table and passing. We’ll be serving it buffet-style from the island. She’s fighting her on this and he finally said, “No one wants to pass and pass and monitor what each other is or is not eating. We all just want to make a plate and eat.” Which has always been MY argument for hating family-style service.

(Nelson voice:) Ha ha![/quote]

Nice! My MIL also refuses to understand that passing family style is no longer a popular way of serving. And I agree that one of the main motivations for old people liking it is that they like to see who is taking what and how much. [/quote]

DP.  Interesting take and maybe that’s it.  My parents are huge into family style and my dad recently asked when the grandkids, my kids, would be old enough to serve meals like this.  My kids are in middle and high school.  They can’t comprehend that we don’t put it all on the table to be passed around, even when I explain there’s not room on the table with everyone over and easier to have a buffet. [/quote]

Our house is not big enough to have a whole separate area to set up a buffet. I have a small kitchen with limited counter space and a tiny kitchen table. The only place we have to put the food is on the dining room table so we can pass it around.
It’s annoying for posters to insinuate that people who serve family style must have food issues when the dining room table might be the only place they can put the food out for their guests.

Do you all have large kitchens with islands or just a lot of counter space to set up buffets on? 
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Oh get over it. The thread is telling people about weird things your families/ILs do. If the PP’s MIL were normal, she wouldn’t hover and comment about who eats what, thus creating an uncomfortable dynamic.

Stop being so insecure about your small house and move on with your day. If weird behavior doesn’t apply to you, it doesn’t apply to you. This thread is literally dedicated to recounting weird behavior.[/quote]

Wow, someone had a bad Thanksgiving. You’re miserable.[/quote]

You’re miserable about your small house, we get it. [/quote]

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