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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In laws came for Thanksgiving and at the entire shelf of kids’ individually wrapped snacks for school Monday - Wed while we were at work and they were at home w the kids. Well H was working from home so should have helped out more. It was 3 months supply for 3 kids.

Meanwhile we had $600 of real food from Costco out in the house. [/quote]

Maybe they felt shy/embarrassed to cook “real food”? So they ate snacks all day? [/quote]

No.  They also made a pie or cake or cookies each day. Didn’t like my turkey noodle soup so pureed it with cream (they don’t like soup with things or chunks in it! Must puree it!). And we had big bags of pretzels, taco chips, etc they still had to eat. They just don’t give a damn and want to use up everything. And don’t get me started on all the appliances or electronic feature that “suddenly stopped working.” Or broken class is fine in the garage and ask to go vacuum the area with the super vacuum as we have little kids. Silence every time we asked about something broken.

It’s like they got developmentally stunted at age 4 [/quote]

You left these people alone with your smalll children for three days?

And people think I’m crazy for hiring a stranger from care.com.  At least I don’t go into it certain that they are inept caregivers and potentially dangerous. 
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Yes I know they are dangerous and clueless and have poor judgment. That’s another post.

My spouse was working from home that week and, while offended and an overall poor communicator himself, was given strict instructions not to dump them off alone anywhere in town or out. They decorated our tree- hence the various broken glass bulbs kept a secret why loose in the recycling bin, and I gave them she cookie recipes to make. They like crispy cookies biscuits so I had to remember to say underbake a few batches.

Kids are 8+ so they see the strangeness themselves now. The 8yo got really nailed, after two days of it she said she felt like she was babysitting her grandfather.

But everyone gained five pounds due to their sweet tooth habits. Go to brunch, they order the $30 steak and eggs, lattes and get a $6 muffin to go. This was MiL. On the way out she asked if anyone else wanted a muffin too, for later. Everyone was so sick of their over-eating (cuz you match it for awhile) that no one responded. We paid of course, can’t remember but no one said thank you, as usual. Bil came too. [/quote]

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