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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm still stuck on a grandparent inviting a grandkid for 2 weeks, and intentionally making things she knows the kid won't like.  Everything else is just noise compared to this.  If you had an adult houseguest for 2 weeks, would you make things you know she doesn't like?  Of course not.  OP is a shitty grandparent, and a shitty person.  [/quote]

I'm sure you're Grandparent of the Year. *Slow clap*[/quote]

"Make food you know your guest (and everyone else) likes, and don't make food you know your grandkid won't like" is not sufficient to be grandparent of the year.  It's the bare minimum for decent behavior.  No one is suggesting that you become a short order cook.  [b]What we are suggesting is that it'll be fairly easy to determine what meals he likes, and . . . make them for everyone.[/b] Make dinners that everyone likes.  This is not rocket science.

Instead, your approach seems to be, "I am going to make what I want, even though I *know* he won't like it.  And I'm going to use this opportunity to preemptively scold him for being a picky eater."  And yes, this makes you a shitty host, and yes, a shitty person.  That you either refuse to see or acknowledge this is a whole other issue.  [/quote]

The kid has an extremely limited list of items that he'll eat. Unless OP and her husband is willing to limit themselves to pizza (and no vegetables) every night, that's not going to work. If OP wants to eat normally and 100% accommodate kid's pickiness, then she basically has to make two separate meals. In other words, be a short order cook.

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No, grandpa has already said to get some pizzas in the freezer, but OP doesn’t want to do that. It doesn’t take any special skills to throw a pizza in the oven, before, during, or after dinner, if GS doesn’t like dinner. I’m assuming OP would make dinner for herself and husband... is it that hard to make a frozen pizza (which can likely last 2 or more meals if only being eaten by GS) in addition to cooking her regular dinner? 
 
My toddler often eats before we do. If she’s hungry, it hardly breaks me to make her some scrambled eggs, vegetables, and toast, before I make DH and I dinner. DH often works late. It hardly breaks me to throw in a pizza for him after DD and I have already had dinner.

Seems OP is so hung up on doing it “her way”, she’s expending all the energy she could spend just putting a pizza (or nuggets, or whatever) into the oven. Frozen meals require little prep or thought, and I’m sorry that these are so overwhelming for OP. [/quote]

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