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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you all do about kitchen is closed relatives when you're staying there? We can't bring food because their fridge is too full. We had battles over milk that my 1 and 3 year old drink (they didn't have room for a gallon), so we bought the shelf stable milk and made the kids drink it warm. Lunch is our struggle. They don't want us to leave and so DH gives in and we don't leave. But the kids are hungry. We eat in our room sometimes. I just feel like a [b]hungry prisoner[/b].[/quote]

You are!  I really don't understand this, even more than the kitchen is closed part.  That I get (though I think it's crazy) as OCD clean freaks.  But to not give people food AND not let them leave -- what?  How does that conversation even go?

You and DH: well, if there's no lunch here, we'll just go out and have some.  
MIL: No, no lunch, no leaving.  I'm not serving food but you may not go out and get any.

Is that a normal conversation in any circumstance?[/quote]

My kitchen is closed mother lives close, so we just schedule our visits around meal time.  Like, if she eats dinner at 5:00, we join her for dinner and then eat second dinner on our way home.  Often, if my brother is visiting he offers to come along for the ride, and then we send him back in an Uber.  My mother approves of this, because she likes the fact that the siblings are bonding, and my brother likes the fact that we can feed him second dinner too.

But otherwise, based on what I see with my brother, the conversation goes like this.

DB:  Hey mom, I'm stepping out for a while.
Mom: But you just got here!  I never get to see you!  Besides, your aunt might be calling in a few minutes from Europe, don't you want to talk to her?
DB: Do you know when she's calling?  I can go after the call. 
Mom: Well no, but it's a holiday!  She always calls during the holiday season.  
DB:  Well then I'll go quickly.  I just need to grab something.  Do you need anything while I'm out?  
Mom:  Well, where are you going?
DB: I thought I'd stop by CVS and Whole Foods and pick up some things.
Mom:  Whole Foods?  What are you going to buy there.  You'll spoil your appetite!  Besides your sister is coming soon!
DB: I thought Larla was coming at 4:30?  I'll be back before then. Don't worry, I'll make sure I'm back by 5:00.

He usually manages to leave, but the whole thing is absurd.  [/quote]

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