Reply to In-laws and their kids eat all our food

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "In-laws and their kids eat all our food "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would have a problem with any guests helping themselves to food that was not out/offered.  I do think you have to realize the 16 year old boys eat a ton...so like 3 hamburgers is not unexpected.  Be sure you are serving enough at the meal.[/quote]

You'd have a problem with your nieces and nephews getting enough to eat at your home?  Your wierd!!! I hope my family is comfortable enough at my house to handle their needs without relying on me if I've missed something - like having enough food.[/quote]

I would have a problem with nieces and nephews being gluttonous. Gross and rude.[/quote]

It's not your job as a host to decide how hungry your guests should be.  It's your job to feed them until they are full.  Trying to decide how much someone else should want to eat is the weird choice here.[/quote]

So if you host a dinner and you provide a normal meal plus dessert and appetizers, if a guest is still hungry you are ok with them wandering into your kitchen and helping themself?[/quote]

again. . . they are family!

However, I would feel like an inadequate host if my guest came for dinner and I did not provide enough food!  I would say “please, let me make you something.”. Then I would immediately offer something filling and quick, e.g., charcuterie or ice cream. [/quote]

It’s insanely rude for someone to eat the food provided and announce that they are still hungry. Have something after you leave. [b]You’re not going to faint from hunger after eating a normal sized meal[/b].[/quote] My nephew faints when he doesn’t get enough.  He needs about 3x what we would consider a normal meal.  He was a tight end on a D1 college team.  [/quote]

That is a medical problem for him to deal with, not to foist on other people. Also, I don’t believe you. Anytime he can’t have three hamburgers to everyone else’s one, he faints? GTFO.[/quote]

WASP par excellence. [/quote]

He is an adult, no? He should have solved this problem by now—always eat something beforehand and don’t assume that everyone is prepared for him to eat 3x everyone else. That’s not a reasonable expectation.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics