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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted upthread.

She flew in on Monday and here are things she has cried about during her visit:

Also SIL and nephew and I all LOVE sushi so we usually order sushi when she visits me and nephew remembers and asked about it on day 1.  My mom hates sushi and has mentioned at least twice a day every day that she does not like sushi and does not want to order sushi and please don’t make her eat sushi.  We have never tried to get her to eat sushi.

She has a lot of food issues in general and wants to make sure that everyone is eating the same thing she wants to eat so that we are all agreeing that her food preferences are normal.  She was personally offended that I ordered a kale salad to go along with Thanksgiving dinner and literally complained for 5 minutes, including retching noises.  She also feels that only thin people deserve dessert but has a major sweet tooth so it’s a careful balancing act where if she wants to eat something sweet she has to first convince someone else to eat that thing so she can have slightly less than they had.  But if I (her fat daughter) have a big dessert then that is also upsetting.  I have to eat more than her but only by a little.  We did this dance for every slice of pie all weekend.

Whew.  It feels good just to type it all up.[/quote]

Your MIL sounds very similar to my MIL.  Especially trying to get everyone to agree that her weird food preferences are normal!  She constantly talks about all the food she doesn't like.  Great, I DO NOT CARE.  Eat what you want!  Or don't!  Whatever.
Your SIL is certainly a saint.  I would not be hanging out with my MIL if my DH was not around.[/quote]

My SIL has a theory that she doesn’t want to eat stuff but also wants us to beg her to eat it to prove that we are trying to include her.  I think she might be on to something.  🤣[/quote]

Maybe. Honestly it sounds like the silly thing people will do around vegetarians where they just go on and on and on about how tofu / meat substitutes/veggie burgers etc are SO GROSS OMG when no one offered them one , no one is pressuring them to stop eating meat, and no one actually cares. Some people are just looking to be offended/ need to grab some attention.[/quote]

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