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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ESH.  The nieces and nephews for raiding someone else's pantry without permission, bro and SIL for showing up empty handed to a cookout with a pack of ravenous teens, and OP for being judgmental and inhospitable.

I have teens.  I can't imagine showing up to a potluck or cookout without a pretty substantial contribution.  [/quote]

Adults shouldn't need to bring food to a family member's house.  Grown ups don't potluck.

Personally if I knew she was stingy I'd stop to eat before going.  Or, not go.[/quote]
Grown ups don't potluck?  That's news to me.  It's pretty standard at just about every cookout I've ever attended for the host to provide the meat and the guests to provide sides, chips, drinks, etc.

If I had 3 teens who each are eating 3-4 times as much as a regular person, then yes, I'd bring food.  It's not reasonable to expect the host to provide 12+ servings of food to feed a family of 5.  If members of your party are going to go back for thirds and fourths, then you need to contribute something.  [/quote]

No, parties we go to the host services.  Sounds like your family eats too much if they are going for 3/4ths. That's a bit much and you should contribute.  The only time we have potlucks is for sports stuff.[/quote]
"[b]If [/b]I had 3 teens who each are eating 3-4 times as much as a regular person, then yes, I'd bring food."

Learn to read.  The word "If" makes it a hypothetical and not an actual situation.  I'm sorry that you can't understand basic grammar and assume that I'm raising a pack of feral beasts.  Showing up empty handed when your group is going to be especially gluttonous is rude.  I can't imagine imposing on someone else like that.

Really, though, if OP isn't exaggerating, then what's probably happening is that OP's athlete nieces and nephews don't have access to junk food at home and are pigging out on OP's stuff since they finally have access at OP's place.  They're likely ignoring most of the meat and other cookout stuff altogether.[/quote]

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