Reply to Meals when a guest

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Meals when a guest "

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]When we have family guests and I am working, I feel responsible for feeding them a decent dinner. I have breakfast, lunch and snack items on hand that they can feed themselves. They are also more than welcome to go to the grocery store to get any preferred items. It's nice if they cook a meal but I certainly don't expect it UNLESS the visit is billed as a "helping" visit, where they are there specifically to help out vs be a guest. [/quote]

And how often have you had family guests stay with you for 2+ weeks when you aren't on vacation/off from work yourself?[/quote]

With one side of the family living outside of the US and the other out west, several times a year. I cook dinner for my family every night-why wouldn't I cook for guests? That's not to say that the majority of our visitors just sit around waiting to be fed. Many times they'll let us know that they are going to be out for the day and will not return in time for dinner. [/quote]

YOU cook dinner for your family every night? I'd like to know how your partners/spouse helps out. [/quote]

Why is it so unbelievable that someone cooks dinner every night?[/quote]

I don't know any family that lives in the DC metro area who doesn't order delivery food once every week or two. Or a night when a parent stops to pick something up to bring home. Or a night where you go out. Or a night of leftovers. And if I have guests who are staying with me for WEEKS, I certainly expect there would be a night or two when they treat us. I just think what she has posted is unbelievable...but now she admits she only works until 3 most days then she has more time than most working parents have for preparing meals.[/quote]

And let me clarify...I don't know any family that lives in the DC metro area AND WHO HAS TWO PARENT WORKING FULL-TIME[/quote]

Do you live in a secret commune? Most families in DC and close-in are full-time working parents. There are single parents working full-time too. The part-time/SAH is pretty rare.[/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