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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you complaining that your parents don't pay for groceries or cook- did your parents not take care of you for nearly 20 years? My mom cooked, cleaned and paid for everything in my life for more than 20 years- I can certainly foot the bill for a few meals and spend some time with her when she comes to visit my kids.[/quote]

I did not complain about this, but I could have done so.

In my case, my ILs come. They make it their personal mission to eat everything in my house that is not nailed down and very quickly. I usually end up making at least 3 store trips during the week they visit, which frankly, I don't have the time to do since I work. I have never seen people eat like they do in my house and they certainly do not eat like that at their home and when we visit, we are lucky if there's a single apple around that we can eat. We always have to go shopping while we are there for ourselves. They do not have money problems. At home they mostly eat frozen lean cuisines. On their last 6 day visit they roughly ate: 2 pounds of deli meat, 18 eggs, 2 lbs of bacon, 44 K cups, 5 bags of chips, 2 cases of Coke, 2 gallons of milk, 14 bananas, 2 loaves of bread, 2 large containers of cottage cheese, 2 gallons of orange juice, 3 cartons of ice cream, 2 dozen cupcakes, more oranges and apples than I can remember, 3 blocks of cheese, a log of goat cheese, a package of priscuitto, a 2 lb container of strawberries and whatever I cooked for dinner and the leftovers would be gone even if I'd planned to serve those for another meal. They are not heavy people and I have no idea how they ate that much. All I know is that I would get home from work, go to cook dinner and find out that my ingredients were gone or that I had no fruit left to serve my toddler with her dinner.

They also leave a trail and mess behind them where ever they go. I simply cannot imagine going to someone's house, using 6 different glasses throughout the day each and then leaving them in the various rooms where I drank the beverage. That is above and beyond normal cleaning duties or what my parents did for me as a child. If I left glasses around (which wouldn't have happened as we were only allowed to eat and drink in the kitchen or dining room) my parents would have made me pick them up, then sent me to my room for not respecting their house. [/quote]
I find it kinda weird that you know how many bananas they consumed.[/quote]

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