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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just say thanks and throw it out when nobody is looking.[/quote]

Yes. It's like a deep urge, that one you have to see that your people are fed. It doesn't really go away. Once my oldest son grew up and moved out, and later married, I still found myself welling up with this urge to make them take my food, anything, even some random old jar of olives, because . . . MUST FEED MY BABIES!

And I'm not even terribly domestic. You'll find out one day, when you notice yourself bringing along some lame food item to visit your grown kids, and hopefully you'll laugh and remember how it looked from a younger point of view. So be kind about it to the parents.[/quote]

Sigh. I am kind about it. Did you miss the "just for fun" in the thread title? It's just fun to anonymously discuss life's little quirks.[/quote]

The above was written in a light-hearted way, to explain the perspective to you. I was laughing at myself, because I totally get your point, and used to puzzle and laugh at how my mom always brought us heads of lettuce when she'd come visit, and yet here I am, finally at the age to understand where that urge came from. Does it mean I even say anything to my grown child, let alone try to force him to take my tired leftovers? Hell no.

So take your pissy little "Sigh" and trade it in for a sense of humor, gratitude, and empathy. Not you saying you're anything but kind, OP, but there are some condescending, entitled people in this thread who probably have no idea how vile they sound sneering that someone offered them something they didn't like. [/quote]

NP. Wow, you are smug and self-righteous. And nobody wants their mother's leftovers. Like someone else said, if you want to feed loved ones, bake something nice or buy them take-out .[/quote]

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