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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can't go gluten free for a week?  That is a problem![/quote]
Give me a break.
Anyone can go gluten free for a week ,but to spring it on someone who does not usually eat that way, whose kids do not eat that way and tell them that they have t research, learn and  have to be extra diligent about being gluten free  -- it's too much. I would not want to spend my vacation having to change my entire diet, having to change my kids diet. Being on vacation means doing what is easy. 
The in-laws are being inconsiderate to take both kitchens.[/quote]

They discussed it weeks and weeks in advance. About 20 minutes of Googling and thinking about what your kids like to eat can result in a 5-day, gluten-free menu plan. For real.[/quote]
Who cares if they did it weeks in advance. If I planned on doing something a certain way on my vacation and now I have to do extra planning and different grocery shopping, that is an inconvienence. Part of vacationing for me is NOT having to plan meals. if there was only one kitchen, I would understand, but these folks are taking up BOTH kitchens, [b]that is not fair[/b].[/quote]

You know what's not fair?  When your toddler is diagnosed with a serious illness when you have a newborn at home.  Having to take a family trip (lets be honest, it ain't a vacation for them either) with family who don't get it under those circumstances isn't "fair" to them either.

If this were me, I would be bending over backwards to do whatever I could for my SIL and their family -- and I have.  I hosted a christmas dinner for 25 people on <1 week notice, when I had a 6mo, because my SIL had just been put on bedrest for her 2nd pregnancy and they could no longer have it at their house.  Was it a stressful "inconvenience"?  Absolutely.  Did I do it without complaint?  Yes, because THAT'S WHAT DECENT PEOPLE DO.[/quote]

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