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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meal trains are nice, and we always participate...but I would never request or allow one for my family. I politely said "no thanks" when people offered to organize them after I had children or when there was a death in my family. I don't understand why people need them. I mean, order takeout if you don't want to eat a bowl of cereal or microwave something for dinner.

Honestly, I find meal trains for new parents far more egregious than a second baby shower. Rallying folks for meals and laundry (wtf?) for weeks on end is far worse than a baby shower. People like parties and are happy to bring a little gift. Cooking and cleaning however is just nuts.

If someone has end stage cancer or their spouse dies, that's a different story. Although I still wouldn't feel comfortable accepting the help. [b]I always contribute (pretty sure you have to when you are included on the email blast/scheduler)[/b], but I always feel like it's a bit of an imposition for the recipient---which is why I imagine some people opt for the outdoor cooler. [/quote]

Do you really have to contribute, though? I am actively ignoring a meal train sign up that keeps getting emailed to me, and I'm feeling lots of pressure to participate from the meal train organizer, but I really, really don't like the recipient.  She's not dying or anything (just a scheduled surgery) and I don't feel like making a meal and bringing it to this woman.  She actually made fun of some food I made for a potluck not long ago, so I'm assuming she wouldn't like my food anyway. But I'm also tempted to be passive aggressive and bring her something like meat jello or cheese whiz casserole.  [/quote]

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