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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My MIL will not sit down for more than a few minutes. Puts a damper on everything and really rushes the meal.  It’s been like this for the 20 years I’ve known her.  We try to ignore but it’s tough because she’s practically clearing people’s plates and putting food away in containers right after everyone gets their food and sits.  I am the one the does most of  the cooking because her cooking has been deemed inedible by everyone (though she still makes a few things that go completely uneaten by anyone).  So I’ll cook for hours and hours and have about ten minutes to eat.  Hate it.  I’ve stopped making the good stuff for their house and just host my own dinner with my immediate family and some friends the next day.  Next year I’m just buying dinner from the store.  Not worth the effort.  This year was the last![/quote]

Why don't you let her pack everything up and then go take everything back out for a second round .... and make her pack it back up again. [/quote]

Hahaha. The answer to your question is that we sort of do this.  Everyone ends up in the kitchen, standing around and picking food out of the leftover containers (which but the way are a random assortment of reuses plastic containers—think “I can’t believe it’s not…cranberry sauce”.  It’s become a bit of a game lol.)  I love the woman dearly, but this is a definite quirk I’m just going to live with and lower expectations of holiday meals.  My husband always eats before we go over there, smart man.[/quote]

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