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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is the BEST argument for my policy of only traveling with my DH and kids. Thank you![/quote]
It seems like that would be the best policy for OP as well. She comes off as too uptight to have a good time with anyway.

We go to Delaware every year with 3 other families. Eight adults and seven kids. It's a communal effort to feed everyone. But, honestly, it's no more effort to pour cereal for my two kids or all of the kids at the same time. Grilling steaks for 8 people or making a big pot of pasta with meat sauce for the group isn't much more work than just feeding my own family. People make trips to the grocery store/liquor store/CVS/Wal-Mart as needed throughout the week, and we sort it all out at the end of the week. And if I'm about to take my kids to the ice cream shop on the corner, I'll take any other kids who are around as well (who may be the kids from the house next door). It's just weird to me that someone would rent a house with other families, and expect everyone to only eat their own food. It also seems really inefficient.

I've seen a few threads on here where people seem to have weird issues with sharing food, even with supposedly close friends. That kind of strikes me as a WASP issue, based on my experiences growing up. I grew up in a neighborhood with lots of white ethnic people, many of them immigrants. Food was always shared with guests, neighbors, kids passing through, and whoever else happened to be in the house at the time. For some reason, the more WASPy people had a more formal approach to food and eating with people outside of the family. [/quote]

Racist[/quote]

This is crazy.  I am a WASP and no one in my family would ever THINK of denying food to anyone.  In fact, it's a WASP thing to argue over the check every time and insist on paying- this always happens at the end of all my family or friend dinners.  We are a bit more formal in general, so yeah- my family would probably raise eyebrows if, say, my grandmother had her maid passing around hors d'oeuvres and someone stood up and grabbed a bunch.  WASP culture is just more formal because it derives from English culture aka stiff upper lip and cultural stuff like that.  It's not like Italy which is very informal and everything served family style.  But never in a million years would anyone in my family think of only packing food for themselves and leaving everyone else out.  It's so gauche.

Educate yourself before speaking.[/quote]

Nah. Wasps are all about the alcohol and no food receptions. It is so sad! Their parties are thumbs down. [/quote]

You're not invited to the good ones so you wouldn't know.   :( [/quote]

Oh yes, I just love WASP food. There are so many notable restaurants that serve WASP cuisine...said no one ever. Face it, PP, WASPs just aren’t known for their food.

-WASP on one side, Italian on the other.[/quote]

No but we're known for other things.  I happen to love the caviar and [b]other hors d'oeuvres [/b]that get served at my family parties. We usually pay for someone to come and cook anyway, so it's great stuff.  Sorry, like I said, you dont get invited to the real thing.  Oh well.  Closed doors, I guess.[/quote]

Other hors d’oeuvres like Triscuits, you mean? Mmm, sooo classy. Guess you need something to sop up all the booze. You only think your little WASP parties are great because you’re so blitzed you can’t remember them in the morning.[/quote]

Oops, someone's childhood trauma is popping up strongly again!  Sorry no one wanted to invite you to the caviar or catered parties- though surely at this point in your life you've been excluded enough that you understand why?![/quote]

No, darling, I *am* a WASP, albeit one that can see the flaws in our “culture”. Our food is shit, we have to borrow from other cultures and have other people cook it. And you need another insult than “you weren’t invited to the good parties” if you want to get under my skin. It’s not true, so it doesn’t sting a jot.[/quote]

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