Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People, read the entire thread ! The OP is putting out tons of food but the in law kids are emptying out all the snacks and stuff for her kids lunches and games instead or in addition. There is no reason for them to slurp down all the go go squeezes when there is tons of food available to them for the party. They just like go go squeeze and have absolutely no manners.

1. Stop them, redirect them to all the food for the party and bluntly tell them it’s rude to do this at someone else’s house. You would be doing them a favor as their parents are setting them up for extreme embarrassment later on.

2. Get a plastic bin, fill it with the pantry foods you don’t want them to take. Close it, put it in the attic or your bedroom closet. If they ask where it is, redirect the greedy little monsters to all the food that is out for the party.

3. Stop hosting these people

If she was putting out "tons of food" this wouldn't be happening. She's either putting out too little or bad foods while keeping the "good stuff" inside. Just get more of the good stuff and less of the shitty potato salad nobody wants.

You clearly have never encountered poorly raised tweens and teens. You don’t go raid a host’s pantry looking for more appealing snack food. You eat what is out for the party. When we go to a family barbecue, if my kids had no manners and were greedy little pigs then I’m sure they would forego the burgers, chicken, fruit salad etc and eat an entire container of marshmallow fluff, box of graham crackers and every squeezable applesauce they could find. We didn’t raise them to become pariahs so they don’t do this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People, read the entire thread ! The OP is putting out tons of food but the in law kids are emptying out all the snacks and stuff for her kids lunches and games instead or in addition. There is no reason for them to slurp down all the go go squeezes when there is tons of food available to them for the party. They just like go go squeeze and have absolutely no manners.

1. Stop them, redirect them to all the food for the party and bluntly tell them it’s rude to do this at someone else’s house. You would be doing them a favor as their parents are setting them up for extreme embarrassment later on.

2. Get a plastic bin, fill it with the pantry foods you don’t want them to take. Close it, put it in the attic or your bedroom closet. If they ask where it is, redirect the greedy little monsters to all the food that is out for the party.

3. Stop hosting these people

Eh, OP added those details because she was getting flamed. Reading her OP, it really sounds like she wasn’t serving enough food and/or she’s just here to complain. This is a pretty easily solvable problem. Sure the kids are rude, but she’s not their parent. Put the off limits food into a bin and move it into the bedroom. Easy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People, read the entire thread ! The OP is putting out tons of food but the in law kids are emptying out all the snacks and stuff for her kids lunches and games instead or in addition. There is no reason for them to slurp down all the go go squeezes when there is tons of food available to them for the party. They just like go go squeeze and have absolutely no manners.

1. Stop them, redirect them to all the food for the party and bluntly tell them it’s rude to do this at someone else’s house. You would be doing them a favor as their parents are setting them up for extreme embarrassment later on.

2. Get a plastic bin, fill it with the pantry foods you don’t want them to take. Close it, put it in the attic or your bedroom closet. If they ask where it is, redirect the greedy little monsters to all the food that is out for the party.

3. Stop hosting these people

If she was putting out "tons of food" this wouldn't be happening. She's either putting out too little or bad foods while keeping the "good stuff" inside. Just get more of the good stuff and less of the shitty potato salad nobody wants.

You clearly have never encountered poorly raised tweens and teens. You don’t go raid a host’s pantry looking for more appealing snack food. You eat what is out for the party. When we go to a family barbecue, if my kids had no manners and were greedy little pigs then I’m sure they would forego the burgers, chicken, fruit salad etc and eat an entire container of marshmallow fluff, box of graham crackers and every squeezable applesauce they could find. We didn’t raise them to become pariahs so they don’t do this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People, read the entire thread ! The OP is putting out tons of food but the in law kids are emptying out all the snacks and stuff for her kids lunches and games instead or in addition. There is no reason for them to slurp down all the go go squeezes when there is tons of food available to them for the party. They just like go go squeeze and have absolutely no manners.

1. Stop them, redirect them to all the food for the party and bluntly tell them it’s rude to do this at someone else’s house. You would be doing them a favor as their parents are setting them up for extreme embarrassment later on.

2. Get a plastic bin, fill it with the pantry foods you don’t want them to take. Close it, put it in the attic or your bedroom closet. If they ask where it is, redirect the greedy little monsters to all the food that is out for the party.

3. Stop hosting these people

If she was putting out "tons of food" this wouldn't be happening. She's either putting out too little or bad foods while keeping the "good stuff" inside. Just get more of the good stuff and less of the shitty potato salad nobody wants.

Anonymous wrote:People, read the entire thread ! The OP is putting out tons of food but the in law kids are emptying out all the snacks and stuff for her kids lunches and games instead or in addition. There is no reason for them to slurp down all the go go squeezes when there is tons of food available to them for the party. They just like go go squeeze and have absolutely no manners.

1. Stop them, redirect them to all the food for the party and bluntly tell them it’s rude to do this at someone else’s house. You would be doing them a favor as their parents are setting them up for extreme embarrassment later on.

2. Get a plastic bin, fill it with the pantry foods you don’t want them to take. Close it, put it in the attic or your bedroom closet. If they ask where it is, redirect the greedy little monsters to all the food that is out for the party.

3. Stop hosting these people

Anonymous wrote:People, read the entire thread ! The OP is putting out tons of food but the in law kids are emptying out all the snacks and stuff for her kids lunches and games instead or in addition. There is no reason for them to slurp down all the go go squeezes when there is tons of food available to them for the party. They just like go go squeeze and have absolutely no manners.

1. Stop them, redirect them to all the food for the party and bluntly tell them it’s rude to do this at someone else’s house. You would be doing them a favor as their parents are setting them up for extreme embarrassment later on.

2. Get a plastic bin, fill it with the pantry foods you don’t want them to take. Close it, put it in the attic or your bedroom closet. If they ask where it is, redirect the greedy little monsters to all the food that is out for the party.

3. Stop hosting these people

Anonymous wrote:I know food prices have gotten really high, but how much money are we really talking here? Cookout food is not expensive and it’s all on sale this week.

It just seems like you could easily have enough food for $200 or so….were you expecting it to be more like $100 or less? It just seems like you’re complaining a lot over what is not a very large sum of money for a one time yearly event.

Anonymous wrote:Is there a tactful way to say "Hey, can you help replace the stuff your children devour?" or do you think we are just stuck ?

Anonymous wrote:Burger King is a short 5 mile hike up the road!