Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is a troll! Look at the time stamp when OP posts. Bangladesh is 11 hours ahead of here. So there is no way she would be posting here in the wee hours of the morning while in Bangladesh.
Op here. Yes, I am a trollhere you are woken up by roosters and the call to prayer. I have been waking up at 4-5 am every day. Some nights I never slept because I slept too much in the daytime or I was lying awake hungry and had to wait until , 4-5 am to get up. We all sleep in the same bed (dh and 2 kids) surrounded by a mosquito net and we need to secure it under the mattress whenever we get up. I have never been to India but I have been told it's more modern than Bangladesh. In Dhaka, the traffic is so crazy. There aren't crosswalks. You have cars coming at you while you're trying to get across the street.
So don’t go or learn to deal with it. You married a man from a third world country. That’s how it is.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^ Are these ILs misinformed enough to think it’s posh to eat boxed crap?
The ILs have nothing to do with it. My kids refuse to eat their food, and we aren't going to force them. We were also advised by doctors in the US that boxed food would be better for most of the trip. Our kids won't even eat oatmeal and bananas in the US. It sucks, but what can you do other than force them to eat other foods? They did eat Turkish lentil soup and other Turkish food when we visited Turkey at the start of our trip. I am starting to feel sick today, and our 3-year-old is also. It's hard to enjoy food when you are constantly worried about getting sick. It's much easier for me to prepare noodles or pancakes and be done with it.
That’s a parenting fail, not a reflection on the local cuisine.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread made me think bucket baths make way more sense than showers!
They save a lot of water. I got used to nice steamy showers but when my family visits from India they still prefer bucket baths.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely sounds like India
Do they have pizza restaurants in India?
No, Indian people are only allowed to eat Indian food.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely sounds like India
Do they have pizza restaurants in India?
Which world are you living in? In my village, besides pizza places, there are fancy ice cream parlors too, a 20 minute drive away. Many homes have at least 1 Western toilet.
Granted they are not that clean in restaurants and such but then again I hate using the mall bathrooms here too.
Which world do you think I'm living in?
Anonymous wrote:This thread made me think bucket baths make way more sense than showers!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Definitely sounds like India
Do they have pizza restaurants in India?
Which world are you living in? In my village, besides pizza places, there are fancy ice cream parlors too, a 20 minute drive away. Many homes have at least 1 Western toilet.
Granted they are not that clean in restaurants and such but then again I hate using the mall bathrooms here too.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^ Are these ILs misinformed enough to think it’s posh to eat boxed crap?
The ILs have nothing to do with it. My kids refuse to eat their food, and we aren't going to force them. We were also advised by doctors in the US that boxed food would be better for most of the trip. Our kids won't even eat oatmeal and bananas in the US. It sucks, but what can you do other than force them to eat other foods? They did eat Turkish lentil soup and other Turkish food when we visited Turkey at the start of our trip. I am starting to feel sick today, and our 3-year-old is also. It's hard to enjoy food when you are constantly worried about getting sick. It's much easier for me to prepare noodles or pancakes and be done with it.
That’s a parenting fail, not a reflection on the local cuisine.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^ Are these ILs misinformed enough to think it’s posh to eat boxed crap?
The ILs have nothing to do with it. My kids refuse to eat their food, and we aren't going to force them. We were also advised by doctors in the US that boxed food would be better for most of the trip. Our kids won't even eat oatmeal and bananas in the US. It sucks, but what can you do other than force them to eat other foods? They did eat Turkish lentil soup and other Turkish food when we visited Turkey at the start of our trip. I am starting to feel sick today, and our 3-year-old is also. It's hard to enjoy food when you are constantly worried about getting sick. It's much easier for me to prepare noodles or pancakes and be done with it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is a troll! Look at the time stamp when OP posts. Bangladesh is 11 hours ahead of here. So there is no way she would be posting here in the wee hours of the morning while in Bangladesh.
Op here. Yes, I am a trollhere you are woken up by roosters and the call to prayer. I have been waking up at 4-5 am every day. Some nights I never slept because I slept too much in the daytime or I was lying awake hungry and had to wait until , 4-5 am to get up. We all sleep in the same bed (dh and 2 kids) surrounded by a mosquito net and we need to secure it under the mattress whenever we get up. I have never been to India but I have been told it's more modern than Bangladesh. In Dhaka, the traffic is so crazy. There aren't crosswalks. You have cars coming at you while you're trying to get across the street.