Anonymous
09/02/2020 18:36
Subject: How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Anonymous wrote:Who rents a house with people they don’t know? Is there a match.com version for families?
Lol
Bumble has BFF to find friends. You never know!
Anonymous
09/02/2020 18:23
Subject: How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
This thread is so weird.
I’m having a tough time wrapping my head around the idea that people go on vacation with other families, and try to build the Berlin Wall around their food.
We’ve been going to beach week with three other families for more than ten years. The way every meal works is that people prepare a whole mess of food, and everyone who is in the house at the time grabs a plate and serves themselves. At the end of the week, we sort out who owes what for groceries.
The idea that I would tell my friend’s daughter to get lost because she wanted a bagel....
I’m having a tough time wrapping my head around the idea that people go on vacation with other families, and try to build the Berlin Wall around their food.
We’ve been going to beach week with three other families for more than ten years. The way every meal works is that people prepare a whole mess of food, and everyone who is in the house at the time grabs a plate and serves themselves. At the end of the week, we sort out who owes what for groceries.
The idea that I would tell my friend’s daughter to get lost because she wanted a bagel....
Anonymous
09/02/2020 15:58
Subject: How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm going to have to call troll here.
I don't think anyone would be this rude in the face of being called out.
When kids ask for food, you give them food. Especially if you like their family well enough to go on vacation with them.
She’s not a troll! I thought she was too so I asked Jeff:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/0/909099.page#18011721
That just means her IP address isn’t tied to a known troll address.
Anonymous
09/02/2020 15:37
Subject: Re:How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Larla ruins everything.
Anonymous
09/02/2020 15:16
Subject: How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Anonymous wrote:I'm going to have to call troll here.
I don't think anyone would be this rude in the face of being called out.
When kids ask for food, you give them food. Especially if you like their family well enough to go on vacation with them.
She’s not a troll! I thought she was too so I asked Jeff:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/0/909099.page#18011721
Anonymous
09/02/2020 15:10
Subject: Re:How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Usually kids and spouses don’t know who brought what. Everything on the table looks delicious. Don’t be a Scrooge. We co-vacation and it always turns into an abundant potluck style no matter who plans what. It’s just food.
If you can’t deal with this, label, prepare and eat your meals before everyone else. That’s fun.
If you can’t deal with this, label, prepare and eat your meals before everyone else. That’s fun.
Anonymous
09/02/2020 15:03
Subject: How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
I'm going to have to call troll here.
I don't think anyone would be this rude in the face of being called out.
When kids ask for food, you give them food. Especially if you like their family well enough to go on vacation with them.
I don't think anyone would be this rude in the face of being called out.
When kids ask for food, you give them food. Especially if you like their family well enough to go on vacation with them.
Anonymous
09/02/2020 14:21
Subject: How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
I’m guessing OP’s kids are 3-5 and she’s never seen a teenage boy eat.
OP, when the family came back from their unsuccessful grocery run last year, what did you say? Did you say “Uh-oh, guys. The kids’ hungry appetites this morning completely wiped us out of breakfast options for the rest of the week. Since you couldn’t find a store, we’ll need to hone in on whatever you’re cooking tomorrow.” Or did you say, “Oh, that’s OK”.
OP, when the family came back from their unsuccessful grocery run last year, what did you say? Did you say “Uh-oh, guys. The kids’ hungry appetites this morning completely wiped us out of breakfast options for the rest of the week. Since you couldn’t find a store, we’ll need to hone in on whatever you’re cooking tomorrow.” Or did you say, “Oh, that’s OK”.
Anonymous
09/02/2020 14:15
Subject: Re:How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Anonymous wrote:I’m sad that this thread has more responses than the Chadwick Boseman one.
Why? He was a celebrity who died of cancer. It's sad but it is what it is. He wasn't a world leader or a Nobel prize winner.
Anonymous
09/02/2020 14:14
Subject: Re:How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Anonymous wrote:I’m sad that this thread has more responses than the Chadwick Boseman one.
Who is Cadwick Boseman?
Anonymous
09/02/2020 14:13
Subject: How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
We had a similar situation two years ago. One mom said she would bring bagels and oranges for breakfast and we all split the cost, but one mom brought a box of Cocoa Puffs for her kid. All of the kids saw the Cocoa Puffs and wanted them. She shared.
Anonymous
09/02/2020 14:09
Subject: Re:How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Anonymous wrote:I’m sad that this thread has more responses than the Chadwick Boseman one.
Why? The vast majority of people on here never met him. He’s an entertainer. Yes it’s sad. But lamenting about his death on DCUM does nothing. Do you think his family will read it???
Anonymous
09/02/2020 14:07
Subject: Re:How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
I’m sad that this thread has more responses than the Chadwick Boseman one.
Anonymous
09/02/2020 14:02
Subject: How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You people are ridiculous and being unnecessarily mean to OP. Your kids are probably the ones who would beg for other people's food because they have no home training.
OP, can you just talk with the other adults before you go? Mention what happened last time, and that you'd like to avoid a repeat of that. IF you all insist on not sharing for breakfast and lunch, they need to prepare their children, and you should be prepared to say no to greedy requests. I would call out there parents every time. "Oh Karen, it looks like Larla is hungry, what did you all bring for breakfast today?"
An easier solution might be to do more coordinating with the other families so that everyone can share and you dont have this problem. That doesn't have to mean you do all the cooking, just handle 1 meal each day. If you have the type of friends who let their kids eat all your food, didnt bring any extra themselves, and would sit back and watch you cook all trip, they suck and you shouldn't travel with them.
Do you bring your own food to a party, pp? Because sharing a vacation home is sorta like that: communal fun.
Question: how do multiple families cook meals separately when sharing a kitchen? Presumably only one person can use the stove at a time. So I’m supposed to wait 20 mins for you to finish with the stove?
Ridiculous.
This is the problem I can't get my head around. There are going to be three separate bacon cooking sessions? Hard to go hiking if breakfast takes all day to make.
We do several multi family vacations. Some days yes, bacon (or whatever) is cooked multiple times if different people want it the same day. But no one cooks for every meal every day. Food is basically communal and you make whatever you want-you're responsible for yourself. No one is cooking lunch-OP ever heard of sandwiches, leftovers? They both take all of 2 minutes to make.
Anonymous
09/02/2020 13:47
Subject: How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?
Who rents a house with people they don’t know? Is there a match.com version for families?