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Anonymous wrote:From this point forward, have snacks and drinks stored in your trunk. This way you will never be in this crisis situation again and your preferences

Sorry, pp here. Submitted post prematurely. I was trying to say, this way you won't have to worry about others food standards, and you can have your preffered pre certified organic stuff, etc.

Well that spun out of control quickly.

Anonymous wrote:From this point forward, have snacks and drinks stored in your trunk. This way you will never be in this crisis situation again and your preferences

Sorry, pp here. Submitted post prematurely. I was trying to say, this way you won't have to worry about others food standards, and you can have your preffered pre certified organic stuff, etc.

From this point forward, have snacks and drinks stored in your trunk. This way you will never be in this crisis situation again and your preferences

Americans mommies are horrific. Your kid is not starving if he had at least one meal earlier that day. He is not going to die from starvation. Calm down.

Not her fault your picky ass kids did not eat what was served. It is not her obligation to make sure her menu coincides with the whims of your kids.
Grow up and feed your own damn kids...if it had been me and my kids had not eaten...I would have had enough sense to stop at Mickey D's, Chipotle or damn 7-11 on my way to SIL. NO DAMN WAY would I have assumed that my SIL was going to fix some full, gourmet meal after she just hosted a kid's b'day party. If she wanted to do all that work she would have had the party at her own damn house.
GROW UP!

something now tells me there actually was some staples in that pantry. The kids just needed some peanut butter and crackers or popcorn to bridge the gap.

Organic veggies and free range meat.

Give me a break - do you REALLY not understand how this could possibly happen??

SIL serves pizza and cupcakes at 4:45 thinking it's an early dinner and her obligation is fulfilled. You all come over and at 5:45 you and her kids announce - still hungry. Reality is if you weren't there - a mom who has just hosted a kiddie party would've handed her kids some cheese and crackers or maybe scrambled up some eggs or warmed up last night's leftovers - nothing more complicated. But bc you mention - running to the store or ordering in, she suddenly thinks $hit they need a full meal, I can't scramble some eggs.

For that kind of quick unplanned meal, most of us order pizza as our go to. Given that she just served pizza at 4:45 and you didn't eat it, she assumes you don't want that again and want a full meat + veggies kind of meal. Given that she wants to do this fast and doesn't want to cook, she probably lands at a Whole Foods or similar store - maybe it's a drive from her home, maybe parking/buying took time etc.

If you and your kids were soooo flexible why did you suggest going out for food and why did you let her go? When she offered, why not say - oh no, no one wants a big meal, do you have a box of pasta/jar of sauce or boxed mac & cheese or PB&J - any of those will tide the kids over?? You were in the home of a family of 5 - no way to I believe that she had NO staple foods in the house; even when people haven't shopped, they still have a few foods around like that. This isn't a 22 yr old frat bro whose fridge consists of beer.

Frankly I think she went out of her way buying prepared foods for dinner. If were her, I'd have driven to McDs and come home with a bag of big Macs and nuggets and fries. Of course then you'd complain that pizza and nuggets and fries aren't adequate offerings for YOUR snowflakes and they need veggies at every meal.

Anonymous[b wrote:]Isn't this your family? In my family we're more forgiving[/b]. Can you try that? Realize she was busy with the party and cut her some slack. Ask if you can make the kids a sandwich. Offer to order Chinese. "Mind if we raid your fridge?"
In my sil's house, I open the cabinets and browse around until I find a box of Mac and cheese. Same goes for her in mine.

Same here. It shocks me that people on DCUM are so formal with family. I would have done the same and my SIL is free to do the same at my house, no one sits around like the Queen waiting to be served.