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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen too many APs complain "there's no food" when what they mean is no pre-prepared or processed food. Having dry pasta and jars of tomato sauce in the pantry still translates to "there's no food" because host mom doesn't cook them every meal on demand and lifting a finger to boil the pasta is too much "work".[/quote]

Hm.
I was one of the APs who was left behind by their HF with "no food" (they went on a weekend trip to buy a holiday home - hence, I assume money was not an issue). Well, of course there was food. I could probably have made a Sunday roast, there was plenty of meat in the freezer, and I am sure there was a can of soup somewhere in the pantry and most likely rice or pasta. However, there was no milk, no bread, no cheese, no cereal, no fruit, no vegetables, no joghurt, no lunch meats, no eggs... nothing that you could easily throw together for a quick lunch/dinner for one person and my first breakfast that weekend consisted of a fruit roll up.

Of course by that time I was so uncomfortable living with them that I really didn't dare to take anything anymore. I am not sure I would not have gotten in trouble for taking a jar of tomato sauce from the pantry or finishing anything that was open already. I lived of things I fed the baby for the last month or so and only ate when they ate and what they ate. Or bought it myself. [b]Which was a problem as I was in one of the most expensive countries in the world and earned less than an AP in the US.[/b][/quote]

Being an AP in another country doesn't really compare well. My understanding is that families in other countries can do whatever they want, so there's more potential for abuse. [/quote]

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