What about eating issues?
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What about eating issues?
| Fri, 06-10-2005 - 2:24pm |
We have debated sleeping issues to death once again....so what about another one of the issues of childhood....eating and/or not eating?
My kids eat just about anything and have a pretty well rounded diet.

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Oh, yuck. Did you eat it? Yuck yuck yuck.
Warning: don't continue reading if you are overly sensitive or empathetic. This story freaked me out, but I'm sharing anyway.
I was in a sushi restaurant once, where the people at the next table were eating live lobster. The thing was sitting there on a platter in the middle of their table, waving its legs around. The people were chatting and laughing, and every so often someone would rip a leg off the poor lobster and suck on it. OMG. I was like, DH, ask for the check! Ask for the check!
Why wouldn't you want to offer something more than a side salad to your BROTHER, unless doing something special for him isn't important to you?
Common sense beats a rant on this topic, QM. ITA that it's up to the all-about-me food faddists to get over themselves and show some enthusiasm when dining in "mixed company", so to speak.
But when my 85yo FIL with his pacemaker comes for the weekend, with all his doctor's orders and my MIL fussing about every dab of salt and cholesterol, you bet I'm gonna try to feed him decently. The man has never stood behind a stove and he never will.
Likewise, my mom from out of state with her tomato allergy. She's not about to put a day's worth of comestibles into a cooler just to avoid having to eat spaghetti and meatballs chez moi. It's up to me to understand and cater to her needs somewhat. Also, there's a big difference here between helping out people who are family members or regular guests versus those who are more occasional visitors, especially if it's a larger gathering. For a larger gathering, majority strictly rules.
And he's a picky one too, right? The one nice thing I will say about my MIL is that she's an excellent cook. The best meals I've ever had outside of restaurants have been in her home. And DH does like to go out to very nice restaurants. So I'm wondering if the bar was set so high for him that anything other than really great food just isn't worth the bother. I don't know. He can easily go without food for a day or a day and a half, just because. But he does eat when there's something really great in front of him.
His family is weird about food, though. MIL was forced to eat her vegetables, even sitting at the table till midnight every night as a kid. So she never really served veggies to her kids. She was also a model, and somewhat anorexic (I'd say she's still anorexic -- her favorite thing to do is cook all day for guests and then not eat dinner herself). DH literally didn't know the names of many vegetables when I met him. He'd say, "what's that one that looks like a brain again?" "Cauliflower." "What are the little mini lettuces?" "Brussels sprouts." Very bizarre.
FYI, there is a Harry Potter book release coming up, July 16. You could always break the chains that bind you and let your oldest stay up and enjoy the hype!
(Or you can stay home and say a few prayers for my four children who will be up PAST MIDNIGHT that night.)
Thirty days, 14 hours, 47 minutes to go...
I'm from Germany, where cleanliness is next to godliness.
Hee! So true.
Karen
"A pocketknife is like a melody;sharp in some places,
I really don't understand what the big deal is in making a vegan entree for your brother. It's so much work, and you're that deadset against maximizing your life, that you won't even bother to make him a meal he can eat? If he came over for dinner every day I could understand it, but what's the harm to you in eating a vegan meal every once in a while?
You should try to expand your horizons a little.
Karen
"A pocketknife is like a melody;sharp in some places,
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