What about eating issues?

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What about eating issues?
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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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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 6:59pm

I think we're both in the middle. People seem to want to force me into the "you must sacrifice your family's nutrition and your sense of self to create elaborate dinners that please every single palate at your dinner table every night" corner, but I've never said anything of the sort. I just think you could take a step beyond "steak and lettuce" when your vegan brother is visiting. That's all.

There's a difference between someone who is, and has been, a vegan for years, and someone who changes diet so often that her host can't keep up with her. There's also a difference between having someone over for dinner and having someone over for a week. If you have a vegan and a Bible thumper over for dinner, then yes, I think you should try to accomodate them. If it's for a week, then obviously you can't be expected to cook strange and elaborate things every night.

When we visit extended family, they usually ask what kinds of foods the boys like. They would normally have easy stuff like Cheerios, peanut butter, eggs, and yogurt in the house for them to munch on. That, IMO, is a reasonable accomodation. If the relatives got up early to pour the boys their Cheerios every morning, that would be catering.

Congratulations! I'm so happy to hear it. I just heard the good news and popped back over, just in case you were still checking in.
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 7:09pm

Huh? I didn't say you were redundant. Did you just scan the word "repetitions" and think I was calling you redundant? I think you read and respond to these posts way too quickly, because you are completely missing the point of my post.

You seem to gloss over things, rather than actually reading them.

Congratulations! I'm so happy to hear it. I just heard the good news and popped back over, just in case you were still checking in.
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 7:12pm
How do you go to plays and concerts if you have to be in bed by a certain time every night of your life? She has said that she enjoys adult activities. Some of them do tend to take place rather later than 10 pm!
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 7:17pm

We're not really allowed to have two dimensional personalities here on the board, I think. That is too complicated to consider and keep track of.

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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 7:42pm

My uncle was a cook on a tugboat. He would come home with bags and bags of paperbacks and give them all to me (since we both loved to read). My parents didn't care because "At least she's reading!"


My uncle was a horror fan. By the time I finished 3rd grade, I had read all of Stephen King's books and all of Dean Koontz's books in paperback. I wasn't good at self-monitoring...I had a lot of nightmares, lol.


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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 7:44pm

I know! Now I'm all confused! ;)


Meldi

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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 9:23pm
Thanks for the tip! Sounds neat.
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 9:45pm
Hey, I'll take the blood 'n' tongue, you can keep your brussels sprouts. ;-) (Actually I don't mind them either.)
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 10:00pm
Ever tried head cheese? My DH is Polish. He took me to a Polish deli in Newark one year before we were married. They had samples of their homemade head cheese. DH asked if I wanted a taste and I politely told him "No, thank you." While we were talking he took a piece and put it in my mouth. Of course, the deli people were quite proud of their head cheese so I didn't feel like I could spit it out on their floor. I thought I was going to puke. I swallowed it. And when we got outside I laid into DH that if he *ever* did that again to me, he'd be sorry. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 10:35pm

Another kindred spirit;)

I was 11 when I first came to this country but I learned English pretty quickly. The first book I was given happened to be Anne of Green Gables. It shaped my English reading sensibilities and it remains one of my favorite books...I read the whole series that year;)

The next year when I entered Junior High I picked up a little book called Pride & Prejudice. I thought it was going to be about slavery!! It wasn't until much later that I realized P&P was supposed to be a "difficult" book.

The funny thing is my parents had no idea nor did they care what I read since they didn't understand any of it!!

 

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