Anyone's parents like this?

[katespade]

H's step-mom is kind of like that. She knows that I have a chronic health condition that effects how often I eat and what I eat, but she can't seem to stop fretting about my food consumption. Every time we go to their house she spends the whole time offering me different foods from the kitchen. And offering to make me things. And then asking me to go through my list of safe foods with her again because she can't remember. And then not understanding when I explain, again, that I prefer to not eat when I'm not at home because safe foods aren't always safe. I know that she does it because she cares and she wants to take care of me, but it drives me BONKERS.

[katiek]

Ugh, I'm sorry, that sounds so annoying. A lot of that can be frozen, though. I might just cut up and freeze all the fruit (except for the watermelon and raw apples) and maybe try to make egg salad out of the eggs? I also hate wasting food, so this could be a solution.

I'm sorry they put you in that position, though, it sounds super stressful. Do they come over often, or is this a rare thing that you have to deal with for a bit and then it's done? Obviously freezing things is a terrible solution if it happens all the time, unless you have a lot of huuuuuge freezers.

[travelbug]

((@moonbeam)) That sounds like such a tough bind! I like the idea of freezing some of the food and maybe cutting up the watermelon so it looks like less? Maybe just say for this next visit that it's alright and you'll supply the food for their visit? But by the sounds of it they won't listen I'm sorry, this is so tough! I wish I had more helpful tips <3 hugs your way!

[amaranth]

Omg, I thought only my husband's family was like this. They always bring so much food even when you beg them to bring nothing.

For example, that big 80 person party? My SIL and I purchased or made all the food and more than enough. Suddenly my husband's mom and aunts show up with entire car loads of food. I ran out of surfaces to put platters on! I was so overwhelmed I almost cried. And now I still have tons of their bowls they haven't picked up.

[awick14]

amaranth- one of my biggest pet peeves of hosting is people leaving dishes behind. I hate when people leave stuff behind.

My MIL is always bringing us food but only in small quantities. Thankfully. Unfortunately half the time we are unable to finish it before it goes bad. (It's usually a watermelon or something like that.)

[Skyesthelimit1212]

Not food that that situation, but whenever her, me, and the baby, my mother will pack an extra set of clothes for the baby, diapers, and food. I'm like, you don realize I have all this stuff and I'm her mother??? My mother is the type of person who when we were little would put a couple of rolls of TP in the truck in case we needed to stop on the side of the road.

[amaranth]

Jun 15, 2015 15:08:04 GMT -5 Skyesthelimit1212 said:

Not food that that situation, but whenever her, me, and the baby, my mother will pack an extra set of clothes for the baby, diapers, and food. I'm like, you don realize I have all this stuff and I'm her mother??? My mother is the type of person who when we were little would put a couple of rolls of TP in the truck in case we needed to stop on the side of the road.

Oh this would bother me lots. I would feel demeaned that she felt the need to pack all the baby stuff.