Is anyone else horrified by the

[kellbell191]

Eating out every day thread on mm? They eat mcdonalds, Wendy's, outback EVERY NIGHT for dinner. Granted, I don't hve kids so I don't feel her painnnn but Shudder.

[Deleted]

I didn't see it, but that is disgusting. HOW DO THEY EVER POOP?!

[Deleted]

I'll go check it out

[ralphlauren]

Nope I am not horrifed

[rageragerage]

The fact the she has the kids lie about it- no. I am horrified for sure.

[Deleted]

Yes. I read it and was like :-| +o( Someone in that house needs to learn to cook/meal plan.

[Deleted]

HOW DO THEY EVER POOP?!

This is a valid question.

[bonquiqui]

I am sure this happens more than we realize

[tulip]

LIP.., I'm drunk so help?

[tulip]

Sept 3, 2012 21:54:02 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

HOW DO THEY EVER POOP?!

This is a valid question.

McDonalds gives me the poop

[hubes]

A little bit. But then I realized what we have been living on the last two months. I think I have no room to judge.

[tulip]

Sept 3, 2012 21:58:05 GMT -5 hubes said:

A little bit. But then I realized what we have been living on the last two months. I think I have no room to judge.

My kid will only eat chicken nuggets & French fries or gummy bears. She hates me. :/

[Deleted]

Ok, just read it. Nope. Not horrified at all.

[Deleted]

No. This is pretty much how we lived during my high school years. Between mine and my brother's activities we ate out almost every night. It's easy to let it happen. Now am I going to let this happen with my children? Of course not. But I am not horrified.

Ok I do judge her about having her children lie. That part is weird.

[TrickyBob]

I can say that we had been doing fast food/eating out almost every single night of the week, not only is it horrifyingly expensive but it sucks.

Then I started cooking 6 out of 7 nights a week and holy Mother of God, it's like I saw the bright light of "why didn't I do this sooner?!"

[birdistheword]

I'm not horrified by people eating out all the time in general, but it can't be healthy to feed your kids fast food every night. Neither me or my husband really enjoy cooking, so we do eat out a decent amount, but not fast food and we don't have kids. If we do have kids one day I plan on actually cooking for them. It's weird that she has her kids lie about it for sure.

ETA: Not saying my kids will never have fast food, but I plan on it being the exception rather than the rule. But who knows what will happen when that day actually comes. I have no idea what it's like to have 3 kids.

[pantsparty]

Every night?

My H likes to eat out more than I do. If it was for me, we'd eat out a couple of times a month. If he's home a full week, we may go out 3 times a week.

He has some crazy aversion to leftovers. Like, I will eat leftovers for a week straight. He can only eat them one day afterwards and then :::shuns::: them.

[birdistheword]

Sept 3, 2012 22:05:13 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

Every night?

My H likes to eat out more than I do. If it was for me, we'd eat out a couple of times a month. If he's home a full week, we may go out 3 times a week.

He has some crazy aversion to leftovers. Like, I will eat leftovers for a week straight. He can only eat them one day afterwards and then :::shuns::: them.

This is exactly us. When I do cook, I like to make a lot and then have leftovers for several days. My H will eat it for one additional meal and then refuse to have any more of it. He wants to go out to eat constantly.

[kellbell191]

Eating out =\= McDonald's. It really grosses me out that someone would eat fast food every night, much less feed it to their kids.

[hubes]

I agree. McDonald's every night is nasty. But I Still can't judge her. My DH has a ham sandwich with Kraft singles every day, I'm more disgusted at that. I've had breakfast out of a gas station nearly every day single mid-July. I know how it makes me feel (not good). I hope she starts cooking, on the same hand, I hope I do too. Life is crazy.

Also, like someone said, this happens more than we think.

[birdistheword]

I do agree that it happens a lot. One of my best friends had never even tried broccoli or a carrot (and a lot of other things) until we forced her to try them in college. Her mom pretty much fed them fast food or pizza and chicken nuggets her whole life.

[Deleted]

Being horrified seems like quite the overreaction.

Also, she was asking for help so she can do better. Cooking and meal planning doesn't come naturally to everyone.

I am (irrationally?) irritated by this thread.

[Jermys]

Eating fast food daily would give me the power sharts.

[kellbell191]

Jezebel that's why I didn't say anything to her there. People think the "100 days of real food" people are whacks and talk about it here, I think fast food every day is gross. Hence the question.

I don't know, I guess I forget it's common?

[bab]

I just read it and I am not "horrified" by any means. This thread seems mean spirited but I admit I could be overly sensitive about it because I have an autistic child also.
I completely understand why she's struggling and she is asking for help FFS!! I could see being horrified if she was saying that she fed her family fast food everyday and she thought it was just fine. She admitted that she was never into cooking to begin with and now she has three children in the mix, one with special needs and very real food aversions and sensory issues. Jeez cut a girl some slack.

[gretchenindisguise]

I'm with babs, she gets that it's too much and is asking for help for how to change it.

I also agree that it happens a lot more than people realize. There are a LOT of people that don't know how to cook because they were never taught.

[flipflopsandwine]

The thought of eating out everyday makes my stomach hurt.

[monkeyknifefight]

[vanillacourage]

Sept 3, 2012 22:28:36 GMT -5 kellbell191 said:

Jezebel that's why I didn't say anything to her there.

You don't think she'll see it and that being XP'd is worse?

I feel for her. My DS has always been skinny, to the point of being evaluated for digestive issues. He's also incredibly picky and some nights seems to survive on just air. The one thing he will eat without argument is McD's. So if we're having a crazy night with activities, or the grandparents are keeping him, often it's what he will get because we know that at least for that evening, he'll actually get sustenance, and without a fight. So now he's developed a strong preference for fast food and getting him to eat healthy stuff is even more of a battle. And around and around we go.

Kids are hard and she's asking for help. This thread sucks.

[iamgrace]

I didn't read the thread yet, but how hard can it be to throw together grilled cheese and soup? Or eggs and toast?