Renai Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 BYOFT? What the heck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I can relate. I could eat the same half a dozen meals every week for years, but everybody else is pickier than that and you can't exactly force the kids to clean their plates when daddy won't. They will if they're hungry enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I've been watching news all morning. My head hurts. Stop that. Watching news until your head hurts is not allowed. I think there is an ITT regulation around here somewhere... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 What the heck? Bring Your Own Flame Thrower. :svengo: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 :huh: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I just cook what I think is pretty good and works. No one has any say and if they complain they are in serious danger of receiving the Laser Glare of Certain Impending Death. You don't have to like it. You don't even have to eat it. But it's what is there and it won't kill you. If you are hungry, eat. (And if you are over the age of 12 and have the audacity to complain, then you are in charge of meals for a week. You have $150 to feed 8 people, including special issues like packed lunches and gluten/dairy free options. Good luck.) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I just cook what I think is pretty good and works. No one has any say and if they complain they are in serious danger of receiving the Laser Glare of Certain Impending Death. You don't have to like it. You don't even have to eat it. But it's what is there and it won't kill you. If you are hungry, eat. (And if you are over the age of 12 and have the audacity to complain, then you are in charge of meals for a week. You have $150 to feed 8 people, including special issues like packed lunches and gluten/dairy free options. Good luck.) This is pretty much what I've come to. Except I just expect those who can to cook their own food if they complain, as long as they don't touch any ingredients I have planned for other meals. I give up. I'll cook for myself and Gymnast. Dancer can starve, or cook. Dh is rude enough he'll just eat cereal when there is a meal ready and he either decides he doesn't like it, or he's just mad at me that day. He'll cook his own meals, though, so I don't really care. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 We are back from the Big City Hospital Lung Doctor. They tested dd10 on her breathing/lung capacity (like for asthma) and it was perfect (which is what I expected). Then the doctor said that since dd has never had her healthy lungs xrayed, she'd like to do that to compare and later set her up for a CT scan. The pneumonia only effects one corner of her left lung, so it may be that her lung never developed properly in the first place but never gave her problems until now. We'll see. After the appointment and xray we visited the giant fish in the children's hospital garden and then went across the street to peek in on dd14's orchestra festival rehearsal and then we came home and had sweet potatoes and apples for lunch. I'm ready for a nap. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 So, I've given notice to the school district that I will not be returning full-time (my part-time position was cut, along with others), but will substitute teach this upcoming year. :svengo: Did I mention this is slightly terrifying? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I am so sick of trying to figure out what to feed my family. My husband doesn't like casseroles or one-pot dinners. He does like fish (which I hate) and spicy things (which the boys won't eat). Weapon X doesn't like anything with a sauce on it, and both boys prefer to eat with their fingers rather than a fork. Nobody will eat pasta (which is my favorite). And lately, I couldn't care less about cooking. Nobody will like it anyway. I need to find an awesome meal plan that is easy and delicious and feeds everyone. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk Meals are relentless. Sometimes I cook; a lot of times I don't. (But my kids are older.) Sometimes we're grabbing fast food before or after an activity. It's rare that I cook something that every.single.person likes. Anyone who doesn't like what I cook is free to fix themselves something else. (But my kids are older.) Thankfully my dh is not as picky as the kids. He's not a big vegetable eater, but he never/rarely complains. I have no really good solutions - but maybe try to mix the things they like and the things they don't during the week. Monday - fish, Tuesday - kid friendly (grilled chicken?), Wednesday - crock pot (will the boys scrape off the sauce?), Thursday - Mexican with dh's spicy sauce on the side, Friday - pasta you like with baked chicken tender option for the boys. Most of all, I can offer hugs. I hate it too! :grouphug: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Did I mention this is slightly terrifying? :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B25BaDHUmjwfemtBUkY0WEYtMEU/view?usp=drivesdk He kissed us! He is so.stinkin.cute!!! :001_tt1: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I think the hardest part was realizing so much of my messedupness was genetic stuff that I can't shelter them from. I am not convinced such genetic differences are "messed up". Life depends upon change and adaptation. I suspect that many of what people see as "problems" are simply differences that offer other adaptabilities. Yes, we might need to work a little harder to get along in the general societal pool, but that's because we bring something new society isn't accustomed to yet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I can relate. I could eat the same half a dozen meals every week for years, but everybody else is pickier than that and you can't exactly force the kids to clean their plates when daddy won't. DH was known to sit at the table for HOURS refusing to eat some vegetable when his mother insisted he couldn't get up until he did. You can withhold dessert or other treats, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I've been watching news all morning. My head hurts. Time to take a break. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 What the heck? Bring Your Own Flame Thrower! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Bring Your Own Flame Thrower. :svengo: See? Junie got it! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Good Morning!! Hello, there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B25BaDHUmjwfemtBUkY0WEYtMEU/view?usp=drivesdk Ooooh, smoochims baby!! so so so adorable! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I've been watching news all morning. My head hurts. Me, too. I've felt sick all day. :sad: :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I am so sick of trying to figure out what to feed my family. My husband doesn't like casseroles or one-pot dinners. He does like fish (which I hate) and spicy things (which the boys won't eat). Weapon X doesn't like anything with a sauce on it, and both boys prefer to eat with their fingers rather than a fork. Nobody will eat pasta (which is my favorite). And lately, I couldn't care less about cooking. Nobody will like it anyway. I need to find an awesome meal plan that is easy and delicious and feeds everyone. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk I make what I make and if you don't like it you can starve. If you're going to complain about being hungry but not eat then you can go to your room until you decided complaining is not worth it. I am a very pleasant person who tries to get along with almost everyone but I'm not playing that game. I am not making multiple meals, I am not throwing food away and you can shut up and get over it. The only exception is that I don't make anyone eat something they truly despise. John has a texture issue with mushrooms, Mary is quite sensitive to spices, but they both eat their broccoli without complaint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Lana--what about having a build your own sandwich night? With a pasta side for you, finger veggies for the boys and hot peppers for your DH (or hot sauce to dress whatever meat you are having for the sandwiches). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Why are there over 200 new posts after I've been gone for less than 24 hours? You guys really haven't been ignoring this thread. At least we're not at my page yet. Edited June 14, 2017 by luuknam 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Booyah! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 It was a joke. I know. I just needed Slache to explain what it was. Which she did. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 That's not funny. :toetap05: Says the mom with the daughter who, after 6 years of living, decided it was a good idea to write and draw on the bedroom walls. In marker. :svengo: I'm not 100% sure if the stuff I could REALLY not get off the walls at all with the magic eraser was various colored ballpoint pens, but I think it was. The other media varied in ease of removal, but what I believe to be ballpoint was the worst. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Okay, I'm ketchupped. Wondering if I'm going to have to bring my laptop to TKD tonight to make sure I won't miss my page. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I have a babysitting job! Two days! That'll pay for 1/6 of the surprise overdue medical bill. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 My headache is gone and I'm watching Food Network a couple of tabs over. :) I am trying to not take a nap so that I will sleep better tonight. Of course, I didn't take a nap yesterday and finally fell asleep around 4 a.m. :glare: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Booyah! Nicely done! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Okay, I'm ketchupped. Wondering if I'm going to have to bring my laptop to TKD tonight to make sure I won't miss my page. We've already passed the page where I graduated from high school. And the page where I graduated from college is coming up. :leaving: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Lana--what about having a build your own sandwich night? With a pasta side for you, finger veggies for the boys and hot peppers for your DH (or hot sauce to dress whatever meat you are having for the sandwiches). Nice idea! You could also do Build Your Own Nachos, Build Your Own Loaded Potato, or Build Your Own Chef Salad. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I guess I'm the meanest one here. :coolgleamA: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I am so sick of trying to figure out what to feed my family. My husband doesn't like casseroles or one-pot dinners. He does like fish (which I hate) and spicy things (which the boys won't eat). Weapon X doesn't like anything with a sauce on it, and both boys prefer to eat with their fingers rather than a fork. Nobody will eat pasta (which is my favorite). And lately, I couldn't care less about cooking. Nobody will like it anyway. I need to find an awesome meal plan that is easy and delicious and feeds everyone. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk Rice and beans every night until they understand that you are going to make what you want and they will eat it. I have never done this, btw. It just sounds like something imaginary friends would post on the internet. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Nice idea! You could also do Build Your Own Nachos, Build Your Own Loaded Potato, or Build Your Own Chef Salad. We often do build your own loaded baked potatoes and build your own tacos. For some reason, my Hispanic DH doesn't think nachos are a meal. And he also doesn't approve of breakfast for dinner. He's become rather hard to please. Before we got married, it was "whatever you want is fine". Now there are all these rules and addendums before food constitutes a meal. And I suspect he just makes them up as he goes. Things that have always been okay (even liked) are all of a sudden the worst thing in the world. I am not, not have I ever been, a talented chef. I can't keep up with his mercurial diet plan. Especially since he doesn't tell me about the change until he's upset by it. Wow! Trying to figure out a grocery list just became a major rant about DH. I'm sorry; I really didn't mean for that to happen. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 We already knew that. 😛 She's never experienced The Laser Glare of Certain Impending Death. I will admit, though, that when we were dealing with ds12's sensory issues a few years back, I did make sure there was at least *something* in each meal that he could eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (((Lana))) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I guess I'm the meanest one here. :coolgleamA: Nope. I'm often quoted as saying, "This isn't Burger King. You can't have it your way." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Lana, I think we have the same husband, even down to the Hispanic part. He probably doesn't consider nachos a meal because nachos weren't even really a thing. Well, except in the US. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Are we married to the same man? ;). Two days ago my dh told me a dish he said he liked 6 months ago makes him want to barf. 🙄 And this is the reason he's been cooking more. Or eating cereal. And I'm considered a pretty good cook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Rice and beans every night until they understand that you are going to make what you want and they will eat it. I have never done this, btw. It just sounds like something imaginary friends would post on the internet. I have a friend who made her family eat soup every night for a month when they complained about having to eat soup one night. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Ok, I am back!!!! I did have fun with my little VBS girls. I gave them a sucker for learning their verse. Then we discussed if we were lickers or chewers. Then we discussed our favorite candy. Three girls hated anything with peanut butter in it. I would die without a Butterfingers. Lana - I am in a cooking funk, too. My problem is, however, that I need to be low carb and the rest of the family doesn't. Susan - yay for the babysitting job. Junie - glad the headache is gone. AMJ - yay for antibiotics and I knew it was Bring Your Own Flamethrower, too. What else would it be? This is ITT, for the love of Pete. Edited June 14, 2017 by KrissiK 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Nope. I'm often quoted as saying, "This isn't Burger King. You can't have it your way."I always tell them I'm not a short order cook. And as for those people who say, "if you don't like what I made you can make yourself a pb&j sandwich instead...." I just have to laugh. You go to all the trouble to make something for dinner, and then the picky snowflake goes into the kitchen and makes something else (and likely doesn't clean up after themselves without being nagged) and then the rest of the kids want to know why they have to eat what you made because they don't particularly like it, either and they would rather have a quesadilla..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Our rule is that you have to accept the food, but you don't have to eat it. The older kids can make an alternate (leftovers), but they have to earn that right by eating at least a sample of what I made. If they're not willing to try it, then they don't get to make an alternate. *exceptions are made for food allergies and braces :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Got some quality writing time in today. Pizza crusts are in the oven. I asked DH if he preferred sausage or bacon on the breakfast pizza and he said bacon, and I'm not opposed, so we'll have bacon on it. I don't know how I'd react if DH told me something I cooked made him want to barf. Well, mushrooms bother him. So I make the mushrooms when he's not around and then regale him with tales of how delicious my mushrooms were and he doesn't know what he's missing. :D 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) My cat will only eat square-shaped, chicken-flavored food. There was a picky mom, who walked a picky mile... Edited October 2, 2020 by Carolina Wren 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 We had a few bad dinner years. Dh would come home, see what was on the table and would go out to McDonalds. I wouldn't say anything. I just continued to cook my way. Dh too would keep changing what he ate. Dh is Filipino (which was conquered by Spain !). After awhile I told him that eating out was too expensive so he could get some frozen dinners of his choice. He took me up on that. I try to take his tastes into account but often that is in the form of a side dish or a condiment that he likes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Mmmmm...BACON! Road trip to Critter's! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Speaking of mushrooms...I have some in my refrigerator. I might make stuffed mushrooms on Friday. :drool5: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I am starting a huge laundry marathon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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