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To be honest I thought the host,who did all the cooking ended up with no seat. Now that would have made me Really annoyed. Just read OP and yes all had a seat except for the host who did all the prep so back off she didn't do a thing wrong. I would down size next year and all need to contribute a dish if they don't already. As for the taco bell queen let her bring it as I probably would have hit her up for one of them myself. I just think your not having a seat was ridiculous and no one even offered to find one for you. Let someone else take over.
To be honest I thought the host,who did all the cooking ended up with no seat. Now that would have made me Really annoyed. Just read OP and yes all had a seat except for the host who did all the prep so back off she didn't do a thing wrong. I would down size next year and all need to contribute a dish if they don't already. As for the taco bell queen let her bring it as I probably would have hit her up for one of them myself. I just think your not having a seat was ridiculous and no one even offered to find one for you. Let someone else take over.
As the hosts, she and her husband are the only ones to blame for not having a seat. It is their house! Why should someone else find them a chair?
To be honest I thought the host,who did all the cooking ended up with no seat. Now that would have made me Really annoyed. Just read OP and yes all had a seat except for the host who did all the prep so back off she didn't do a thing wrong. I would down size next year and all need to contribute a dish if they don't already. As for the taco bell queen let her bring it as I probably would have hit her up for one of them myself. I just think your not having a seat was ridiculous and no one even offered to find one for you. Let someone else take over.
She DID have a seat ... at the kitchen island, which is where she figured her stepdaughter and future son-in-law should have sat. I can see why Taco Belle (hilarious!) would rather sit with her father and grandparents instead of her stepmother's children, but I am a little apalled that 1) none of the other adults noticed the OP was not sitting with them and 2) nobody said, "Oh good, we're all here, but now it's a bit crowded. Let's move into the dining room."
Maybe I'll have Domino's pizza delivered our table at her wedding reception.
Her dad (my husband) is a typical man....oblivious to most things unless he's hit over the head. The girl's mother....I have no idea what kind of manners she has or doesn't have. If she has any, she either didn't pass them on to her daughter or her daughter chooses not to use them.
It will be interesting to see how this wedding plays out!
What is this...high school?
You sound almost gleeful at the thought of something going awry at this wedding.
Maybe I'll have Domino's pizza delivered our table at her wedding reception.
Her dad (my husband) is a typical man....oblivious to most things unless he's hit over the head. The girl's mother....I have no idea what kind of manners she has or doesn't have. If she has any, she either didn't pass them on to her daughter or her daughter chooses not to use them.
It will be interesting to see how this wedding plays out!
YOUR Husband is oblivious to most things so keep that blanket on him only.
Mr. CSD, his four brothers and every other man that I know would have offered their seat to anyone new who came in.
I do not think this girl or her mother are the only ones who lack manners.
But who walks in to a meal in progress and grabs the only empty seat at a table without first asking if it was in use?
Good grief! The choice - sit at an empty seat at the table with her dad and grandparents (who are already seated there) and pull up a seat for the boyfriend...or join the 12, 14 and 2.5 year old. I know where I'd sit!
Due to severe weather/flooding, we had our family Xmas gathering yesterday at our house. Not a big group, just my husband, me our 3 kids still at home, hubs' adult son & daughter & daughter's fiancé, and hubs' parents. I did the majority of the cooking...side dishes, bread, a cake. My MIL brought the ham, fruit salad, and a ton of assorted homemade sweets.
My step-daughter & fiancé were late but on their way so we went ahead and set all food out, buffet style. When they arrived, we saw they had made a pit stop. At Taco Bell. She isn't a kid, she's a 22 yr old engaged woman and she brought a sack of Taco Bell to the family Christmas dinner because " she doesn't like ham". (Not a religious thing, just preference). Ham was only 1 item out of probably 10 dishes. Her fiancé ate what we had, she was the only one who didn't. And to make matters worse....there wasn't enough of us to use the dining by room, so we decided to all sit in the kitchen. We have a small kitchen table that seats 4-5, and a huge island that can seat 4-6. My inlaws got their plates first and sat at the table, of course. My husband joined them while I was getting the younger kids situated at the island. Step-daughter & fiancé arrived and she plopped her Taco Bell sack down at the last place available at the table and pulled up an extra chair for her fiancé, leaving me, the hostess, without a seat at the table. Sort of, adding insult to injury.
Am I being too sensitive, or was this extremely rude? I did say something about the Taco Bell. I did it in a joking way, but I said "I can't believe you brought Taco Bell when your grandmother & I made all this homemade food." She said "well, I didn't know what else you were having besides ham and I don't like ham." Where I'm from, if someone is feeding you, you find something to eat & say thank you. If you're hungry when you leave, THEN you get something else on your way home! You don't bring your own bag of fast food. And the take the hostess' seat at the table. She's not a picky 7 yr old, she's an engaged "woman".
How would you have handle this & what would you do going forward?
A 22 year old can forgo the Taco Bell pit stop. If she was wildly hungry, drive through to get a burrito or whatever. I'd say suck it up. And help you, the main hostess.
So that was wildly rude.
The ham thing was preventable. Better communication. She could have brought a simple chicken and brocolli casserole. Or whatever she eats. Instead of taking fast food.
On the other side, ham is not as popular as it once was - however, no excuse for acting like this. NONE.. (religious issues aside, and there were none)
But since she avoids ham, she should have offered to help and take an entree to share.
Taking your seat? I agree - insult to injury.
If you have Christmas with her next year tell her directly that 1. you would like her to help and to make something nice that EVERYONE can eat. 2. Do not put fast food bags on your table and 3. To not sit at your seat.
22? Hell, I don't let 7 year olds act that way.
Today many people follow atypical diets. She isn't Kosher, a vegetarian, gluten free etc. Talk before the holiday. If she wants junk food on Christmas she needs to stay home.
I'm sorry that happened to you.
ETA - I am a vegetarian. She does not appear to be anything but a rude, entitled person.
You are 100% right.
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