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Strange. In our house anything in the fridge (including leftovers) is up for grabs unless you say something (very little food is sacred when you have teenaged boys in the house). If you specifically want your leftovers, you mention it and everyone respects that. Pretty straightforward. I can't imagine being so focused on someone getting or not getting leftovers or more than "my share" that I plan my meal around that.
Ok, maybe this is petty, but when we go out to restaurants with the kids, I seldom finish my meal. I just don't eat a whole lot at once, so I take my leftovers home. the kids get way more than I do at the restaurant, anyways.
but, when we come home, they always want to eat my leftovers. Oh, we're hungry, etc, yadda, yadda, when, like I said, they had about 2x more than I did to begin with. I just don't eat a whole lot at once, but I would like my share.
With the increasing prices of restaurants,etc, we have cut back on restaurants, usually now just once/'month if that much. but, even at that, i would like to have my share. I usually get the smallest portions, and eat the slowest, but its always the same old arguement when we come home. About an hour later, oh, they're hungry, so eat my leftovers. Then it makes me feel small and petty, arguing with a kid over a leftover portion of food. But, like I said, I didn't get my share to begin with.
so, tonight, I got "innovative" Since I don't usually eat the whole portion in a restaurant, don't order it. Instead, I just got a small appetizer, just enought to fill me up, nothing to bring home. Well, we came home, sure enough, the kids were routing through the fridge about an hour later looking for "leftovers". hee hee.....Look, if I can't eat it in the restaurant, I'm not going on a guilt trip if I expect to have it later. They had their fill, I'm satisfied, shouldn't everyone be happy? Am I supposed to feel guilty because I don't shovel my food down like a horse or its fair game for someone else an hour later?
Or, maybe just quit going out to restaurants, they are not at the age they want to go out with their parents, anyways. Just dh and me, and, eat it or leave it, no bringing home our leftovers for the kids to whine over!
You're a person too. Tell them to keep their flippin' hands off your food and find something else to eat!
Are you really making this big of a deal out of LEFTOVERS?! It's as easy as this- the kid asks, you say "yes, you may eat my leftovers," or "no, you may not eat my leftovers. If you do, there will be consequences. However, you're free to eat ..XYZ".
It's OBVIOUSLY (quite) about something much bigger than leftovers.
Two things trouble me about this post. Firstly my children respect me (at least now) and would not take anything of mine without asking, and I would not take anything of theirs. More importantly, it is very rare to find parents that don't choose to put their children first, often to a fault. If my children even hinted that they wanted my food, I'm sure I would give it to them. Isn't that what most parents do?
But why? Why is it always mom that has to give up something? Why don't the kids go after dad's favorite restaurant dish?
And no, if my kids have already eaten, they do not and will not get something that I've saved for myself.
I'm sick of this mentality of mom always sacrificing for the kids.
Ok, maybe this is petty, but when we go out to restaurants with the kids, I seldom finish my meal. I just don't eat a whole lot at once, so I take my leftovers home. the kids get way more than I do at the restaurant, anyways.
but, when we come home, they always want to eat my leftovers. Oh, we're hungry, etc, yadda, yadda, when, like I said, they had about 2x more than I did to begin with. I just don't eat a whole lot at once, but I would like my share.
With the increasing prices of restaurants,etc, we have cut back on restaurants, usually now just once/'month if that much. but, even at that, i would like to have my share. I usually get the smallest portions, and eat the slowest, but its always the same old arguement when we come home. About an hour later, oh, they're hungry, so eat my leftovers. Then it makes me feel small and petty, arguing with a kid over a leftover portion of food. But, like I said, I didn't get my share to begin with.
so, tonight, I got "innovative" Since I don't usually eat the whole portion in a restaurant, don't order it. Instead, I just got a small appetizer, just enought to fill me up, nothing to bring home. Well, we came home, sure enough, the kids were routing through the fridge about an hour later looking for "leftovers". hee hee.....Look, if I can't eat it in the restaurant, I'm not going on a guilt trip if I expect to have it later. They had their fill, I'm satisfied, shouldn't everyone be happy? Am I supposed to feel guilty because I don't shovel my food down like a horse or its fair game for someone else an hour later?
Or, maybe just quit going out to restaurants, they are not at the age they want to go out with their parents, anyways. Just dh and me, and, eat it or leave it, no bringing home our leftovers for the kids to whine over!
Maybe I don't get it. But these are your family members aren't they? I love nothing more then to share my food with my family if they want it. These are the same people that came out of me and I get great comfort feeding them.
Seriously? As old as your kids are you have arguments? Over left-overs? You scream at each other over who gets a few bites of shrimp or whatever?
By that age my kids had figured out that the best approach was to sit down next to me and look up at me with those big eyes, compliment me on how nice I looked and then casually mention they were still kind of hungry.
And you as a good parent most likely enjoyed feeding them.
Ok, maybe this is petty, but when we go out to restaurants with the kids, I seldom finish my meal. I just don't eat a whole lot at once, so I take my leftovers home. the kids get way more than I do at the restaurant, anyways.
but, when we come home, they always want to eat my leftovers. Oh, we're hungry, etc, yadda, yadda, when, like I said, they had about 2x more than I did to begin with. I just don't eat a whole lot at once, but I would like my share.
With the increasing prices of restaurants,etc, we have cut back on restaurants, usually now just once/'month if that much. but, even at that, i would like to have my share. I usually get the smallest portions, and eat the slowest, but its always the same old arguement when we come home. About an hour later, oh, they're hungry, so eat my leftovers. Then it makes me feel small and petty, arguing with a kid over a leftover portion of food. But, like I said, I didn't get my share to begin with.
so, tonight, I got "innovative" Since I don't usually eat the whole portion in a restaurant, don't order it. Instead, I just got a small appetizer, just enought to fill me up, nothing to bring home. Well, we came home, sure enough, the kids were routing through the fridge about an hour later looking for "leftovers". hee hee.....Look, if I can't eat it in the restaurant, I'm not going on a guilt trip if I expect to have it later. They had their fill, I'm satisfied, shouldn't everyone be happy? Am I supposed to feel guilty because I don't shovel my food down like a horse or its fair game for someone else an hour later?
Or, maybe just quit going out to restaurants, they are not at the age they want to go out with their parents, anyways. Just dh and me, and, eat it or leave it, no bringing home our leftovers for the kids to whine over!
Just tell your husband and kids that your leftover food is yours and you'd like to eat it later. Should be end of story. So you need to communicate to them and let them know instead of allowing them to eat your food and you're steaming inside.
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