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Oh! I can relate. I had to quit doing the meal thing for new parents at our church because I could not keep up with the dietary requirements. No carrots, no onions. no garlic, no salt, no dairy, no gluten, no sugar. Yikes! It was all too complicated.It may be an internet joke, but I believe there could be a nugget of truth to it in some cases. It sounds like some people I knew from church. Some of us would take meals to couples with newborns and it almost started to seem like it was becoming expected after a while. I even had someone tell me that she was sent a thank you card that said "thank you for not bringing chicken". And someone actually sent me a thank you card that said "thank you for bringing healthy food to help me stick to my diet" I'm like Hello!? I'm not Jenny Craig. I had heard there were couples complaining about what was being brought to them. I'm thinking, "Get over it. If you don't like it, give it away to someone else. No one is obligated to bring you anything." My husband even thought it started getting ridiculous, and he has children.
I can understand some of it, but I think it should have been phrased as requests instead of rules. A person has a right to set reasonable boundaries in their own home, but some of it goes to extremes. And "punishment" for breaking the rules? Well B-O-O-H-O-O!
BAHAHAHAHA!!! That is the funniest thing I've seen in a while... I hope it's real just because it tickles me pink to think of how neurotic these people must be
my friends frequently bust out the antibacterial hand lotion when I visit their kiddos... can't imagine how we all survived without it when we were children. I think my parents let me play on the floor and eat dirt and look! I lived!! *snicker*
Yeah, little Dor-a the Explor-a is a curious little muffin isn't she?
I know I've posted about this before, but in church I always manage to sit next to the 4-year old who's been digging for gold right before we're supposed to greet each other.
Oh! I can relate. I had to quit doing the meal thing for new parents at our church because I could not keep up with the dietary requirements. No carrots, no onions. no garlic, no salt, no dairy, no gluten, no sugar. Yikes! It was all too complicated.
DH delivered two meals for me because my commute is longer than his. It caused quite the stir. (Reversing of gender roles I guess...) Funny, the thank you notes were still addressed to me and only me. He was a little miffed.
I had to quit doing the meal thing for new parents at our church because I could not keep up with the dietary requirements. No carrots, no onions. no garlic, no salt, no dairy, no gluten, no sugar.
I just think it's incredibly rude when someone does a favor, something they don't even have to do in the first place, and the person receiving it complains. I just can't fathom having that much nerve to complain if someone were doing it for me. I think if I ended up getting chicken three nights in a row, I would either freeze some of it or give it away.
My husband thought the whole thing was overkill. People at church would freak out if there wasn't someone signed up everyday to take a meal to new parents. Which put alot of pressure on me because I organized the sign-ups. It made me feel obligated to fill in the gaps. And some of these people lived 45 min. away from me which made it more difficult. DH started getting irked long before I did, because he resented the fact that we lived in a mobile home, and I was driving 45 mins to rich neighborhoods to deliver food. I didn't mind until people started complaing about the food and then on top of that, the very same people that I helped, made me feel guilty for not bearing my own children. That was the last straw, and I quit doing the meals.
DH said that when he and his ex had a baby, he did the cooking and they survived. They also had the freezer stocked and ate food that was quick and easy to prepare. But that was many moons ago, and in this day and age, processed food is a no-no. You are not a good wife or mother unless you are preparing all-natural, organic, gourmet food for your family. And heaven forbid if the husband had to lift a finger to do that.
If this were me, I would love to have these rules, but more for the inlaws than actual friends!
And yes I have inlaws who would drop around unanounced, and stay way longer than they should, then come back again and do it day after day, and criticise the way I raise my kids, and try and feed them stuff that they aren't sposed to have just to undermine me as a parent...
And I would love it if they would take the "You have a right not to see my child" rule to heart
But that is just me
I would love to make a list like that for people bringing their kids into my home.
*kids must be kept under control at all times
*kids must be clean and free of kid goo
*kids must not speak unless spoken to
They are much more dangerous to us than we are to them.
*kids must not speak unless spoken to.
My parents actually have similar rules, as do we in our home. My mom has already told me that she doesn't plan to put up any of her "pretties" once we have our baby, and there's no reason to - she didn't when we were kids, I don't expect her to with my child(ren). Of course, I'm the same way in our home. Everyone (not just children) is expected to wash hands before meals, and afterwards if you get messy. And we weren't allowed to interrupt adult conversations when we were kids, that's the expectation we have in our home. I'm so thankful that my husband has the same feelings about these issues.I would love to make a list like that for people bringing their kids into my home.
*kids must be kept under control at all times
*kids must be clean and free of kid goo
*kids must not speak unless spoken to
It's ironic you used this word. I took a look at the blog that Command0182 provided a link for and found this:Wow. I'd be breaking every rule I possibly could, just so I'd be perma-banned and never have to visit these horrid people or their spawn ever again.
It's ironic you used this word. I took a look at the blog that Command0182 provided a link for and found this:
http://picasaweb.google.com/bkhenry04/Nursery/photo#5110614817862279042
To quote Forrest Gump;, "That's all I have to say about that."
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