Crabby over dinner

[pegkerr]

I am so fed up with trying to feed my family.

Fiona left for a meeting at the library, eating a plain white bagel before she left. Yes, this is what Fiona eats; white pasta, white bagels, buttermilk waffles. That would be all she would eat, if the universe was ordered to her specifications.

For the rest of us, I suggested chicken waldorf. No, Delia will not eat chicken.

I suggested vegetarian chili over potatoes. No, we are all out of Amy's vegetarian chili.

Rob suggested the little 4 oz. steaks we have in the freezer. No, Delia will not eat steak.

I suggested ham and cheese over potatoes. No, Delia will not eat ham.

At this point, I just want to throw in the frickin' towel and say, "screw you, I'm going out to buy my own dinner. Find some way to feed yourself, because I won't."

Except that I can't afford to eat out.

No, I am absolutely positively not asking for advice. Any attempt at advice will be met with the business end of a howitzer. I am just venting. You have been warned.

I hope that nmalfoy won't mind if I hot-link to one of her icons:



edited to add: Aaaaaand that's another frickin' pizza in the frickin' oven. What, that's like nine or so in the last month?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

*risks it*

At least make yourself a delectable dessert... then refuse to share ;)

[coraa.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. That must be extremely frustrating.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Good thing, too. See my edit to the original post.

[only-sound.livejournal.com]

No advice here, but you mentioned waffles and so I am compelled to say... I never eat waffles without thinking about the Wild Swans scene where Elias realizes that gay men aren't another species, and Sean is just a normal guy who spreads peanut butter on his waffles.

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Great icon.

[dreamflower]

No advice. But it's a shame you can't get your icon to work on your family. I love that icon. (And that's a perfect LotR quote, too!)

(((hugs))) *and is grateful for own very UN-picky family*

[arian1.livejournal.com]

When my mom made dinner, we ate it or we went to bed hungry. Simple but effective plan.

[airemay.livejournal.com]

Very appropriate mood quote! This is the angriest icon I have. :)

[snippy]

I understand your quite reasonable frustration, because I've been through similar. You're terrific for even trying to feed them all.

[moony]

I would buy you dinner!

[irielle.livejournal.com]

Nutritionist Ellyn Satter writes that you should simply make whatever you want, but include some veggies, maybe fruit, and a bread or other starch. If all your child eats is the bread and veggies then so be it. Knowing that, and doing it are different things though, and I admit I cater a bit to my son who decided to be a vegetarian when he was only 2.5 years old. But he still knows I'm not a short order cook, and he doesn't get dessert unless he eats his nutritious food.

[aome.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how well people we love can also make us want to rip our hair out. :P Hope you are able to find a way to destress - any chance you have sparring tonight so you can kick things?

[haloquin.livejournal.com]

Heh.

Mum gave up trying to cater for everyone once we were old enough to sort ourselves out.

I ate mostly pasta for about 2 years. (She'd leave me a plate of food if she thought I'd like it and would be home to eat it! Otherwise pasta was the only thing in the cupboard I ever felt like eating.)

I knew how to cook by the time I got to Uni though, so I was doing better than some other people I met.

Good luck.

[eibbil-libbie.livejournal.com]

I was going to say something, but I have a healthy respect for howitzers, especially the business ends.

Instead I shall send a smite to the ingrates.

*smites*

[pameladean]

I'd have murdered all of them by now.

I'm very grateful, since I am a vegetarian, that I am NOT PICKY.

P.

[ame-chan.livejournal.com]

I can relate. I have one finicky child and one vegetarian child. The finicky child either hates it or the vegetarian child won't eat it and acts put out because I don't want to make two meals. There are days where I just want to look at them and scream.

I really, really, really hear this. *hugs*

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

"Yes, this is what Fiona eats; white pasta, white bagels, buttermilk waffles."

What is she afraid of, that she'll tie-dye her intestines if she eats more colorful foods?

You have great fortitude; I'd have retired from Chief Cook and Meal Planner duties around the time they were tall enough to see over the stove.

I've been fixing things separately

[dragonet2.livejournal.com]

and letting folks combine as they wish because I still seem to be on my summer protein-aversion*. So, ham with cheesy potatoes would be in to separate pans.

*anything except fish/seafood and things like ground beef (i.e. a chicken breast) makes me gag.

[lavendersleeves.livejournal.com]

haha, my mom always complained because we'd eat anything, but we wouldn't give her any ideas.

Mom: What do you want for dinner?
Everyone: Food.
Mom: But what kind of food?
Everyone: I dunno. Whatever. Grub.

Now I live abroad and only go home about once a year, but I *still* don't really care what she makes, even though she wants to make something special to celebrate.

[jbru.livejournal.com]

One day, the girls will look back and thank their lucky stars that they had a mom that made them all the cool things they know how to make. And then they'll call you weeping because their own families won't eat them!

[lilisonna.livejournal.com]

My daughter is going through a hot-dog phase. Every time she sits down for dinner, she asks for a hot-dog. I'm tempted to just give them to her and let her eat nothing but hot-dogs for a week in hopes that she'd get tired of them, but I'm too afraid that it would backfire.

[elfundeb.livejournal.com]

I have thrown in the towel. Each of my children has favorite foods, which my other child hates. As a result, we keep a variety of frozen stuff available for them to prepare for themselves, including the proverbial frozen pizzas.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I had a chopped haralson apple sprinkled with cinnamon, microwaved for two minutes and then topped with vanilla ice cream.

[lindelea1.livejournal.com]

No advice. My sympathies.

If hearing similar grumbles makes you feel better, read on. If not, ignore the rest of this comment.

Will offer a virtual *hug* here so you don't have to go to the bottom of the comment to find it.

******

Youngest, who used to eat just about everything, the spicier the better, has either begun to develop food allergies or decided that becoming a picky eater would get her more attention, or both.

Middlest would live on (let's see, what was it she said the other day?) Hawaiian pizza, gooey cake, and, as an afterthought, Caesar salad from a salad kit. Serve anything else, and watch the food get pushed around the plate with little attrition.

Eldest has some serious problems with food. We're keeping a food diary now to try and figure out what sets off running at both ends as if she has food poisoning (yet none of the rest of us do, after eating the same stuff). I think she might be allergic to just about... everything. Too bad food is not something you can do without. A naturopath had her straightened out for about ten years, but we can't afford naturopath fees at the moment to get her straightened out again.

/whine

[lindelea1.livejournal.com]

*yum*

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

It's a useful icon, isn't it?

[cathellisen.livejournal.com]

gah.. that would drive me insane.

poor you.

Luckily for me I'm a far more selfish individual than you - I make what i want to eat, anyone who doesn't want it knows where I keep the porridge. tada!

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED!!!

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

I use it quite a bit myself.

Feeling better today? Feel free to gack that icon if you like. I can't remember where I got it.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

This makes me absurdly happy.