• rightwingwizard said on May 04, 2007....

  I have never actually said that, but I could look at a full fridge and over flowing pantry and still not find anything I 'wanted' to eat.   My kids always complained that there was nothing good to eat in the house, usually that was a prelude to "Dad, let's go to McDonalds" or "Dad, lets order pizza"  or "Dad, don't you feel like Chinese tonight?"   To which I would usually say, just as soon as you clean your rooms, mow the lawn and wash the car.  They quickly found a snack to carry them over til dinner.
   
  As  kid I rarely dared complain to my mom about much of anything, and if I did she would tell me to open my eyes.
   
  rww

• queenparanoia said on May 04, 2007....

  at least once a week... i always think there is no good food in our fridge!

• sweet_cookie01 said on May 05, 2007....

  oh... almost everyday... no matter how much you keep your fridge full they will always complain that there is nothing good to eat... during my time i wasnt that kind of kid.

• skald said on May 05, 2007....

  Rightwinqwizard. lol. I like that, let them clean their rooms or do some taks first and suddenly they find some snack. Yes, I did not complain either at home I would not have dared and besides I did not have much interest in food until I was an adult. ♥♥
  queen.Me to and it is I who does the shopping♥♥
  sweet. As teenagers my blys complained too. ♥♥
  

• queenparanoia said on May 05, 2007....

  hehehe me too!!! i do the shopping too! yet i complain there's nothing good to eat!!!

• silverwhisper said on May 05, 2007....

  even with a fully-stocked refrigerator and pantry, i can often have that exact same reaction, too, and usually it happens when the mrs and i are trying to figure out what to have for dinner. :>
  
  ed

• skald said on May 05, 2007....

  Ed. lol . I understand this so well. 

• tbs230 said on May 05, 2007....

  I did this all the time. Still do actually. This would be the conversation:
  
  Mom: So, did you eat today?
  Me: No. I'm starving too.
  Mom: Why, TBS?
  Me: There's nothing to eat mommy.
  Mom: The freezer is full, you couldn't make something to eat?
  Me (incredulous): Make something? I don't want to cook. I think it's time to go grocery shopping.
  Mom: I'm not buying anything. Obviously you weren't hungry, or you would have gotten out of bed and made something to eat.
  Me: But...
  Mom walks away.
  
  This happened at least once a week. I always wondered why she asked me if she knew what I was going to say. Mothers, they just can't help themselves.
  

• skald said on May 05, 2007....

  tbs230 lol. I´m a mother too and I say if you can't eat what I have you are not hungry at all. 

• pessimisticvaunt said on May 05, 2007....

  skald....I have a teenage son and our house is the gather point for all of the teenagers in the neighborhood ...there is nothing in the fridge.....lol

• skald said on May 05, 2007....

  Pessimist. That made me really laugh out loud. lol. 

• rightwingwizard said on May 05, 2007....

  pessimist:  I had to struggle with the same situation for about five years.  I had to grocery shop two or three times a week.  I think I went through an average of 20 gallons of milk a week, not to mention all the juice, soda and coffee.   Every time I prepared a meal I had to make enough to feed at least a dozen hungry teens in addition to my own.  The best period of my life!  Loved every minute of it.
   
  That may explain my resistance to ordering in or going out to eat.
   
  rww

• skald said on May 05, 2007....

  Well the same thing here, kids, friends of my boys and now friends of my grand children eat all the time here. My grandchildren stay over every week from Friday til Sunday evening so they are here a log. this apartment is always full of life. 

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