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06.27.08, 09:15 AM General Topics
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here's a thought: people were flaming someone like crazy yesterday for feeding her kid "kid food" and I wonder why no one ever considers the issues surrounding this, like the fact that young children eat around 6pm and one parent is usually not home then, and that if you eat with your child then you never eat with your spouse and you also eat food, even if it's not "kid" food, that is much less interesting than you would eat otherwise. Is this not a legititmate argument for feeding kids easy things a lot of the time, or at least on weeknights? I see so many marriages failing around me because the kids are the sole focus. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.27.08, 09:15 AM Flag
 

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People eat dinner with their toddlers? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:17 AM Flag
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this is what I'm saying--the whole "dc eats what we eat" doesn't seem possible around here during the week when it's a scramble to have something on the table at 6ish and I would like to relax and eat with DH later after dc goes to bed. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:18 AM Flag
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You are me. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:19 AM Flag
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so why are so many people so awful about this? do they really sit with their kids every night and not with their DHs? I know people like this, and the marriages are crappy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:20 AM Flag
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OR: I totally agree with you. DH and I eating dinner while the kids are sleeping are the best times we have to chat. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:28 AM Flag
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I don't know anyone who does this. Strange. Kids eat really early because they have early bedtimes. To each their own, I guess. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:20 AM Flag
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OP and wow! I can't believe I'm getting positive reponses! People were vicious to this poor woman yesterday. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:22 AM Flag
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my ds isn't going to like steak and salad or coq au vin or any of the other things my dh cooks. ds is happy eating Italian, which I would only eat if I had a gun at my head. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:22 AM Flag
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But making dinner at 6pm and then dinner #2 later doesn't not sound relaxing, sounds like pointless extra work. But dh and I carpool to work and get home at exactly the same time, so probably different for you. And dc not quite born yet, so I could be so wrong [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:27 AM Flag
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I think that is a chicken and egg thing. Maybe the kids are the sole focus because it is the only thing these folks have in common. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:21 AM Flag
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How about a snack for dc, give him whatever everyone else has for dinner, then send him to bed to hang with dh? Propably the flames yesterday were thinking about the health ramifications of spagettios/grilled cheese/hotdogs for dinner every night. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:25 AM Flag
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not all children who eat alone are eating hot dogs and crap. there are healthy foods that are more child friendly. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:47 AM Flag
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I make my family sit down together every night. We eat together, talk, catch up on eachotehrs day. It is what makes our family work. We don't make our career our life. We have a modest 3 bd house in a great area, we make enough to drive safe functional cars, food in the fridge, meals on the table, and at least one vacation a year. I dont need everything under the sun, and that is what is important to us. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:25 AM Flag
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That's great for older kids. But we have a 17 mo who goes to bed at 6:00 or 6:30. I am a SAHM and DH has his own company. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:27 AM Flag
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How old are dc? I have a 2yo with a 7pm bedtime, so dinner is at 6. Would love family dinners, but just seems impossible except on weekends. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:28 AM Flag
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Neither do I, but it is impossible for dh to get home by 6. You are lucky. I get to work at 7 and home by 4 or 5, dh gets to work by 9ish and god knows when he can get home, but never before 7:30. He can [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:32 AM Flag
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^^^'t get to work earlier because he takes dc to school and in his industry things don't get going until 9. That is life. Just because you can't have dinner together doesn't mean that you are trying to "buy everything under the sun." [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:34 AM Flag
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she is using crazy logic, very common on UB [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:35 AM Flag
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you are not logical for replying this way. I make an effort and it works, maybe not for you but it does for me. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:09 AM Flag
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I wish we could do this, but it's not an option for us now. Besides us, dh is supporting his exwife and son; he has to work hard to provide for all of us (I worked for a while, but then no one was happy, so I quit). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 10:10 AM Flag
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What is the search term for the post that got flamed yesterday? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:49 AM Flag
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ITA with you. I tried to do the whole letting dc eat what we eat, but it doesn't work. He goes to bed at 6:30, and I can't get home from work at 5, watch him while preparing a meal for the whole family, and get dh home by 5:30 for us all to eat together. That was more stressful than preparing dinner for db and then preparing one for me and dh. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 09:58 AM Flag
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I would be thrilled if we could all eat together, but timing makes it impossible. 4yo and 1yo really need to be fed around 6 (give or take a half hour) in order to get them into bed on time and also not have total meltdowns (them, not me). The earliest dh ever gets home is 7:45, and that is rare. More often it's 8:30 or even later. After making kids dinner, cleaning up afterward, cleaning up the house before dh gets home, and getting the kids ready for bed and into bed, I just don't have the energy to start cooking again at 8 o'clock usually, especially if I haven't eaten. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.27.08, 10:07 AM Flag
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