Laid off and he is using ALL our food for the in laws!!!!!

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My dh is laid off and we just found out that we filed unemployment too late so we don't get unemployment for last week. So I am tightening up our belts until work starts up again. Which is fine because we have a house full of food that should last us quite awhile or so I thought!!!!! My dh has been using all our food to cook his parents and sometime me and our kids food. For example Friday morning he made his dad and himself gravy and briskets and his mom got eggs bacon and toast. Our kids got cereal and milk. I got nothing. AND I HAD TO CLEAN THE DISHES HE USED FOR HIS PARENTS BREAKFAST!!!!

Yesterday my dh made me chicken and a baked potato for breakfast and 2 of our kids had a pancak. He made his parents 11 pancakes and a egg. Then when our oldest woke up there wasn't any pancakes because he gave it all to his parents! I told him kids eat first in our family! Always! And then my dh complained about how he had to make more.

Okay so today he used our ground beef (we are supposed to saving because ground beef prices are supposed to rise.) and he used to to make his parents sliders. Complete with fresh tomatoes.

So today it came to a boiling point. I told my dh don't get mad but maybe we would be saving more money if you didn't feed your parents every meal. They can cook and they have food. We are a family of 5 and I feel like we are feeding a family of 7.

I can and usually do go the whole day till supper without eating anything. I am not hungry and it saves money. And our kids eat at school so technically we are only eating one meal a day at home but since my dh started feeding his parents we went from one meal to three and we aren't even the ones eating it!!!!

And this is only 1 week of being laid off! I sure hope he goes back to work soon then he will be too tired to cook for his parents!
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My dh is laid off and we just found out that we filed unemployment too late so we don't get unemployment for last week. So I am tightening up our belts until work starts up again. Which is fine because we have a house full of food that should last us quite awhile or so I thought!!!!! My dh has been using all our food to cook his parents and sometime me and our kids food. For example Friday morning he made his dad and himself gravy and briskets and his mom got eggs bacon and toast. Our kids got cereal and milk. I got nothing. AND I HAD TO CLEAN THE DISHES HE USED FOR HIS PARENTS BREAKFAST!!!!

Yesterday my dh made me chicken and a baked potato for breakfast and 2 of our kids had a pancak. He made his parents 11 pancakes and a egg. Then when our oldest woke up there wasn't any pancakes because he gave it all to his parents! I told him kids eat first in our family! Always! And then my dh complained about how he had to make more.

Okay so today he used our ground beef (we are supposed to saving because ground beef prices are supposed to rise.) and he used to to make his parents sliders. Complete with fresh tomatoes.

So today it came to a boiling point. I told my dh don't get mad but maybe we would be saving more money if you didn't feed your parents every meal. They can cook and they have food. We are a family of 5 and I feel like we are feeding a family of 7.

I can and usually do go the whole day till supper without eating anything. I am not hungry and it saves money. And our kids eat at school so technically we are only eating one meal a day at home but since my dh started feeding his parents we went from one meal to three and we aren't even the ones eating it!!!!

And this is only 1 week of being laid off! I sure hope he goes back to work soon then he will be too tired to cook for his parents!
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Are you living with his parents? or are they living with you?
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Hey countrygirl!!!! I hope he is at least bringing your dishes back!
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pinkbutterfly66 wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:07 pm
My dh is laid off and we just found out that we filed unemployment too late so we don't get unemployment for last week. So I am tightening up our belts until work starts up again. Which is fine because we have a house full of food that should last us quite awhile or so I thought!!!!! My dh has been using all our food to cook his parents and sometime me and our kids food. For example Friday morning he made his dad and himself gravy and briskets and his mom got eggs bacon and toast. Our kids got cereal and milk. I got nothing. AND I HAD TO CLEAN THE DISHES HE USED FOR HIS PARENTS BREAKFAST!!!!

Yesterday my dh made me chicken and a baked potato for breakfast and 2 of our kids had a pancak. He made his parents 11 pancakes and a egg. Then when our oldest woke up there wasn't any pancakes because he gave it all to his parents! I told him kids eat first in our family! Always! And then my dh complained about how he had to make more.

Okay so today he used our ground beef (we are supposed to saving because ground beef prices are supposed to rise.) and he used to to make his parents sliders. Complete with fresh tomatoes.

So today it came to a boiling point. I told my dh don't get mad but maybe we would be saving more money if you didn't feed your parents every meal. They can cook and they have food. We are a family of 5 and I feel like we are feeding a family of 7.

I can and usually do go the whole day till supper without eating anything. I am not hungry and it saves money. And our kids eat at school so technically we are only eating one meal a day at home but since my dh started feeding his parents we went from one meal to three and we aren't even the ones eating it!!!!

And this is only 1 week of being laid off! I sure hope he goes back to work soon then he will be too tired to cook for his parents!
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Neither. We live right next door to them. Kinda like everyone loves Raymond. We moved here then they followed us and moved right next door.
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Sit him and his parents down and explain. Say sorry but you guys need to tighten things up and you can’t provide meals for them on a daily basis? Is there are reason they aren’t eating their own food? Make a menu and make sure it gets followed. Heck put a lock on the fridge and freezer if he won’t comply. We don’t have money issues right but we still stretch out food out to save money.
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Discuss it with all of them?
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Anonymous 2 wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:15 pm Hey countrygirl!!!! I hope he is at least bringing your dishes back!
Infact that is still a problem. I had of 5 really nice plates. I am down to 2.
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What's going on with your inlaws that they're eating your food? Don't they have their own food that they or your hubby can prepare and eat?
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Why don't you work?
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WickedPissah wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:59 pm Why don't you work?
Staying at home Is cheaper and safer then daycare. Secondly why should I have to work to feed his parents? Thirdly my dh makes enough that we can afford for me to stay home and take care of the kids and home.
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