What’s the most batshit thing your DIL has said or done recently?

[CurlewKate]

Mine came to lunch on Sunday and expected me to cook her a separate vegetarian meal.

I never like the spirit of the threads by this poster.

As she's your DIL, did you not know she was vegetarian?

My sister and family are Muslim, which means when they come for a family do like a BBQ - I have to light two BBQ's

For my wedding, I had to ensure the food was halal or vegetarian so I could cater for everyone

My niece is coming for Christmas, with boyfriend who is lactose intolerant, I have to cater for him - no big deal

What's your problem???

I would actually like to know some batshit things DILs have done. As a DIL, I can't think of anything unreasonable I've ever done in my life lol, so it'd be nice to hear the opposite perspective so we could all get along better.

I would think exactly the same if it were your MIL. It's not that hard to cater for a vegetarian and it's quite normal to do so.

Exactly. I'm very happy to cater to vegans/vegetarians/anyone I can reasonably do so. I had a vegan friend so demanding once that I just decided the friendship was too hard. "If I enter your home no animal products are to be seen at any stage." Bye then.

I don't consider myself particularly stupid, but I am so fucking confused right now.

Expects my son to iron his own shirts, I mean wtf

How are they even still together! Shocking!

My Mil always makes a vegetarian meal for me even though I insist on bringing something myself. She's a wonderful generous woman and I will try to be a wonderful Mil to my future Dils...

Reverse 🙄😴

I find my MIL annoying lately - but if she’s having a meal in my home - I will absolutely respect her dietary needs. Cooking a veggie meal isn’t difficult.

You are simply rude and disrespectful.

Whoever is a guest for food in your house you provide food suitable for them. This is very basic manners. DIL MIL FIL DC any of them you feed them if they have been invited for food

I think the op is the mil and she is veggie, and her DIL didn’t make her anything veggie? And she is upset?

I’m veggie and if this happens when I visit my them grown up sons home, it’s him I’ll be directing my annoyance at not his wife

Ps my brothers family ask me to bring my own Christmas main if they host though! I let that go as I’d rather do that then be in charge of hosting

This!
Seriously confused by this thread, why not just spit out who and what you mean in the first place?!
Whoever it is, what on earth's wrong with catering for a vegetarian?! Common manners, surely?!

I'd have been tempted to reply "only women?". Or ask why shops still sell baby spoons if spoon-feeding is so unbelievable,
For the main answer, IF it means she expected the whole meal to be completely veggie, as in no meat at all on the table, I can see both sides (I personally don't eat much meat, and will try not to eat it in front of people who don't, say if I'm out with a religious friend/someone who has allergies to say beef etc, but if I was preparing a roast, if I made it a veggie one, that might upset family members who wanted meat). So I'd discuss it with everyone, so she would have the chance to tell me if she was comfortable with others eating meat or not.

Could she have wafer thin ham?

BUM

Wow, you seem very angry over something that doesn't even resonate with your original post. If you knew your DIL at all you would know that she was a vegetarian and would cater for her as any other normal person would!! Ultimately you are pissed off that she wanted you to change plans so she could and go and see her grandmother. Her grandmother may not be here next year so get over yourself and 'be kind'

Eh? It doesn’t matter if it was the DIL or MIL that was veggie - a host always caters for their guests. Otherwise don’t invite them!

Literally no one would have said your MIL was unreasonable to expect a vegetarian option at a meal she was invited to if you knew she was a vegetarian. Whether it's a DIL or a MIL if you invite someone to a meal and you know they can't eat something then you should either not cook it or cook a separate thing for them.
Why invite someone to a meal they can't eat? Craziness. Doesn't matter the gender , age, or familial relationship. It rude to invite someone to a meal and knowingly cook something they can't eat and try and serve it to them

Literally no one would have said your MIL was unreasonable to expect a vegetarian option at a meal she was invited to if you knew she was a vegetarian. Whether it's a DIL or a MIL if you invite someone to a meal and you know they can't eat something then you should either not cook it or cook a separate thing for them.
Why invite someone to a meal they can't eat? Craziness. Doesn't matter the gender , age, or familial relationship. It rude to invite someone to a meal and knowingly cook something they can't eat and try and serve it to them

Jeez OP regardless of whether you're the DIL, MIL or an innocent bystander, if this thread is any indication of your ability to communicate with people it's no wonder your relationships are fucked up.