To not want this christmas dinner

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I know I'm being very ungrateful and perhaps sound snobbish, so I'm expecting to be flamed.

Me and DP live with our parents (saving up for our own place) and I spend every weekend at his house. They always have a sunday roast. Which is fine. Except it's gross.

-Frozen Yorkshire puddings. The cheapest they can find (6 for 50p)
-Tinned veg. The cheapest they can find. 15p for carrots etc
-Mashed potato which is rock hard
-Roast potatoes. Frozen, cheapest they can find
-Beef, pork or lamb. They pay quite a bit for it to be fair, £15 even £20 but it's always so dry. I like a bit of fat on my meat.
-Extremely salty gravy

The plate is piled high and I find it so hard to eat it all, but feel guilty at leaving it.

They now want me to have Christmas dinner there. The food will be the same, except turkey (which I don't even like). I have no excuse to not go.

I want my mums home made christmas dinner, everything made from scratch, fresh vegetables bought the day before. But I can't. She's going away for Christmas

Why don't you offer on the grounds that you get to cook for them for once to return the favour?

Why dont you offer to cook or help?

Sounds minging. I wouldn't want it either.

Why don't you and DP volunteer to cook? Sell it as giving the In Laws a rest?

Then you can have a properly cooked, good quality dinner?

Offer to make it yourself. YABU and sound a bit ungrateful tbh.

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Doesn't sound very nice, I grant you. Time to start practising for when you have your own place I think. Cook yourselves, you can plan something really nice for everyone. Unless DP's parents are "kitchen protective".

Just offer to make it yourself. Make out like you are doing her a favour by giving her a rest.

IS this a thread about a thread ? why dont you go out for christmas dinner on your own with your partner or maybe offer to buy it for them you are sounding ungrateful imo

I know how you feel. My parents are wonderful but this is the kind of meal they will make (although maybe not so cheap). The past few Christmases we've spent with them we've either paid for dinner out or bought and made food themselves which has always been appreciated.

Yes maybe offer to cook yourself, if you think you can do better!

I do sympathise, I always end up with nut roast (which I hate) and I'm not keen on roasted potatoes/veg either, or most of the traditional Christmas stuff, and it's often not cooked to my taste. But it's only one day a year, and you should make the effort to be polite and gracious if someone is going to the trouble and expense of cooking for you.