To be irked at my MIL?

[Katgrant30]

Not a big deal in the scheme of things. My MIL was staying over to babysit my DS, staying on til this afternoon as we all have a wedding to attend. Despite me making a large box of quinoa salad and coronation chicken, and pointing this out to her, she brought a ready meal to eat last night and produced a homemade quiche and salad for everyone to eat this lunchtime. Does she not think I keep food in the house? That I would starve everyone? Next time I go to hers I'm turning up with a Happy Meal!

Yes, it's annoying. Is this the thin end of the wedge, in that she does other stuff that undermines you?

Ah I do love her dearly, but she is a very over proective parent and does EVERYTHING for her grown up kids. She's quite controlling in a number of ways...

I don't see the problem? She obviously wanted to eat her own food don't read too much into it

'Quinoa salad'

My SIL has form for making that type of yucky food, so we eat McDonald's or accidentally bring our own too

Maybe she hated quinoa?

Was the quiche nice?

It could be considered rude that she ignored your quinoa salad and coronation chicken [stealth boast? ] then produced the quiche and salad to try to top trump you.

Do you get on with her?

just maybe, she thought she was helping as you are busy with going to the wedding and getting ready etc. unless this was a regular thing i wouldn't concern myself if i was you.

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I dont see the problem.

I love quinoa, I'd have eaten yours over her quiche.

Yeah, that would annoy me. Not a biggy but would certainly irritate!

8does everything for her grown up kids* says it all some mums never stop doing the 'mumsy' thing. not sure that quinoa salad is to everyone's taste though, may be that's what she was thinking.

You're shocked she didn't want quinoa? Really?

quinoa salad, sorry but was is so boasty about that ?? personally not my cup of tea !

She didn't know it was quinoa but she is v healthy eating...

buggerlumps, and here i was thinking that you liked salad with frog spawn in it ! sorry op, just a bit cheeky, i'm sure everyone enjoyed it really, us peasants on here have no taste for fine foods.

She was probably trying to save you the trouble. MOOAMH.

"Thank you MIL, for going to the trouble to make a quiche, and look after Ds while we go off on a jolly."

mrsfuzzy Saturday lunch in our house is a sandwich, it was a good humoured stealth boast comment, is that alright?

A lovely quinoa salad and coronation chicken is more than I'd prepare, hats off to OP for going to the effort.

With only this to go on i'd say she'd just bought round everyone a bit of lunch. No biggie.

(wouldn't have wanted a Q salad or coronation chicken myself actually)

Background is everything with this sort of thing.

I had to Google Quinoa.
I'd have eaten the quiche too.

If someone did that to me I would be absolutely delighted. I obviously don't know her but you seem to like her. Does it matter whether she thinks you keep food in the house or not? I would invite her over every weekend.

stillstaying you still eating sarnies on a saturday night too ? phew ! thought it was me being too lazy too cook, what are you having in yours ? something nice i bet !

Bleeuurrgh quinoa and coronation chicken, both on my bleeuurrgh list. Hurrah for quiche!