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To want to faint in McDonalds?

470 replies

TheLowestFlyer · 12/04/2021 12:18

DH has slowly introduced a regime of positive reinforcement that, for a wide range of reasons, means I have to take the DC to McDonalds once a month for a sit down meal. This produces a physical response in me that makes me want to, first, gag and then faint. I assume it must be the vaporised oil in the air, the terrible food odours and weird and discoloured plastic decor (and the hyperactive and frankly unappealing toddlers screaming around whenever we go?). Whatever it is, it triggers a really intense response from me and I basically dread these scheduled outings and have to choke back vomiting for the whole meal.

Unfortunately the DC have become really emotionally invested in these going to MacDonalds (to what I think is a really unhealthy level) and DH's schedule means that I am unquestionably the only one who can take then. How do I extricate myself from going to McDonalds? Has anyone else weaned their DC from depending fast food? They genuinely love it, especially the earth-killing toys they abandon minutes after leaving Sad

OP posts:
gildalily · 12/04/2021 15:43

Could you drive their or order via Uber eats and have it at home? Or have I missed the point and it's about making you actually go there?

youwouldthink · 12/04/2021 15:44

@sunflowersandbuttercups

Sorry, but what the fuck are you talking about?
This!! 🙄
PegasusReturns · 12/04/2021 15:49

So many questions....

But on balance I think I’m just here for the deletion message Grin

AdaColeman · 12/04/2021 15:50

Get your own regime underway.

That's the one where you learn to say NO to the husband and the kids!

Hadalifeonce · 12/04/2021 15:51

Other food serving outlets are available, if it's just the sit down and eat together experience you are after.

MissJeanLouise · 12/04/2021 15:53

@GCAcademic

Out, damned ketchup!

Grin
Mellonsprite · 12/04/2021 15:57

I was expecting this to be along the lines of if you faint in McDonald’s they give you a free Big Mac or something, like if your waters break in Boots they give you a pack of free nappies or something for the baby. Blush

GoToSleepBabyPlease · 12/04/2021 16:08

@Mellonsprite

I was expecting this to be along the lines of if you faint in McDonald’s they give you a free Big Mac or something, like if your waters break in Boots they give you a pack of free nappies or something for the baby. Blush
Is this actually true? I'm torn between thinking I'd want more than a pack of nappies as an incentive to hang around in there in late pregnancy waiting for my waters to break and wondering how many pregnant women chance it with a well-hidden bottle of Evian. 🤔
Cornettoninja · 12/04/2021 16:10

@Mellonsprite

I was expecting this to be along the lines of if you faint in McDonald’s they give you a free Big Mac or something, like if your waters break in Boots they give you a pack of free nappies or something for the baby. Blush
Isn’t it M&S that give freebies if you go into labour in one of their shops or is that an urban myth?

I had plans of hanging around their food hall but not only did dd not play ball and had to be dragged out I was a relentlessly angry woman by that point!

Jumpers268 · 12/04/2021 16:14

@Mellonsprite

I was expecting this to be along the lines of if you faint in McDonald’s they give you a free Big Mac or something, like if your waters break in Boots they give you a pack of free nappies or something for the baby. Blush
My waters broke in a supermarket but I ran away, very slowly, looking like I'd wet myself.
ChangedName4TheSakeOfIt · 12/04/2021 16:24

How are you in places like the Sistine Chapel? Manage okay there? No screaming?

Bananalanacake · 12/04/2021 16:24

Give her a chance to explain, maybe she is a recovering anorexic or vegan.

ChangedName4TheSakeOfIt · 12/04/2021 16:26

Ha! Just noticed more pages and someone's beat me to it. Still, The Sistine Chapel is still a good 'un.

Navigationcentral · 12/04/2021 16:26

Unless you scream at the michaelangelo it’s 0/10.

gottenhaitch · 12/04/2021 16:28

10/10 for effort OP

SweatyPie · 12/04/2021 16:37

@PicsInRed

Is it the McDonalds, or is it a response to a controlling husband's order that you go to McDs on a fixed and unchangeable schedule?

Does the thought of saying "no" to him make you anxious?

🙄
Ohdobequiet · 12/04/2021 17:15

Eh?

lifeturnsonadime · 12/04/2021 17:34

no plastic toy in a happy meal anymore.

No idea what you are talking about, but i'd stay at home and let DH take them on his own.

Or LTB for someone with similar food tastes to you.

tttigress · 12/04/2021 17:36

Probably an unfashionable opinion, but I like McDonald's

butterpuffed · 12/04/2021 17:38

@LittleDoritt

I was already lost by "positive reinforcement".
So was I. Don't look it up then ~ I did and was even more confused Grin
FangsForTheMemory · 12/04/2021 17:40

How old are the kids? Can you suggest they are old enough to go in, order, pay and eat while you wait across the road?

MadeOfStarStuff · 12/04/2021 17:41

Well your reaction sounds over the top hysterical Hmm

But surely if you’re DH has introduced this regime then he can be the one to take the kids?

Sparklfairy · 12/04/2021 17:43

Come back OP! We need answers!! Grin

FishyFriday · 12/04/2021 17:45

Surely you can come up with a different positive reinforcement treat. Your DH isn't the boss. Especially if he's not taking them.

JackieTheFart · 12/04/2021 17:47
  1. Get a grip of yourself
  2. Tell your husband if he imposes a regime then he is responsible for carrying it out
  3. Choose a different fast food place where you don’t have histrionics.
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