to think it's a bit much for SIL to demand that we rush out and buy special food for lunch for her DS?

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They are coming up for the week end to my Mum's. She just called my Mum and asked her to go and get an organic chicken breast for her DS's lunch. My Mum can only get to Co op (a little one) who don't do organic. SIL says 'DO NOT but anything from coop'.
So Mum phones me to ask me to drive to Tesco to get chicken.

AIBU to think he could have something else for lunch today?

I feel like she is VERY particular and we have to fulfil all her demands as if they were reasonable.

Just say 'no'.
No explanations.
Just say 'no'.

Bollocks to her!

hi aglach!

Give him turkey twizzlers and a fruitshoot! Very rude to make such a request, if it's that important she can being her own prepared dish for him.

Hey NP!! How are you?

ok. fed up with this rain though. you? want to meet up?

I know I think it will rain till the dc go back to school.

Yep would love to meet up!!

Will see when i am free and you can do the same?

ok ill text you x

Ok see you soon x

I'll just grit my teeth and wait for real life to hit with the playdates etc then!

Maybe I should also mention, she is expecting twins!!

The woman's a loon.

sshe is completely bonkers and rude and demanding

god she would irritate me

and i have quite happily catered for vegan friends

she sounds slightly unwell tbh or verging on it. particularly if she's worrying about bread making a toddler obese .

I think it is wrong to lie and tell her it is organic.

I think, however, it is highly advisable to say you weren't going to tescos today - so she might need to stop herself if she wants him to eat organic chicken. If not, you do have a free range, very lovely chicken breast he could have.

Oh God now I feel bad.

Shall I tell her the free range chicken is organic or not?

Totalchaos I also think she is verging on being obsessive/unwell and having excessive anxiety about things.

I suppose I should be more understanding, but it's very annoying when you have to pander to it.

Oooh - Looks like I'm going to be the only person here who thinks that if you're inviting people over the weekend you should supply the food they require for their stay. However strange the request may be...

I can see that it would be unreasonable if she'd left it to the last minute to suddenly announce that her DS doesn't eat non-organic food, but since it seems like the whole family is aware of this?

And I wouldn't lie about the chicken - it's her choice not to feed him non-organic and to trick them into it would be most unfair. Even if you think she's a loon

I cater for friends and their children that let me know in advance, like nut allergies as one friend has, but always explain that I'd have to know first. I've been diabetic (type 1) for 20 years, and get miffed if people that know don't consider this when I come round. That's more about timings rather than the food though.

I appreciate the reasoning, but i'm loathe to encourage mis-describing food. I know it's not medical in your sister in laws case, but I'd still go mental if you fed my child something I specifically asked you not to. I think it's best just to tell her she is as mad as a sack of snakes. Did you say this was lunch at your mums ? It really should fall on the host to deal with.

Personally, I couldn't give a flying one about what the name of my dinner was, or where it lived, or if it had a really comfortable hutch. I just want it killed, prepared, and served. The organic thing is sort of ok, but I can't help wondering if we have gone a little backwards in insisting our food isn't sprayed with chemicals...but just leave the diseases and plague on it because we don't want to clean and protect it properly. It's much, much more tasty, and I love farm produce from the local market, and it's a good choice. But hardly life threatening if the odd pea that isn't organic gets through,

Just put a bit of KFC on the child's plate, and have your camera ready

Not read the full thread. YANBU. I woudl either phone SIL/Borther (woudl be better) and tell them to pop into tesco on the way there as your mum can;t get there. And if necessary explain that you think it is only fair that they should collect it since they have such particular requirements.

OR, I would seriously consider buying a non-organic one and leaving it at that.

I think she is a cheeky moo personally. Does she feed her child organic but eats whatever herself? I think that is even more precious than if they all ate organic. Either way, special requirements = bring your own imo.

She'll be in McDonalds every meal time once the twins arrive lol

I would just serve up whatever you have got and tell her that it is organic.

but there is no real reason for this

its not even proven that an organic diet is better fo0r your health it is just a whim/obsession

it is much the same as saying i like fish and chips on saturday lunchtime make that please

being diabetic or having some valid reason is different

it is not going to affect his health in any shape or form, it is just silly

he will be more endangered from car fumes and pollution in the atmoshphere than eating a few bites of non organic food

Go over to her house and insist that every morsel is FAIR TRADE!!! DO NOT serve anything that is not FAIRTRADE OR YOU WILL ALL KEEL OVER.

That's a really valid point Zippti...

Does she make him wear a facemask in the car (which presumably runs on her converted wee or something) ?

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Tell her to get it herself on the way, if she is that bothered she sould bring his food with her! I always take organic cereal bars to PIL as they will give our wee one (14 mnths) a chocolate biscuit on arrival I now get in there first and say here i've brought something for you to give her

Vegetarianism is a personal choice i'd respect, so i'd respect any request for personal choice. But not any demand.

Tell her to gfh if she can't be polite about it