to not want to eat ready meals?

[Toohottotrot]

Myself,dh and ds visit my in laws in devon apporximately once every six weeks for a long weekend so they get to see alot of ds. Thye won't come to us as they say it is a long drive and they are in their early sixties. MIL used to cook nice meals for us from scrath but all this stopped about 2 months ago when a large supermarket opened near to them that sells ridiculously cut price food especially ready meals. This means that we get microwaved meals served up still in the plastic trays every lunchtime and evening. My issue is that i am EBF ds and am tryig to eat nutritious food. DH thinks i am wildly overreacting but i think that it borders on rude that we make an effort to come down often and we get this tasteless crap. I gently suggested to MIL that she cook us a nice roast, but she said that ready meals are beter as they are cheap and she gets to spend more time doing her garden. (they are super well off btw so money isnot an issue)

My mum i very similar actually, since my sister and I moved out she has completely gone off cooking! We had a very old-fashioned set up at home whereby she was responsible for all cooking etc (unless a curry or something exotic when dad would cook), partly because my dad worked funny hours. Now it is just the 2 of them they muddle along without necessarily cooking something 'proper' every day.

Do your ILs want you to visit so much? And if it's only been two months since this happened, perhaps it's only a temporary thing?

If your DS is still quite young, is your MIL finding it a bit overwhelming having a baby and you visiting so often for long weekends?

I'm just trying to see things from their perspective. If you're busy with DS, does/could your DH help out a little more?

I know that both my Mum and MIL who are both in their early sixties now tire very easily and can find us all being there for too long a bit much for them. They just don't have the energy they had before.

YABU & sound a little bit spoilt really.

I doubt you'd be popping down to Devon every six weeks if it didn't suit you. Accept the food served to you gracefully or just don't go. Your MIL is probably doing her best.