Does anyone else have to hide food/sweets from other household members or roommates?

hide the good stuff....put the shit out for the vultures...

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They were probably laughing about it and at you to while the crime was going down.

Fucking theives!!!

LOL.

No, I just want my candy back. But, thanks for the kind words anyway.

That might be harder to come by than a bottle of Carter's Little Liver Pills, which'll keep them in the bathroom for a long time. Or any good strong laxative with no obvious taste to it. People everywhere snatch food these days, even here on the rez. Parents don't teach their kids not to do stuff like that anymore. The kids will just grab anything they see and they carry the habit into adulthood, until someone kicks their butts over it. We do take that personal out in these rural areas because you have to go so far to replace anything.

Yeah, I understand that, the whole taking you for granted thing is annoying, and probably more so because as the step-dad, you're watching her take advantage of your wife.

I also understand TSHTF scenario. I know my parents will be at my door with the expectation that because I've got food stored, they can just come in and pig out until it all blows over. Still haven't figured out what to do in that scenario, but it's probably not going to be fun, because I won't have that much patience if it's about survival.

Maybe lock them in the basement for a few days till they have a better understanding of real hunger...

Have you asked her to cook a slew of food when she cooks?Let her know you'd appreciate a spontaneous feast or something? Maybe she's trying to make as little as possible to not use all your food or thinks she can't cook as well as your wife that you would hate her food style. Maybe she's starved and thinks you guys just ate and hate eating cold or leftover food she cooks.I'm sure communication would help the entire project. Ask her to ask if before she goes on a treasure hunt if plans are made with any of her project ingredients already.Likely when she grew up Mom preferred her to whip up her own food rather than her have to cook so it got started as a favor. My children expect me to drop everything and always cook up large meals even after I've eaten out if they come visit as it's how our relatives always do for family guests when they drop over or come to visit out of town.I love being needed though and someone appreciating the food. Some way even if it would seem you'd run out someone else brings more food with them like magic.

We have the opposite situation here. Everyone thinks someone else might want certain foods especially and everyone winds up no one eating it thinking they are watching out for the other person.We had to throw out gourmet turkey deli never eaten by any one the entire pack yesterday and everyone thought everyone else loved chocolate more so saved the brownies til they'd dried out.We have grapes everyone was saving for everyone else thinking the buyer got them for her diet, but she bought them for everyone else but never told any one.Now this huge bag of uneaten grapes is beginning to shrivel. But of course we'd replace anything we ate like candy another person bought to surprise them with and no one would eat the last of any thing without figuring out if it had someone's name on it unless you bought it. Cell phones are really handy for this. Suggest your roomie give you a call before they eat something you bought to see if you have it earmarked or if they eat something you were drooling over before you ate it in anticipation at least surprise you with a replacement with your name and a smiley placed on it.Couch it in "I'd really appreciate it if..."

I did notice in college the roomies with friends over when you were gone into the "herb" seemed to not have usual food sharing rules. Scavenging up every thing around and I guess too stoned to remember they ate it or that it belonged to any one or eating up 6 high end steaks on a binge with friends replaced it with cheapest pork chops likely because their money was gone on the "herb".It wasn't that bad because alot of dates popped up so I got to eat out high end and not even cook, but I did think the pork was tacky as I never ate pork for the principle of it.I had to console myself it was the thought that counted and it opened me up to well off for college budgets kind of dates.I just take things as a sign to expect the best.Providence supplied me even better than the 6 steaks planned as my sole food for the month with green beans. I did momentarily freak opening the freezer and all my food for the month was missing and the frig bare completely when I returned from out of town, but synchronicity and knowing about it saved the day.You have to PAY ATTENTION and say "yes" to it for it to work.Families would run into me and ask me over to eat. I got a bonus check ahead of schedule and extra from work unexpected. So really the missing steaks were a blessing for me to pay attention and also it was much more blessed how I felt and experiences I got the month stoners barbecued my diet plans for the month. Plus I had a large pack of pork chops to label "for the stoners--enjoy" which they never touched and left my steaks I learned to just buy one at a time.

If you focus on your loss or lack then it really extends it and you miss being so "poor me" the actual replacements exceeding the loss you don't pick up on opportunity knocking you in the face or don't recognize they are related.

Look at it positively. Be thankful you have food to share and look at that great energy feed you will get with your parents thankful you were wiser than them. With food as ransom, they are stuck listening to you and expounding on why they should have taken GLP seriously :) Abudnace does NOT run out unless you BELIEVE it so it is. Even in lack synchronicity works as many experience a shortage amidst an abundance all around them. So to can you experience abundance while most around seem in lack. Share all you have joyfully knowing others will come or invite you to share their little much more than their much.

Why is it if humans are so much more intelligent than other mammals they take no care for how mammals live in the wild through out their entire lives without being skeletons moping about. Imagine being a spider expecting something to just fly into your web or a creature expecting a fly to just fly by close to its mouth. It has to do with a mindset.
Certainly we are as good at expecting our nourishment to create itself as other animals.

Hubby's brother lived with us for awhile. If it wasn't nailed down, he'd eat it.

We finally ended up locking our food in our bedroom. When we'd get groceries, we'd slip the bags into the house through our bedroom window so he wouldn't see what we bought.

If he saw any change laying around the house, he'd pick it up and put it in his pocket. When confronted about it, he'd say "Oh, I didn't realize it was yours." DUH! He never once repaid us, either for the money he took or for the food he ate.

The day he took my car without permission is the day TSHTF. Ooooh I was LIVID.

Needless to say, he found himself kicked out.

Ironically, he won't speak to us now, as if it's all our fault or something.

Good riddance, I say!

Here is what I give people:







In the Event of a Disaster, the Following is Provided So You Will Know What is Expected of You Should You Decide to Come to My House




YOU WILL NEED TO BRING:

1. CLOTHING - Nothing fancy - just good, sturdy, easy care clothes. We will probably have to wash by hand and dry on a line, so plan accordingly. There will be no dry cleaning available. Also, bring rain gear.

2. PLAIN BLEACH AND OTHER CLEANERS - Plain bleach will be used in water purification as well as general cleaning. More people means more cleaning to keep a healthy environment.

3. FOOD - No explanation needed.

4. BEDDING OR SLEEPING BAG - I have floor space - not bed space. I also have two dogs who think anything on the floor is theirs! No, I will not put them outside.

5. WEAPONS, AMMO, FISHING GEAR - There will come a time when we will have to hunt and fish for our food. Weapons and ammo will be locked up for safety.

6. PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE(S), FIRST AID SUPPLIES - You will need your medicines even in the aftermath of a disaster. Be sure to bring plenty because it may be a long time before you get more. Bring all first aid supplies even if it is just a box of band aids.

7. PAPER TOWELS, TOILET PAPER, TRASH BAGS - No explanation needed.

8. SOAP, SHAMPOO, TOOTHPASTE, ETC. - You will need to keep yourself clean.

9. BOARD GAMES, CARDS, A BOOK OR TWO - These will be used during a little downtime before bed or during any other free time that may come available. There may not be any electricity, so don't plan on just watching movies or playing video games.

10. ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF TO HELP MAKE LIFE AFTER DISASTER A LITTLE MORE ENJOYABLE.

PLEASE NOTE: EVERYTHING EXCEPT CLOTHING, BEDDING AND PRESCRIPTIONS WILL GO INTO HOUSE STORES FOR EVERYONE'S USE.

YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO WORK FOR THE HOUSE EACH DAY. THE FOLLOWING LIST IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF EACH PERSON. THE WORK INVOLVED WILL DEPEND ON THE NEEDS OF THE HOUSE.

1. DAILY CHORES - These will include, but not be limited to, cooking the meals and cleaning up afterward, washing clothes and hanging out to dry, sweeping the floors, cleaning the bathrooms.

2. HUNTING AND FISHING, AS NEEDED - This will also include cleaning the kill or catch, filleting as needed, and preparing for cooking. The hides will also have to be scraped, salted, and stretched to tan. Sewn together, even small hides can be used to make clothes.

3. GARDENING, AS SEASON ALLOWS - This will include, but not be limited to, starting seeds inside in late winter, tilling ground, planting outside, weeding, watering, and harvesting. We may even can or dry any extra vegetables should the crop be good.

4. HAUL WATER AND PURIFY IT - Kentucky Lake is one mile away. The water will need to be purified before it can be used.

5. CHOP OR GATHER FIREWOOD - When the propane runs out, or to supplement it to make it last longer, we'll cook outside on an open fire, weather permitting. We will have to heat our water this way for washing dishes, general cleaning, bathing, etc.

AND ANY OTHER TASK REQUIRED TO HELP THE HOUSE SURVIVE.

REMEMBER - NO WORK - NO EAT - NO EXCEPTIONS!!

I keep my Ho ho's in my fire safe. The kids inhale them like it's their last meal otherwise.

You knew what you were getting ya self into when ya put it there. I don't feel sorry for ya, my friend. Better luck next time, baby.

Yeah, that's pretty much the other problem, they'd arrive thinking they could stuff themselves and sit around while I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to make things happen...and that just doesn't work for me...

Cut and past to Microsoft Word my friend and hand 1 to every person coming throught the door. Or better yet, tape 1 to every Christmas present you give out.

My name is Rebecca and I'm a Casting Producer for the TLC show Freaky Eaters. We're currently casting Season 2 and we're looking for ADULTS who HIDE FOOD or struggle with a food addiction.

For more info, send an email to [email protected] with your name, age, number, and brief description of your eating habits.

Thanks so much and have a great day!

no just alcohol

Someone once told me "when a family member steals from you, they aren't family anymore". I agree.

this is what I have to do with my teenage boys