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Food, Restaurants, and ILs
What ChikFalaize posted on FB reminded me of dinner with the ILs on Sunday--I can't post on FB because DH's other relatives might see it and say something.
We took ILs to a Japanese place--I thought they were gonna freak! We gave them advance notice (as in asked them that morning if it would be ok and offered to email the menu or read it to them over the phone/explain things). They went in with the assumption that we were going to be eating a bunch of raw meat even though they know I'm a vegetarian.
We explained the menu to them, made recommendations, ordered a veggie roll sampler, and 30 minutes later they still were too confused to order. They finally just did it, and I think it will be a better experience next time. But it made me want to scream, "Trust us!" At least they tried it.
I won't even go in the nightmare it was watching them eat simply because they always eat like swine regardless of the type of restaurant (mouths open, food flying out, blowing noses at the table--that kind of behavior).
Is there a type of restaurant you would never take your ILs to? Are you embarassed to be seen with them while eating out?
I'm terrible, I'm the first to admit--but someone else has to have these experiences, right?
Re: Food, Restaurants, and ILs
I cringe when we are out with my MIL. First off she is a TERRIBLE smoker. She needs a cigarette often so she is always leaving the table. When she isn't smoking, she is coughing so badly that we have had people stare at us and ask if she is ok. It makes me so mad that she has no intention to quit. She is skin and bones, looks terrible, and has done nothing for her health.
Vented a little much there...sorry! haha But yes, I do not like taking her out to eat because like I said she is always out smoking or hacking up a lung. We could never go to a fancy place or any place that is quiet. We always have to go to Applebees or someplace that is noisy so her coughing doesn't cause a scene.
Dana made me hungry when she posted sushi....
My ILs don't bother me (yet...I will have to pay attention the next time we dine out) but my Mom always blows her nose at the table or in the middle of a movie while in the theater.....and don't even get me started on my Dad...he is SO loud and has to tell the whole restaurant his story and his southern accent just carries (we live in IL so people stare)...that's why I love them so...
I actually like mealtime with my ILs. MIL's affinity for nagging makes for excellent table manners all around. FIL has the same dry sense of humor DH does, so dinners with him are usually very entertaining.
This only becomes a problem when MIL doesn't get the joke. She can sometimes get offended by the things he says (which makes all her children laugh at her more--endless loop of offense) and I kind of want to shake her and tell her he's joking, but that would be frowned upon...I baffles me that she doesn't know he's joking after 27 years.
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