My dad grew up with food scarcity and it really manifested obviously during my childhood when he earned enough to afford lots of food. We’d buy groceries until you couldn’t see the back of the fridge, but then you weren’t really allowed to eat much of it at all. He would come home from work and keep track of any missing food items. Like literally counted granola bars and checked on slices of bread, cheese, meats, etc. I got screamed at for eating a handful of hickory sticks that I ate once after school (still can’t go near them ☹️ (I’m in therapy for all this, don’t worry)).
Is your MIL from a Slavic country by any chance? The Balkans or generally former Yugoslavia? She sounds like the right age to have been mucked up by the war(s). That’s for sure the reason my dad (and his mother too, who lived with us) is so angry and strange about food.
P.S., it gave me a wicked eating disorder as a result. I’d try to keep your kids away from her when it comes to food stuff if you can
My dad grew up with food scarcity and it really manifested obviously during my childhood when he earned enough to afford lots of food. We’d buy groceries until you couldn’t see the back of the fridge, but then you weren’t really allowed to eat much of it at all. He would come home from work and keep track of any missing food items. Like literally counted granola bars and checked on slices of bread, cheese, meats, etc. I got screamed at for eating a handful of hickory sticks that I ate once after school (still can’t go near them ☹️ (I’m in therapy for all this, don’t worry)).
Is your MIL from a Slavic country by any chance? The Balkans or generally former Yugoslavia? She sounds like the right age to have been mucked up by the war(s). That’s for sure the reason my dad (and his mother too, who lived with us) is so angry and strange about food.
P.S., it gave me a wicked eating disorder as a result. I’d try to keep your kids away from her when it comes to food stuff if you can
You just completely discredited yourself as a serious person. I'm sorry. I'll consider this convo complete.