So my family bought take out...RANT

Anybody else see the feet stomping and hear the screaming? it's just a temper tantrum, she'll get over it soon enough.

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If you give away your right to feed and fend for yourself (i.e living at home and being taken care of) you also give away the privilege of controlling everything available for you to eat. If you don't like it, get a job and move out.

How terrible they brought things home for you. Be grateful they got you anything at all.

Eat what you have available, go to bed, then wake up and start again.

You're not going to starve to death over a single missed dinner.

Don't be such a drama queen.

She PAID for the food they were supposed to bring home for her.Why should she be grateful she got anything at all? Sheesh! I swear, reading comprehension stinks here.

Gee...

First of all, I'm really happy that the US economy has picked up to such a degree that all these commenters think that it's so simple to move out of your childhood home while not working because you're studying. Clearly the best solution to being annoyed with your family is to move out of the home, even though you're living at home rather than living on your own because it's presumably cheaper. Complaining instead of taking on tons of debt and compromising your education must mean you're an immature whiny baby.

Also glad that so many people would have thought nothing of your situation if they were in it. Preparing your food responsibly and having it thrown away, paying for food which you didn't get and getting something inadequate that you didn't want would not have pissed me off at all either. Go and drive to the store and spend money on a third consecutive meal for yourself, and shut up about it. Being upset about this state of affairs, and about other people disrespecting you, makes you a child. You should go out and get 2 more jobs and go to school part-time and shut up. You are not allowed to be upset with your family members if you live with them.

OP, the only thing you mishandled is coming onto MFP looking for affirmation, and thinking that you'd get a response other than the knee-jerk, tough love, I'm so blunt and everyone who has a problem with my bad-assery has big sticks up their *kitten* and thinks the straightforwards are meaaan reaction.

In for white knights being knightly. Otters gonna ott :bigsmile:

My husband still brings me home icecream cakes and dunkin donuts to be " nice" I eat it so I don't insult him. but I get upset that he forgot I have a plan

You guys are mean. I'm totally on OP's side. I would be pissed too!

I'm 21. I'm a student who studies from home, because I need to use all the money from the work I do to pay my books and study fees. My parents refuse to pay for it. So unless I go live on the street I can't move out.

They didn't pay for my food. I did.

They used the rest of my money to buy coke.

They comment on EVERYTHING I eat.

"You can't eat meat! It will make you bulky..."
"You can't eat that, it will make you fat!"

As I said she took MY food and fed it to the dog. There is dogfood in the house. Do you expect me to eat that? :-/

Yes I could go buy my own food. But it's a little despicable to take my money for your own use. And to decide FOR ME what I should and shouldn't eat.

I say kudos to you for paying for your schooling and living at home while you do that. At 21, this is EXACTLY what you should be doing. Not taking some crap job and giving up schooling to grow up and get your own place. Best I can suggest is a fridge locked in your room.

Are you an adult?

If so buy your own food.

Sorry to sound harsh, but that's it. If you're over 18 get a job and your own place and start taking care of yourself.

She did. She bought it, cooked it and froze it for herself. Then someone in her family decided to feed it to the dog. Obviously if someone else takes your food without permission...your last meal available before being able to go shopping again... it shouldn't be unreasonable to expect that person to replace that meal for the day. If one of my roommates decided to take the last of my chili from the freezer and feed it to their cats when they know full well it's not theirs, nor is it cat food and I had nothing to replace that dinner that I had bought and prepared for myself, i would absolutely expect that they replace what they used. Reading the whole post would be helpful before passing unfair judgement.

Thank you for being reasonable. Quite a few unnecessarily snarky posts here, but yours was very kind. I agree with you.

Same here

My husband still brings me home icecream cakes and dunkin donuts to be " nice" I eat it so I don't insult him. but I get upset that he forgot I have a plan

except....you didn't ask for those things. the ribs WERE part of her plan. just because a specific food might not fit with your ideals of what count as "diet" food doesn't mean they don't totally fit the OP's chosen lifestyle. I can easily eat (and often do) a liter of ice cream a day ....or buttloads of cake.....burgers....whatever. it's food. it fits my day (and in fact i STILL lose weight even though i'm not wanting to anymore) and there's no reason to demonize it as a bad choice that her kind family "saved" her from when it's nobody's business but her own what she chooses to ingest as part of HER meal plan.

Gee...

First of all, I'm really happy that the US economy has picked up to such a degree that all these commenters think that it's so simple to move out of your childhood home while not working because you're studying. Clearly the best solution to being annoyed with your family is to move out of the home, even though you're living at home rather than living on your own because it's presumably cheaper. Complaining instead of taking on tons of debt and compromising your education must mean you're an immature whiny baby.

Also glad that so many people would have thought nothing of your situation if they were in it. Preparing your food responsibly and having it thrown away, paying for food which you didn't get and getting something inadequate that you didn't want would not have pissed me off at all either. Go and drive to the store and spend money on a third consecutive meal for yourself, and shut up about it. Being upset about this state of affairs, and about other people disrespecting you, makes you a child. You should go out and get 2 more jobs and go to school part-time and shut up. You are not allowed to be upset with your family members if you live with them.

OP, the only thing you mishandled is coming onto MFP looking for affirmation, and thinking that you'd get a response other than the knee-jerk, tough love, I'm so blunt and everyone who has a problem with my bad-assery has big sticks up their *kitten* and thinks the straightforwards are meaaan reaction.

Preach.

First world problem: Your parents bring you the wrong food.

I feel bad for the dog. They feed the poor thing food they think is too old for human consumption.

Otherwise, I agree that the OP should move out and live on her own. My daughter went to a very expensive graphic design school in San Francisco, paid her own tuition and living expenses with student loans and a bartending job. She budgeted her money well and managed just fine. . . in one of the most expensive US cities. It is possible.

Living at home and paying for school without having student loans is actually the smart way to go through school.

I can't even believe some of the "advice" lmao. One rant, and suddenly OP needs to move out and/or incur large amounts of debt to support herself. That's freaking silly. It's like people forget that jobs and money needed to make a decent living for oneself don't exactly grow on trees, or aren't always the obvious/best option.

OP, it sounds like you need to set some serious ground rules with your family. I'd be pretty pissed if they took my money, didn't buy me the food I stated, AND bought some coke for themselves. I don't know what your food choices are like, but in any case it's your business and not really anyone else's to make any sort of choices for you like that. I do agree with those who say make a little stash for yourself and mark all your food.

You are at least lucky to have a car. In my case, if I want to do anything outside the house I have to depend on someone else (walking is not an option and neither is the bus). If I was busy doing my laundry or homework or something, and expecting food to come back to me, but didn't get it, it's not gonna be my first desire to hop in the car and get something. Maybe I'm just too dang lazy to do it. That's perfectly fine. You can still be mad about the situation because you are human and *gasp* have feelings.