therower
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- Type of diabetes
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Like your style!1st offer of OJ, alcohol or mince pie.
No thank you!
2nd offer of OJ, alcohol or mince pie.
Please GO AWAY!!! ( or something along those lines)
When everything calms down, just say " wow I must have been hypo"
Tell her no thanks, you want to be able to see "your" grandchildren.I do not want to be blamed for never letting her see grandchild...
Hi all,
I need some witty but non offensive responses for Christmas time pressure. In the past I have ended up screaming at people and I want go avoid it this year.
We are spending Xmas with my MIL, a type 2 who has a casual approach to diet. I do not low carb, but do like to choose where my carbs come from e.g. will not drink orange juice unless I'm hypo...
So, every year I am hassled to drink orange juice at breakfast, wine at lunch (don't drink alcohol either) and to eat mince pies (eugh). When I simply say no thank you this is not accepted as am answer. She has known me for 15 years and I am sick of it. Help me shut this down please...
My partners MIL was an absolute ratbag, and crazy as a two bob watch. Her mother was not a great deal better either.Hope you don't mean ALL mils @Tipetoo cause I am 1x3 and I am not pain anywhere (I don't think)
Get your leg warmers on. & just say no...Hi all,
I need some witty but non offensive responses for Christmas time pressure. In the past I have ended up screaming at people and I want go avoid it this year.
We are spending Xmas with my MIL, a type 2 who has a casual approach to diet. I do not low carb, but do like to choose where my carbs come from e.g. will not drink orange juice unless I'm hypo...
So, every year I am hassled to drink orange juice at breakfast, wine at lunch (don't drink alcohol either) and to eat mince pies (eugh). When I simply say no thank you this is not accepted as am answer. She has known me for 15 years and I am sick of it. Help me shut this down please...
Mr S was in trouble with his mum recently when we went out for a cuppa at a cafe and he had a very posh decadent dripping-with-syrup homemade flapjack - she was upset that he wasn't sharing it with me. Apparently it was 'fine' because 'it's got oats in'.
Aside from the fact that it would have been well nigh impossible to do any approximation of carb counting with it, I really wasn't hungry and wouldn't have wanted it even if I weren't diabetic! Was a little disheartened that my choice of 'no thank you' was not respected as a valid answer.
Absolutely, well said, don't go...simple as that problem solved and if she asks, be like the Australians, call a spade a spade and tell her upfront the reason why.............that may allow you to go if invited the next year she will have got the message and will let you do your own thing.Don't go?
I might have missed it, but I was wondering how you got on with your Christmas and your MIL, @Diakat? Did you cook a meal (your type of meal), or make goodies to take? I hope you weren't subjected to pressure and that you had a good Christmas, but if so I also hope a 'no' did the trick. I'm interested, as I was expecting similar pressure but was very lucky that the rellies had done their best to understand what's good and what's not. The large dollops of cream in coffee took a bit of explaining though!Hi all,
I need some witty but non offensive responses for Christmas time pressure. In the past I have ended up screaming at people and I want go avoid it this year.
We are spending Xmas with my MIL, a type 2 who has a casual approach to diet. I do not low carb, but do like to choose where my carbs come from e.g. will not drink orange juice unless I'm hypo...
So, every year I am hassled to drink orange juice at breakfast, wine at lunch (don't drink alcohol either) and to eat mince pies (eugh). When I simply say no thank you this is not accepted as am answer. She has known me for 15 years and I am sick of it. Help me shut this down please...
However my present from mother in law was a gift set of assorted jams
I know. It's become a fixation. I promise to stop...@Diakat . That's 3 references to the JAM that I've seen posted now ( there could be more ).
You've got to let it go.