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Don't worry SD can help you!!!

Newstep's picture

I swear I hear BF utter these words and I just cringe. We are hosting Thanksgiving which means about 15-20 people. I do most of the cooking for it. I love to do it and have been hosting it for years. It is a huge task but I have it down pat. Since I work full time I have to maximize my time. I sound like a control freak but it's a lot of work and I have a very good schedule to get it all done.

So I was going over the list with my sis on the phone. We went over everything. I get off the phone and BF is just bursting to tell me how much easier it must be for me now. Because oh yes SD can help !! WTF!! She starts projects for five seconds and deems them "boring" and drops them. She wanted to "help" me last year. This consisted of hearing how her BM did everything gag!!! Then only wanting to do one part of a recipe like crack the eggs or stir the batter then move on to something else meanwhile giving me the "well I think you should do it this way" on everything I did!! It was beyond stressful and I was ready to snap after a while. I mean she was 11 at the time and she was trying to tell me how to cook a turkey. She doesnt have school next week and when BF assumes I will watch her on my day off Wednesday he is getting a big NO from me. She is going to the sitters house so I can have the day to work on everything by myself and in peace. Oh and the reason she has to have a sitter at 12 years old is she thinks its fine to have her BM over during the day while we are at work and then "forget" to tell us about it. We found out after she slipped up and mentioned her BM had come by.

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NCMilGal's picture

Sometimes men are so freakin' clueless.

I've been cooking with SD15 since she was like, 11, and... yeah. She didn't have a clue. It wasn't until she was 13 or 14 that she could (half-assedly) follow directions in the kitchen. Only now at 15, can she take some initiative and cook from a recipe and clean up after herself.

At 12, I KNOW it'd be more hassle that it's worth to have her underfoot.

Newstep's picture

I know!! I seriously do not think he gets it. I am going to be busy and I fully admit I am pretty neurotic about my prepping for Thanksgiving. But it is alot of work and I know how to get it all done quickly.

I actually enjoy it but I don't enjoy hearing how her BM does things. I know for a fact this is the one day a year that BM cooks. According to my BF she never made dinner but for some reason did Thanksgiving every year. Her food left much to be desired }:)

I get lots of compliments on my cooking my adult kids love coming home for the holidays to get my homemade cooking. It is really a labor of love. With SD it is a constant state of chaos and anxiety. Her talking nonstop or hovering over what I am doing or stirring a pot that just needs to simmer etc, etc. I am so worked up about this LOL.