We are having Spaghettios for dinner because:

Yesterday I sat down and prepared a meal plan for our dinner.
I then went to the market and shopped for ingredients for 2 1/2 hours. Didn't know it was senior citizen bus day.
I spent several hours preparing a delicious prime rib dinner while doing laundry, cleaning hamster cages, filling out paperwork for driving school, destroying wasp nest in yard, responding to mail and phone calls (not for me, silly!), planning Girl Scout meeting, searching for one lost golf shoe, and vacuuming copious amounts of hair from our "non-shedding" labradoodle.

The results were as follows:

*Dad's meeting ran late, resulting in the "I grabbed a slice of pizza on the way home" call;
*Teenager slept through meal, then came looking for Yodels at 10 p.m. (I think it was the Yodels grunt. Sometimes it's hard to tell.) ;
*Pre-teen sat down promptly, sniffed his food, and announced "You know I don't like this"; (I did forget to check my mommy chart of likes/dislikes/no ways and will eat only if it means dessert)
*Youngest was very busy, but deigned to join us at the table after several deep sighs. Actually ate meal!! Cause for celebration. (Unfortunately, joy did not last long as dramagirl segued from content, well-fed darling into bad seed upon realizing some of the 'green stuff' in the salad was spinach secretly shredded into tiny pieces and hidden beneath cucumbers.)
*Throughout meal festivities, dog cried to go outside. I put him out. After realizing all the real action was indoors, dog cried to come in. I let him in. Dog gulped bowl of water, burped loudly, and put his dripping face in my lap. I was not terribly hungry after that.

I then had the pleasure of cleaning up the kitchen myself as the child for whom the chore was assigned announced he had A TON OF HOMEWORK from the social studies teacher who he KNOWS hates children having any fun at all.

As delightful an experience as this was, I was somewhat hesitant to repeat the performance.

So we're having Spaghettios for dinner. Cause we're out of Cheerios.

ROFLMAO...that is too funny. Personally I would not feed them Spaghettios, I would set the cans on the counter along with bowls and spoons and let them help themselves!

OMGosh! I'm glad you found some humor in the situation!--
Poor you!----

Hang in there!
X

In fact, not only would I set out the cans, I would have myself a REALLY nice meal. For one. Cause I'm just mean.

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lol...funny, but sad.

I wouldn't even set anything on the counter!

I would tell them "guests ask what is for dinner, you live here, if you find it, cook it."

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Thanks for the laugh!! I would take myself out for dinner and let them find their own dinner! I am glad that I am not they only one who asks why do I cook??

That's great! very funny! - I'm certain your family will also find the humor in this

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So funny - I love it!

THANK YOU!

cj/

If my kids were this bratty, they'd have Spaghettios dripping from every orifice.

Just my sick sense of humor since it seems the days I do get it together to cook, every possible thing that could go wrong does go wrong, so some nights I just think hmmm...Spaghettios? Does that even count as actual food???? I can't find it on the food pyramid.

This is so funny!!! Tonight I made a meal after working all day. It consisted of Lobster, Chicken Cutlets, homemade chicken noodle soup and Pasta with sauce. My DH was trying to be funny and said Gee I really enjoyed the Salad. I sarcastically said Great I'll make the same invisible one tommorow with extra love. I told him and them your lucky you got what you got

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LOL, thank you for the laugh !!! I have to admit, it is nice hearing someone's house doesn't always have a Donna Reed storyline all the time, lol. I guess since I don't have children, I find it especially funny. When hubby seems to take my cooking for granted, he finds out what it is like to have me NOT cook anything. Right now my cooking strike has gone on for about 2 weeks, lol. I figure he has 2 hands, 2 legs, a car and a wallet. If nothing else, he can go pick up food to eat.

Very funny! Spaghettios was way more than they deserved (I'm sure they are a very nice family but this night you probably wanted to put sleeping pills in the dinner lol)!

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I open the can of "Chef" Boyardee I think DOG FOOD!! But my kids love this stuff and you know what so did I when I was little.

Hey my kids might be eating "Chef" tonight because I am cooking pork chops!

HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING COOKING FOR MY FAMILY ???? Don't ya have one of your own to be treated this way from ???

When my Kids and DH ( Al tho Hubby doesn't complain but when asked how did you enjoy dinner he says It was OK You know he didn't like it )..

I tell them When asked the next night "whats for dinner" I reply with we are having "Fin" when they ask what's "fin"( think they would know by now what FIN is ) I politely say "FIN" FOR YOURSELF

My 7 year old son is the worlds worst at saying I HATE THAT, DON'T LIKE THAT, I'M GOING TO BED, CAN I HAVE A SANDWICH , ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Granted he has Aspie, But gesh that don't make it any easier on the dinner toll.

Op you did right, However, I wouldn't have gone Thu the trouble of opening the can and heating it up. I would let them "Fin" for themselves.

All because I'm a MEAN MOMMY, Don't believe just ask my 4 kids after they say EEK GROSS at dinner time lol.

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lol I'd let them fend for themselves!

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Cute story OP! I hear ya!!!

Unfortunately... they DO really *like* Spaghettios (most of the time!)!

I think the "Fin" or "Fend for Yourself" idea is an excellent one.

OMG---You are the best!!! I go through this on a regular basis myself. My DH tends to be late for dinner at least a couple of nights a week and then when he arrives says he ate a late lunch and isn't too hungry (plus he has usually taken a break at work later in the day and ate junk food!!). DD is 14 and seems to not like anything now unless it's spaghetti. DS will mainly only eat veggies (which is good!) and chicken nuggets (which is OK and I am not complaining about him!). It doesn't matter that I have prepared a nice meal (nothing as "extravagant" as yours--usually country-style steak or hamburger steak, homemade mashed potatoes and some veggies w/some bread).

I think the next night that I stay in the kitchen for more than 45 minutes or an hour cooking and they don't eat, I'm going to pull the "Spaghetti O's Dinner" the next night myself!! DS will love it cause he is a Spaghetti O's freak but the other two will DIE! Serves them right IMO! When you don't appreciate a good home cooked meal, this is what you get---Spaghetti O's!

Thanks so much momshops for a good laugh and a wonderful idea for a meal! LOL!!

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I have a little story for you OP

My girlfriend was newly married (about 8 years ago) and she wanted to be the perfect wife,(shes one of those perfect at everything) So she spent all this time on the first day back from their honeymoon in the store buying the freshest ingredients and making pasta at her house. She perpared lasagna for four hours total. She lays out a beautiful table and wine and shes done the second her DH comes in the door, they sit down have a nice meal together and DH is helping her clear the dishes and says to her, "Stouffers must be slipping cause that lasagna was terrible."
Sorry to take over OP but I thought you'd appreciate it, Gods knows my friend didn't!!

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