On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:10:45 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/26/2013 12:36 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 21:59:57 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/25/2013 3:05 PM, merryb wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Most people don't cook the same was as you do- you are more like a short order
>>>> cook trying to make everyone happy. In my house, if you don't like what I'm
>>>> cooking, tough shit.
>>>>
>>> That's the way I feel about it. And yes, I have cooked for family many
>>> times over the years. My oldest brother's girlfriend was more picky
>>> than I've ever been. All she did was tell me what she wouldn't eat.
>>>(snipped self)
>>>
>>> After a few days of trying to be polite... I finally told her if she
>>> didn't like what I'd decided to cook, hey! go shopping! Knock yourself
>>> out! Cook for yourself.
>>>
>>> Funny, she didn't do that. And she shut up.
>>>
>> Are they still together?
>>
>>
>Yep. They met years ago on a geneology forum. (For some reason she had
>a *ton* of information about some obscure branch of our family.) My
>brother loves hot, spicy food. She's the meat & potatoes type.

See, I was right, SIL chows down on Bro's meat n' potatoes at every
opportunity. LOL