Goomba38 wrote:
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> > She has poor social skills, zero social judgment and probably some
> > sort of disorder or syndrome as a cause.
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> I've always been shocked when reading Dave's description of this niece
> and her habits. Anytime he writes about family parties I know she'll
> shock me again! She sounded pretty tame this time actually?


You're right. She was pretty tame this time. Her mother paid for the food,
so I prepared lots, and they brought the wine. The only thing that I was
worried about was the pantry raids, and I told my wife to make sure that
she was responsible for keeping her niece out of the kitchen, with a very
firm warning that if I caught her raiding the pantry I was definitely going
to confront her.


> I wonder if she'd be embarrassed or shamed into behaving better if she
> had any idea of how people (or at least Dave and wife) saw her?

I have to wonder about her embarrassment. I don't know if she sneaks food
because she is embarrassed to let people know how much she eats or if it is
some sort of game she plays, sort of like shoplifting for cheap thrills.
And I am not talking about helping herself to a glass of milk or an piece
of fruit. I am talking about opening boxes of cookies and crackers in the
pantry, even when there is already ample food laid out on the table. This
is the girl who showed up unexpected at the home of her step sister who was
expecting guests for dinner and ate all the food before the invited guests
arrived.