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Isha asked in Pregnancy & ParentingPregnancy · 2 decades ago

Kindly help me out Im going nuts regarding this?

See...Im been married 7 months or so and do not plan to have children just as yet.What bothers me is mealtimes.Everytime we sit together on the dining table...my mum-in-law brings out something a little too sweet for everyone to eat.I hate sweets...I like my diet to be healthy n I take sugar in the right amount but I cant gorge on sweetmeats...I hate it.And the worst part is that everyone forces me to try them out because according to them its required in pregnancy.How do I convince them that gorging on oil and sugar does not give healthy babies...only an uncontrolabally fat young mother.

Please help.If they force me right now...I wonder what they'll do when im pregnant.O god I hate sweets ...N I miss mom.

Update:

P.S--If I try to refuse evryone feels im being disrespectful.I tried this once and my mum-in-law stood by my chair with a spoonful in her hand...so I had to eat it...yuck...n then she thanked me for respecting her!

Thank you for replying.

Update 2:

Thanks for the reply.I do appriciate her and I cook dinner.she purchases the sweetmeats.

Update 3:

Plus my husband is too mentally conditioned and fond to leave them.I know im in a soup...

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  • 2 decades ago
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    Hon, you have a LONG road ahead. You could tell them your diet is different than theirs and you don't believe sweets are good for you. Tell em sweets hurt your teeth and/or belly! I know how it goes.. My mother-in-law makes this chocolate sauce to eat with biscuits for BREAKFAST! I have never tried it and I haven't let my daughters eat it either! It ticked her off (especially not letting the kids eat it) but I just don't think chocolate was made for breakfast! (And I LOVE chocolate!) but that's okay. You eat what you want not what other people want you to eat... Same goes for you children when you have them! As for you respecting her.. Next time refuse politely and before she has a chance to say anything, tell her 'Thanks for respecting me!' If you don't stop it now, they will be worse with a baby! Sooner or later you will tick them off, so might as well start now! Seriously! Don't worry, I lived with my in-laws to!

  • 2 decades ago

    Come on girl what the hell are you doing living at you mother in laws place anyway get out now and fast while you have still got control over you relationship with your husband

    If they force them on you Just say Thank you so much for your good intentions but i do not wish to eat them I do not like them I never have and never will as sweet stuff does not agree with me at all and if and when i choose to have a baby I would prefer to have a diet full of vegies fruit fish and meat to make sure it has the best start in life.

    However when your mother in law cooks good stuff let her know how much you enjoyed it so you do not upset her too much.

    Any how why dont you do the cooking a few nights a week and that way you can give her a rest and eat what you want

    Secound thoughts what thwe hell did you get married for if you have to live with the inlaws seems dumb to me.

    I think you need to grow up girl no one can make you eat something against your will.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    It sounds like your mother-in-law comes from a different cultural background than you, and in her culture, sweets are practically required by law!!

    If this continues to be a problem, how about you have a talk to her at a *calm* time (not when she's trying to force foods you dislike down your throat!!). Make up some superstition from your background that is contradictory to her superstition. For instance, tell her that you grew up believing that if you ate more than a tiny bit of anything sweeter than fruit, you'll *never* be able to get pregnant or you'd be likely to lose the baby. Tell her how much you love her and respect her--after all, she created, nurtured, and raised the man you love most in the world!!--but her offering you sweets all the time makes you nervous and afraid you'll never have a baby. (Change it or add details as you think it would help your case.)

    Good luck!!

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    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    Yikes, what a nightmare sister. No one should force you to eat anything by physical or emotional force. You mum in law is abusive. I know that this is dishonest but next time you have a doctor's visit, you coud always come home and tell them that your blood sugar is too high and the doctor wants you to avoid sugar. Oh, and move out!!!

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  • 2 decades ago

    Tell her that when you eat sweets, it makes you nauseous and you vomit afterwards....and vomiting surely isn't good for pregnancy if you can help it. Kindly tell her, that you are not disrespecting her, but that she needs to not force you because that is disrespecting YOU!! Make something for dinner that you KNOW she doesn't like and pull the same trick on her and see how she reacts. If she refuses to eat it, tell her that you understand and that it is fine with you (tell her what you want HER to hear from you when she does this to you). And like they said above, tell them you talked to your doctor about it and he/she told you that it's not good for pregnancy and that you should not eat it....period! It's not disrespect you're showing, it's preference and they should RESPECT your preference on what you do OR do not want to eat

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Tell them nicely to BYOB. Then change the subject. If they

    persist, tell them you'll talk to your Doctor, then refuse

    to discuss it anymore.

  • 2 decades ago

    Tell her you dont like sweets, it doesn't settle ttoo good with ur stomach.

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