Supper is ready do you call your husband or wait?

@free_man (7330)
United States
February 3, 2010 6:16pm CST
My husband and his brother which hates me is out in the front yard. Dinner is ready do you call him or wait till his brother leaves?
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
4 Feb 10
I would wait until his brother leaves, depending on what type of meal you have made. You could place it in the oven. Personally, I hate microwaved food but there's an option for you too. Good luck!
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Janey. I did wait till his brother left. I made baked Salmon mac-n-cheese and some fried green beans. Oh well would have been better hot but it turned out okay anyway.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Janey. Sometimes he will just eat it cold cause he was at fault but some of the time it is just a meal that won't taste good cold so he will heat it up. I am blessed this man is a good husband. My ex I wouldn't give you a plug nickel for.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
4 Feb 10
Is he like my hubby, he will eat anything, hot or cold?
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• Philippines
4 Feb 10
Hi Free_man, I will call him and in fact, invite the brother to join us. I think it would be a good thing to do that. If he hates me, I don't give him the same feeling. I feel it is not nice to maintain grudges with anyone. It only stresses me. Well, if he continues to hate and ignore me, I won't mind. That is his problem he has to deal with himself. In the eyes of God, I did nothing wrong and in fact, made the first move to patch things up. I would even restore my relationship with other people --- with more reason that I do it to my brother in law. He is my husband's brother and he, too, becomes a relative by reason of affinity.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Money. I have tried everything in my power to be nice to him. He only comes over here and sits out in the drive with my husband because his wife tells him not to come in here. They are evil people and my husband says that he don't want evil in our home. He only came over here to find out if he could borrow money from us and we don't have it to loan out and never be repaid. We have brought him tires and a windshield and never have been repaid. When he says borrow he should say give. No my husband don't want him or his wife in our home. When they had been coming over here it caused so much stress on both of us. Don't allow evil into your life not a good thing.
• Philippines
4 Feb 10
Hi, I respect your feelings and your choice. You are the best persons to do that as you are the most knowledgeable and are the ones concerned. I still hope something good to happen of the relationship. If not, then I personally think that staying out of each other's way would be best for everyone.
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• Philippines
6 Feb 10
Hi Free_man, Thanks for being privileged to know part of the history you had with your brother-in-law and his wife. I know there are lots of them around. Maybe, you just need to stay away from them whenever possible and pray that you don't have (or maybe lesser) chances of seeing each other to start a friction. Pray for them and hope there is a way for them to realize things. Stay well and God bless!
@junrapmian (2169)
• Philippines
4 Feb 10
Why don't you initiate calling your husband and his brother so you can eat dinner together? This could be the time for you and his brother to patch your differences whatever it is. And more so, you can make you husband happy by doing this. REgards!
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Junrapmian. There is no patching up from my end that needs to be done. His wife told me she would leave him for me and I told him what she said and then she made up a bunch of lies about me and I proved to my husband that they were lies. So it is his wife that has to do the making up. But we (my husband and I ) don't want this b word in our lives she is the devils sister and his brother is married to her. So we don't invite evil into our homes.
• United States
4 Feb 10
i live by the one time rule... i will call for you one time and if you dont come and eat then thats your own fault and you deserve to go hungry... i would call him and let him know that dinner is ready and then if he decides that it is important enough for him to stop whatever it is he is doing then he will come then if not he can find his plate in the microwave...
@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Punksmomma and welcome to my lot. I love your rule. My mom had the same rule and we knew we had better be on time she might not even leave us anything to eat. And then we would have to fend for ourselves. Mom was an ex sergeant in the army before she married dad. I was trying to be patient cause he was talking to him about his mothers will and trying to explain to him why she didn't give him money when he called. His brother is a greedy person and is married to even a greedier person then him. That is why I was trying to wait.
@Mady2791 (545)
• United States
4 Feb 10
I experience that problem often. Nothing to do with my husband siblings, but it's the timing my husband is visited by his friends/neighbors/acquaintace etc. Is mostly his fault because he loses sense of time and many times HE is the ones that tells them to come over around the time I'm cooking and shortly after we have to eat. It's not that I don't want them to come over/or invite them to eat but there are times that I cook for the amount of people live in my house. Let say if I'm cooking rice and steak and some side dish..then I only cook a steak per person so that we throw food(which used to happen in the past). So, when they come over it's ackward having dinner ready and not having enough for everybody I also want him to eat(get it over with)and not delay dinner time so that I can finish working in the kitchen!
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Mady and welcome to my lot. I have never had this happen to me but one time from this husband. Now my ex would tell people like you said your husband does and make dinner be delayed and fall asleep while he had company. Then I had to entertain them till they decided to leave. And if I didn't have enough I didn't offer to give them what I didn't have. Sometimes I would just ask them to leave because I was going to lay down too. But it was usually because I was hungry and wanted to eat and I won't eat if I don't have enough. But then there was times I would just cut the meal in half so everyone could have some too. My ex was rude and crude and this husband is real respectful. He didn't know his brother was going to show up when he did. He didn't know that I was cooking cause he is cooking a lot he loves to make new dishes and experiment. I do too but not as much as he does he is a lot braver then I on cooking.....LOL He had to see his brother cause their mom was going into the hospital today. She had made out her will and he needed to try and explain it to his brother (which is a moron in the first place). Another discussion. Oh well back to dinner. I waited till he was done and he heated up the dinner I made and cleaned up the kitchen. Think he was surprised and happy that I had made dinner. Hope your husband gets better at his timing. Good luck!
• United States
4 Feb 10
In your relationship is meal prep your job? If your brother-in-law wasn't there would you call him? Does your hubby insist that his brother respect you regardless of whatever animosity may lie between you two? Can you see where I am going with this? One outcome will be less pleasing than the other to hubby. Which is it, going hungry and having to warm his own plate or being interrupted? I personally probably wouldn't care about what either one wanted. Who washes the dishes when dinner is done? My feelings are that if I can stand on my feet and cook, then hubby can either invite his brother to dinner, or say goodbye and come sit down and eat. But that's just the way I am - difficult, combative, and confrontational - NOT for real :-) I am a sweetie pie... ESPECIALLY if I have to wait on dude to be done eating in order to clean the kitchen. He had better come eat so I can sit and chill for a while to...
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Marzellab and welcome to my lot. If I cook he cleans if he cooks I clean. I don't give a hoot if his brother respects me or not I have no use for him or his wife. He was here to borrow money and my (see if we would give him money) My husband wanted to talk to him about their mothers will she wanted him to try and talk some sense into his brother and make him understand. But his brother has one policy is take care of himself and forget everyone else. The world owes him a living kind of guy. I waited and husband heated up our dinners and washed the dishes. He was surprised he thought that I wouldn't have dinner ready. I guess it is because of the way his brothers wife does. We swap cooking he is a better cook then me. I can cook. He just does most of the cooking.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
4 Feb 10
I would let him know, and tell him that you will put it in the oven to keep it warm. That way he speeds things up a bit.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Thoroughrob. Never thought about that but it would have been the solution. I had baked salmon and it was good cool so I could have left it in the oven till he came in.
• United States
4 Feb 10
Why don't you just ask hubby if you could talk to him a minute. Then when he comes over by you, you can tell him without his brother hearing, and let him decide how to handle it.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Kashmeresmycat. I waited till he got done and we ate a cool meal. I started to call his brothers cell phone but didn't. I started to go ahead and wait but we have always eaten at the same time so we could say a blessing before eating.
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
4 Feb 10
I guess would depend on how long they are out there, I would maybe wait 15 minutes and then call him for dinner. Are you worried he will invite the brother to stay? You could do what someone else suggested and call him over privately to tell him that dinner is ready, he may end his conversation and come in to eat or he may ask you to keep it warm for him, but he may ask if there is enough for his brother. Of course sharing a meal with his brother might be an opportunity for him to get to know you better, and improve you relationship with him, I am assuming the brother can be civil.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Ladym. No I never thought about him inviting his brother in the house, cause he don't want his brother or his brothers wife in the house cause they bring evil when they are around. His wife wasn't with him she knows she is never welcomed here by my husband or me. So when his brother does come over he don't bring his wife with him. His brother and his wife have been causing all kinds of problems in the family so we (my husband) decided it would be best if they didn't come over here anymore. Brother can't be civil not too much.
@shan0822 (433)
• United States
4 Feb 10
It's kind tough one! Even you didn't call your husband, is there any chance they will walk in together and see the dinner is ready? If I were you, maybe I just eat first, or just try to call your husband's selfphone, hope he brought it with him! Maybe just come out with husband, maybe his brother will be leave.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Shan and welcome to my lot. No the cell phone was in the house I was going to call his brothers cell but changed my mind. Waited and dinner got cold but husband heated it up and bragged on what a good meal I had made.