A call from my daughter.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230050)
Chile
February 17, 2026 8:16pm CST
My eldest daughter just called me via whatsapp telling me that her plans had changed and that she would only spend a day with me.
I had bought meat, groceries and veggies for her visit. She was supposed to stay several days. I should have known better. This is not the first time she does this to me.
Fortunatly I have Martín around.
Adopted people are usually much better than blood relatives. I´m pissed.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
19 Feb
Fortunatly I did not buy many veggies as they are harder to cook. Meat and groceries can be put away in the freezer or the pantry. I bought mushrooms to make chicken with mushroom sauce but I can use them with Roquefort cheese.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
19 Feb
@LadyDuck If I can´t do the chicken tomorrow I´ll have them all for myself baked with Roquefort cheese. I take out the stem and fill the hole with the cheese and butter. I usually cut up the stems to add to salads.
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@LadyDuck (497439)
• Italy
19 Feb
@marguicha - You are so right about vegetables, they do not last for a long time and they are harder to cook. I like a mushroom risotto, but my favorite is chicken with the mushroom sauce.
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@DaddyEvil (171225)
• United States
18 Feb
That would have upset me, too. I'm sorry that happened.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
19 Feb
Fortunatly the food will not waste. Martin is already thinking about coming for lunch more often.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
20 Feb
@DaddyEvil He is. He was adopted by my friends when he was a baby and now I adopted him as a grandson
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@dodo19 (47894)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
19 Feb
@marguicha Well at least you have one person who will be able to help you out with it.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
19 Feb
Martín told me not to worry. He´ll eat everything.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
19 Feb
I suppose it is because you pick your friends.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
19 Feb
@marguicha It depends on the way your friend is reared up.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
20 Feb
@Nakitakona I reared my 2 daughters and they are very different.
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@MarieCoyle (56833)
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18 Feb
WHY does she do this? I would have dearly loved to have a Mom like you. I am so sorry, you are special and should be treasured. 
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
19 Feb
She has been away from her home for too long and she discovered that she is homesick. But she should have not told me that her visit would be longer.
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@Ineeddentures (26102)
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18 Feb
You sound pissed off right enough
I think that I would be pissed off as well
I knew when I read the title of the post that something was different to what you posted before about her visit.
I take it that her staying at all is not really a good consolation
Sorry she has done this to you
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
19 Feb
Today she told me that she would stay a day and a half. I love her but I don´t understand how a woman 60 and some years of age behaves like a teenage with me. I know that she loves me, but she takes me for granted and thinks that I will always be for her whenever she wants. She has no idea that cooking is not as easy for me as it was years ago.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
27 Feb
@Ineeddentures It doesn´t work that way with daughters, I have discovered.
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@Ineeddentures (26102)
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22 Feb
@marguicha
Maybe you need to explain it to her,
A good heart to heart talk maybe,
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@RasmaSandra (95973)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Feb
Sorry her plans changed. I know it's a disappointment.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
27 Feb
It is not a big disappointment. I´m used to that. She has always been like that. She thinks that days have 48 hours.
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@marguicha (230050)
• Chile
19 Feb
It happens often with my daughters. I suppose that it is because they take me for granted.
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@Traceyjayne (9527)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb
Oh dear …that’s bad news…is she busy the other days ?
At least Martin is there to help with the food situation.
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@LindaOHio (218164)
• United States
18 Feb
I'm so sorry this happened. Martin will help you eat up the food.
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