A stepmother shared her story about how it is getting difficult to feed her step kids every day. The woman shared that she has been dating her partner for 5 years and has been married for a year, but do not have any kids of their own yet. But from the previous marriage, her partner has two kids. 9-year-old Lily and 6-years-old Ben spend 2-3 weekends in a month with the couple.

The woman loves having them because works from home and gets to cook more. She loves cooking and kids. But recently she has been facing problems with the kids and their eating habits. She has no problem cooking them but they are getting fussy and picky when it comes to food. She tries to make them eat at least one healthy meal, but all the kids want is cheesy pizzas, macaroni, chips, nuggets, etc.

She shared “I think it’s safe to say they’re fussy eaters. When I ask them what type of food they like they say ‘I don’t know.’ Lilly takes at least three years to finish a plate of food, or say she’s not hungry, doesn’t want the rest of her lunch, and then immediately ask for a packet of crisps. I always tell her no, you can’t have crisps because you’re not hungry!”

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She further added: “Ben has had meltdowns over the cheese in his ham and cheese sandwich (he asked for ham and cheese godd-mnit!). Now I just make him a ham sandwich, which is fine.” Since both her husband and she are fitness enthusiasts she ends up cooking two meals for lunch and two for dinner. That is when she knew she had to put her foot down despite the fact she loves to cook.

She shared: “I said sure — but I’m not cooking two meals because it’s too much hassle for me. I’m happy to cook for the four of us. He’s more than welcome to make them fish fingers if they don’t want what I’m cooking.” She shared what her husband thinks about her decision. She wrote that her husband thinks she is mean because she won’t cook for his kids and ‘don’t care what food they like’ but she thinks he’s selfish for expecting her to behave like a live-in chef.

The readers sided with the woman and wrote: “You never said you ‘won’t cook for them’, you said, you will not cook a separate meal for them, which is absolutely reasonable, if he doesn’t want to deal with them being fussy, then he can cook an extra meal, you are his partner, not his maid.”

Many more commented but all were in her favor. The woman can make a separate meal once in a while but the husband needs to understand and make his kids understand as well. Eating healthy is ultimately beneficial for them.

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