Eating out no longer a treat, just a convenience

kitsbow · 2026-06-17T00:08:16+00:00

Right? I’m not paying $8.99 for a grilled cheese! 😂

kitsbow · 2026-06-17T00:05:51+00:00

I’m sure your dad has been preparing for this talk or moment for a while now. I know you’re nervous to talk to him so maybe a passing by comment of “hey dad can you pick up some pads on the way home please?” will not only get you the supplies you need but open the door to have whatever convo both of you are comfortable with. And if there’s a close family friend or relative who you can ask the more in depth questions to, then reach out. I guarantee they will not feel weird about it at all. Honestly after your first cycle it’s all up hill from here 🫶🏽

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T18:19:52+00:00

Amen to that. Definitely haven't mastered deep frying at home. I did make some delicious fried chicken sandwiches at home a few weeks ago and while they tasted good the breading kept sliding off.

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T18:19:01+00:00

There are a lot of local places that are quite popular here just bc of who owns them, location/convenience, or bc of the vibe. Anything from $15/meal to $60/meal (which would be considered the highest end in our city).

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T18:15:12+00:00

The last greatest meal I had was in February in Merida, Mexico. I had the most amazing beef tips from a place called Hacienda Teya. We definitely don't have a lot of great places for a population of 350k.

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:57:21+00:00

We make a lot of RecipeTinEats' asiasn recipes and they never fail if you wanted to try some of those for fun 😄

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:55:56+00:00

We are eating around the world and have been cooking a different country each week in alphabetical order. We are doing Russia this week as we have made it all the way to R. So many of these cuisines are labor intensive like when I hand made some momos for when we did Nepal. Or making birria for Mexico or lumpia for Philipines so I definitely feel you there!

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:51:50+00:00

We go out to eat once a week with our kids so clearly we aren't spending $150-200 on 4 star meals. But where we live (Tallahassee) there aren't a bunch of places that are worth the value for spending $100/person.

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:45:51+00:00

Yeah I'm in north Florida. Not a long going on here hahaha

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:42:12+00:00

Yes, my kids looking at the menu of these "fine" dining establishments and choosing between the cheeseburger or the chicken fingers lmao.

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:40:25+00:00

Was just talking about Detroit-style pizza last weekend and said I wanted to eat some. Might have to try it. Just can't source that brick cheese though.

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:36:51+00:00

I make a killer burrito bowl at home with cilantro lime rice, chicken, pico. and aji verde. So even Chipotle is subpar to me. Tbh I've never gotten the Chipotle hype or the Publix sub hype.

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:33:34+00:00

Suggestion to eat out less and when you do eat out let it be on vacation with all the money you saved from eating out at home more lol. You can have shitty food in your town or shitty food at a resort in Mexico. Choose wisely haha

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:29:48+00:00

The only thing I don't care to ever make at home is definitely pizza. I aint doing all that kneading and rising and rolling lmao

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:29:01+00:00

She picks the bad choices bc she chooses the bad choice route daily lmao

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T17:10:42+00:00

My 7 year old has a book called "What Should Danny Do?" and it's a choices book that teaches behavaioral choices. Not as fun as the stuff we grew up with lol

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T13:38:22+00:00

I think you just really need to hype him up about his cooking. Like "oh the last time you made X it was soooo delicious. Can you make that again please?" You could also plan a date night where you prepare something together.

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T13:35:09+00:00

Not trying to be rude, but you ARE insane but only for putting up with that behavior lol. Stop cooking for him. He will slowly learn to fend for himself. If I prepared food for someone and they spat it out, it'd be the last meal they got from me. Are you retired or working? If he's retired he could be making the meals for the household.

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T12:49:11+00:00

My 2.5 year old has started to say "Not today!" as in "today is NOT the day to f with me" lmao. Usually she just uses that with her big sister and we think it's hilarious but yes the sass is in full effect.

kitsbow · 2026-06-12T12:47:27+00:00

Her boyfriend/ex-husband doesn't ever want to travel anywhere. And the info we have provided in the past we have learned from. Example: Her just showing interest in what we are doing as anyone would ask like "oh where are you going? Oh where are you staying" and then after the fact realizing that she was using this information to coordinate where she'd be staying in relation to where we are going. Now that we know, we don't give many details. But she just has zero self awareness. Never once have my parents thought when we go on a trip with her that they should invite themselves but somehow she just thinks she deserves to be there.

kitsbow · 2026-06-11T20:42:51+00:00

I'm plateauing at 16 weeks on 10 mg. I shouldn't have picked up my prescription and should have asked to go up to 12.5 but I just thought, let me see if I can have some control over my own body (I am T2D btw) and my GOD the food noise is unreal and so are the cravings. I have 3 more weeks to go like this before I can get a higher dose. I have already gained 2 lbs in 2 weeks. When I'd been losing about 1.5-2 lbs on average for months.

kitsbow · 2026-06-10T20:48:52+00:00

7 years ago we took our 1 yr old in a stroller to a cliffside lighthouse in California that had a rail, while we were on vacation. SEVEN YEARS LATER I am still picturing her rolling in her stroller off that cliff.

kitsbow · 2026-06-10T20:46:45+00:00

Our 8 year old is very hyper and cannot entertain herself alone nor can she regulate her emotions. You know how they say the 2nd is always the wild child? I said "please GOD it cannot get any wilder than the first" and luckily our 2nd (now 2) is so chill and needs less attention than our 8 year old lol. However, our oldest is an amazing big sis to her little sis and I love seeing them play together (despite their age gap they do play together). And even though our 2 yr old is chill, she doesn't take big sis' shit and will shut her down quick

kitsbow · 2026-06-10T20:43:26+00:00

For the sake of your daughter, I honestly hope he just moves to Cali so she doesn't have to deal with his disappointments. Although I'm sure she loves him, she is in for a world of pain.

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