For goodness sake....EAT!

So there is this thing that REALLY bugs me. I have never heard anyone else complain about it so I am wondering if it is just me. I will let you decide. I love to cook. Sometimes I am good at it. Sometimes I burn things and set the kitchen on fire. I also love to entertain. I like to cook a big meal for friends and family. I really enjoy it. So I spend days planning this big meal and exactly how I am going to time it perfectly so that everything is ready at the same time. I then spend hours cooking. And then the meal is done. I call everyone to the kitchen to eat. And they just stand there. I call them again telling them it is getting cold. They still just stand there. Maybe one or two people start moving around. Dave calls them to eat. Nothing. So one more time I ask them to please come eat. They slowly start to move to the kitchen. Then they stand in kitchen and talk. At this point I am like screw you guys I am eating while the food is still hot.

I am seriously offended and insulted by this type of behavior. I spent days planning and hours cooking this meal. And they act like they don’t even want it. When I cook a meal I want my guests to make their plates first. But inevitably I am the first to make a plate due to other people’s slowness and lack of interest in eating. And then I don’t want to be rude and start eating before everyone else. So I am forced to stare at my plate of food and watch it get cold while everyone else slowly, and I mean really slowly, make their plates. And on occasion a guest will excuse themselves to make a phone call or do something else that could totally wait until after dinner. Seriously…I want to slap people. But that would not be nice.

So you may notice if you have me over for dinner that I will always be the first to get my food. Because I know as soon as you say it is ready that I need to make my plate. I have always wondered if people think I am weird to always be the first to get food. But this is where it stems from.

This bugs me so much at times I have considered never cooking for people again.