Anti-Sugar DIL Sneakily Throws Away a Fresh Batch of Cookies at Grandma's House After Agreeing the Grandkids Can Eat Sweets, Granny Gets Heated

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Aug 23, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

There are healthy moms and then there are health-freak moms. 

Moms can get a little finicky when it comes to the nutrition of their children. I get it, you want them to eat healthily and grow strong–that's a super important part of being a good parent–but what the children's nutrition books don't mention is that you really shouldn't be nitpicking every single edible morsel that enters their mouth. Aside from excessive indulgence, kids should be able to eat a little sweet treat every now and then, especially when they're at grandma's. 

It might even be a familial legal requirement that grandmas are allowed to bake their grandkids cookies. It's the first chapter in Good Granny's Digest: How to bake the most epic, core memory cookies. But when her health-freak daughter-in-law decided to stomp on her granny duties, this grandma got more than a little peeved.

In the past, they had had scuffles regarding the children's diet while visiting grandma's house, but they'd compromised. Since Grandma was an avid baker and loved to make sweet treats for her grandkids, the children were allowed one cookie each per visit. This worked swimmingly until the DIL mom snapped. Keep scrolling for the story of the cookie dump heard 'round the world and the rightfully placed grandma rage that ensued afterward.

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  • 01
    "I told my son that I will not be babysitting until he handles this situation and I will not apologize"
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    AITA for losing my over cookies when my DIL tossed them out I am a good baker, I enjoy making sweet treats for everyone to enjoy. My DIL
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    (Emily) is very heath conscious and even more so now that's they have two kids. She is the type of person who avoids sugars, mostly eats organic, and avoids processed foods.
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    When the grandkids visit I usally make cookies or something sweet for them to enjoy. Every single times she sees them she usually goes on about how they are unhealthy. We got into an
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    argument about this a few months ago about not giving the kids junk. I pointed out everything is homemade and I am not only serving them cookies. My son stepped in on this and we compromised that the kids can have one cookie when they are here.
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    This was good for a while until yesterday. The kids came over last night and I made a batch of cookies. They were cooling on the rack. Emily and my son decided to chat a bit before heading out. During that time Emily went into the kitchen and throw away the cookies.
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    When I asked her why she did it, she claimed I was doing me a favor since they are unhealthy.
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    I told yelled at her saying that she had no right to throw away food that I had worked hard to make. She got defensive and said she was just trying to help. My
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    son stepped in and told me to calm down, but I was furious. Emily left the room in tears, and now my son is saying I overreacted and should apologize.
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    I told my son that I will not be babysitting until he handles this situation and i will not apologize
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    AgnarCrackenhammer. 4 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [26] ΝΤΑ Emily is rude as . The occasional cookie or two won't kill the kids
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    Repulsive_Purple 7304 OP. 4 hr. ago edited 3 hr. ago She acts like I a poisoning them. It's a cookie. I am also since those were my cookies for the week. Chocolate chip with stuffed peanut butter inside.
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    mfruitfly 3 hr. ago Aficionado [15] NTA. Yes, parents get to decide how their children eat, and I think other people should respect that, unless it creates a burden (aka, if they want kids to eat vegan, but it is difficult to cook a separate meal, or they want specific foods but are unwilling to pay for those foods).
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    In this case, you could not serve the kids cookies at all, even if you are doing them a favor by babysitting. But you all COMPROMISED and agreed the kids could each have a cookie. And your DIL didn't just decide her kids couldn't have cookies, she threw away cookies for YOU, that you made, with your own ingredients.
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    You need to be clear with your son, you all agreed to this compromise, and it was incredible rude for your DIL to throw away your own food in your own home, and there is NO excuse for that. Would he be okay with you going in to their home and
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    opening up the cupboards and throwing away anything you wanted? No of course not. If DIL had decided she didn't want her kids to have cookies, she could have said that, instead she destroyed YOUR property.
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    You have nothing to apologize for, you didn't even call her names, you just yelled at her about the exact thing she did wrong. SHE needs to apologize to you and fully recognize that she drastically overstepped in
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    what is appropriate in someone else's home. She wasn't trying to "help" and they both know that, and I wouldn't let them back in my home at all until they could fully appreciate that and apologize.
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    icyyellowrose10 3 hr. ago OP may have made them for someone else with the intention to just save 2 for the kids. Straight up rude.
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    bu111000 2 hr. ago OP mentioned she made them for herself for the week in a comment. DIL is godawful, NTA Also throwing away someone else's stuff sneakily? Disgusting.
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    wmm09 3 hr. ago "she threw away cookies for YOU, that you made, with your ingredients." IN YOUR HOUSE!!!!!
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    I feel bad for your son. This is not the case of overbearing MIL. This is a case of unreasonable DIL.
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    quietgrrrlriot 3 hr. ago NTA - how is throwing out food not an overreaction? DIL has a ferociously unhealthy relationship with food if she can't even control her actions around food that doesn't belong to her.
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    Food isn't healthy or unhealthy, it's just food. If she cared so much, she could teach her child about moderation and making choices that are good for their body, rather micromanaging what the people around her consume.
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    If the DIL apologizes for throwing out your food, it is only fair to apologize for raising your voice and/or using unkind words—but she disrespected you in your own home, it's absurd that she thinks you would thank her for it.
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    anothertypicalcmmnt 3 hr. ago Aficionado [12] NTA What in the world gave Emily the idea she could throw away cookies in someone else's home. She doesn't even have the excuse that she thought they were old or stale or some how not good to eat, because you said they were
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    on a cooling rack!!! Emily owes you an apology, because she clearly overstepped in your home. She has a right to say what she wants her kids to eat or not eat but does not have that right over what you eat and what you have in your kitchen.
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