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[sarah and hicham 3]

Ummmm why on earth are you fattening him up? Are you going to eat him? I would be pissed if I knew someone was basically making me gain weight without me knowing. Yikes!

well it is winter, and maybe she wants to stay warmer

Shouldn't he know how he wants to be and if he wants to gain weight he can do that but adding mayo to fatten him up? That's just weird. I would think he could choose if he wanted to gain weight or not.

[sarachid 0]

Hey I didn't realize you live in SA too. Small world! Are you an Ali Baba's customer too? Or do you have somewhere better to go to that you've discovered?

Ali Baba all the way ! We are there at least once or twice a week. The owners are very nice... by the way they are Palestinian... from Gaza.

-MK

... my hubbster though.. bread with everything..he'll starve if there is no bread..he won't eat a thing without it... I still haven't gotten used to it.

Ha !! We also MUST have bread at every meal, but for the opposite reason. Without it, my husband never feels full... he'll just keep eating. He's already like a swarm of locusts around food, so it's best to have bread available.

-MK

I wish I had that problem with mine.. He doesn't eat enough. Since he got here, he has lost around 20 lbs. He doesn't eat if I'm not at hom ewith him unless I call him from work and make him promise to eat. If he says he promises, then he has to..the man can't break a promise..

oo oo ooo 1 thing I forgot is...we were taught at a very young age some degree of etiquette. No talking with ur mouth full, do not shove food into ur mouth, SLOW DOWN FOR GODS SAKE, YOU'RE NOT IN A FIRE, don't gulp...sip... My husband was not taught a single one of these things. NOT ONE!!! He says they all eat like that there and I do distinctly remember being shocked at their table/floor manners (or the lack there of) now, there was no burping or passing gas (i was thankful for that).

Here, I constantly am telling my son to slow down and all the other things I stated above. Noor always says, let him eat.. hehe so I tell Noor he needs to slow down as well (and the other things too) We are always laughing about that. He tells me I'm too slow and I tell him he is too fast

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.

*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all

*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat

*extra mayo on his sandwiches

*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest

oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

Ummmm why on earth are you fattening him up? Are you going to eat him? I would be pissed if I knew someone was basically making me gain weight without me knowing. Yikes!

he told me to before he came here.... he knows ... ok if I eat what he eats I will gain weight too.. but I don't want that and he will not eat without me so I eat slower and less than him.... that was all my point... no drama here

Ummmm why on earth are you fattening him up? Are you going to eat him? I would be pissed if I knew someone was basically making me gain weight without me knowing. Yikes!

well it is winter, and maybe she wants to stay warmer

Shouldn't he know how he wants to be and if he wants to gain weight he can do that but adding mayo to fatten him up? That's just weird. I would think he could choose if he wanted to gain weight or not.

see my other post... I am not doing anything he is not aware of ... he asked me to help him gain some weight.... please don't try to turn my silly little post into something bad....

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.

*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all

*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat

*extra mayo on his sandwiches

*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest

oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

wait, are you saying to do this on purpose and he doesn't know? I'm very confused why you would do this? Why not make him pasta a couple more nights a week?

he knows c'mon it was meant to be funny...

[sarah and hicham 3]

Hey I didn't realize you live in SA too. Small world! Are you an Ali Baba's customer too? Or do you have somewhere better to go to that you've discovered?

Ali Baba all the way ! We are there at least once or twice a week. The owners are very nice... by the way they are Palestinian... from Gaza.

-MK

... my hubbster though.. bread with everything..he'll starve if there is no bread..he won't eat a thing without it... I still haven't gotten used to it.

Ha !! We also MUST have bread at every meal, but for the opposite reason. Without it, my husband never feels full... he'll just keep eating. He's already like a swarm of locusts around food, so it's best to have bread available.

-MK

I wish I had that problem with mine.. He doesn't eat enough. Since he got here, he has lost around 20 lbs. He doesn't eat if I'm not at hom ewith him unless I call him from work and make him promise to eat. If he says he promises, then he has to..the man can't break a promise..

oo oo ooo 1 thing I forgot is...we were taught at a very young age some degree of etiquette. No talking with ur mouth full, do not shove food into ur mouth, SLOW DOWN FOR GODS SAKE, YOU'RE NOT IN A FIRE, don't gulp...sip... My husband was not taught a single one of these things. NOT ONE!!! He says they all eat like that there and I do distinctly remember being shocked at their table/floor manners (or the lack there of) now, there was no burping or passing gas (i was thankful for that).

Here, I constantly am telling my son to slow down and all the other things I stated above. Noor always says, let him eat.. hehe so I tell Noor he needs to slow down as well (and the other things too) We are always laughing about that. He tells me I'm too slow and I tell him he is too fast

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.

*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all

*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat

*extra mayo on his sandwiches

*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest

oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

Ummmm why on earth are you fattening him up? Are you going to eat him? I would be pissed if I knew someone was basically making me gain weight without me knowing. Yikes!

he told me to before he came here.... he knows ... ok if I eat what he eats I will gain weight too.. but I don't want that and he will not eat without me so I eat slower and less than him.... that was all my point... no drama here

Ummmm why on earth are you fattening him up? Are you going to eat him? I would be pissed if I knew someone was basically making me gain weight without me knowing. Yikes!

well it is winter, and maybe she wants to stay warmer

Shouldn't he know how he wants to be and if he wants to gain weight he can do that but adding mayo to fatten him up? That's just weird. I would think he could choose if he wanted to gain weight or not.

see my other post... I am not doing anything he is not aware of ... he asked me to help him gain some weight.... please don't try to turn my silly little post into something bad....

I am not tryin gto make it something bad. I am just saying that seems very weird to me. The reason why is because that is a very unhealthy way to gain weight using mayo cheese and cookies. That's all.

[sarachid 0]

Hey I didn't realize you live in SA too. Small world! Are you an Ali Baba's customer too? Or do you have somewhere better to go to that you've discovered?

Ali Baba all the way ! We are there at least once or twice a week. The owners are very nice... by the way they are Palestinian... from Gaza.

-MK

... my hubbster though.. bread with everything..he'll starve if there is no bread..he won't eat a thing without it... I still haven't gotten used to it.

Ha !! We also MUST have bread at every meal, but for the opposite reason. Without it, my husband never feels full... he'll just keep eating. He's already like a swarm of locusts around food, so it's best to have bread available.

-MK

I wish I had that problem with mine.. He doesn't eat enough. Since he got here, he has lost around 20 lbs. He doesn't eat if I'm not at hom ewith him unless I call him from work and make him promise to eat. If he says he promises, then he has to..the man can't break a promise..

oo oo ooo 1 thing I forgot is...we were taught at a very young age some degree of etiquette. No talking with ur mouth full, do not shove food into ur mouth, SLOW DOWN FOR GODS SAKE, YOU'RE NOT IN A FIRE, don't gulp...sip... My husband was not taught a single one of these things. NOT ONE!!! He says they all eat like that there and I do distinctly remember being shocked at their table/floor manners (or the lack there of) now, there was no burping or passing gas (i was thankful for that).

Here, I constantly am telling my son to slow down and all the other things I stated above. Noor always says, let him eat.. hehe so I tell Noor he needs to slow down as well (and the other things too) We are always laughing about that. He tells me I'm too slow and I tell him he is too fast

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.

*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all

*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat

*extra mayo on his sandwiches

*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest

oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

Ummmm why on earth are you fattening him up? Are you going to eat him? I would be pissed if I knew someone was basically making me gain weight without me knowing. Yikes!

he told me to before he came here.... he knows ... ok if I eat what he eats I will gain weight too.. but I don't want that and he will not eat without me so I eat slower and less than him.... that was all my point... no drama here

Ummmm why on earth are you fattening him up? Are you going to eat him? I would be pissed if I knew someone was basically making me gain weight without me knowing. Yikes!

well it is winter, and maybe she wants to stay warmer

Shouldn't he know how he wants to be and if he wants to gain weight he can do that but adding mayo to fatten him up? That's just weird. I would think he could choose if he wanted to gain weight or not.

see my other post... I am not doing anything he is not aware of ... he asked me to help him gain some weight.... please don't try to turn my silly little post into something bad....

I am not tryin gto make it something bad. I am just saying that seems very weird to me. The reason why is because that is a very unhealthy way to gain weight using mayo cheese and cookies. That's all.

As I appreciate your concern for my husband’s well being, and knowing your intentions are pure and true. You can’t possibly believe that I would deceive my husband or would I do anything to put him in any harm.

[sarah and hicham 3]

Sarah I didn't say you were harming him. I am saying 1. I would be mad if someone did that to me and 2. that is not a healthy way to gain weight. That's it!

[noura 0]

Sarah I didn't say you were harming him. I am saying 1. I would be mad if someone did that to me and 2. that is not a healthy way to gain weight. That's it!

there is not enough drama on the board lately for Sarah, so that's why she's nitpicking you Sarachid... it isn't a good day unless there's drama for Sarah to muddle about in

now... Sarah... cool ur jets........ i'm just picking on you - and giving u a little drama to waddle in!

[sarah and hicham 3]

Sarah I didn't say you were harming him. I am saying 1. I would be mad if someone did that to me and 2. that is not a healthy way to gain weight. That's it!

there is not enough drama on the board lately for Sarah, so that's why she's nitpicking you Sarachid... it isn't a good day unless there's drama for Sarah to muddle about in

now... Sarah... cool ur jets........ i'm just picking on you - and giving u a little drama to waddle in!

riiiight. The smilies aren't working.

Also Noura I am not the only one who said that sounded strange.

I thought you never wanted to be involved in any drama and there you are instigating some then putting a cute little smiley after it.

Edited December 1, 2006 by sarah and hicham

[noura 0]

Sarah I didn't say you were harming him. I am saying 1. I would be mad if someone did that to me and 2. that is not a healthy way to gain weight. That's it!

there is not enough drama on the board lately for Sarah, so that's why she's nitpicking you Sarachid... it isn't a good day unless there's drama for Sarah to muddle about in

now... Sarah... cool ur jets........ i'm just picking on you - and giving u a little drama to waddle in!

riiiight. The smilies aren't working.

Also Noura I am not the only one who said that sounded strange.

I thought you never wanted to be involved in any drama and there you are instigating some then putting a cute little smiley after it.

u love it! u know u do.... gotta actually do some work now... tah tah!

eta.... oops! i forgot to add some cute little smileys

Edited December 1, 2006 by noura

[sarah and hicham 3]

Sarah I didn't say you were harming him. I am saying 1. I would be mad if someone did that to me and 2. that is not a healthy way to gain weight. That's it!

there is not enough drama on the board lately for Sarah, so that's why she's nitpicking you Sarachid... it isn't a good day unless there's drama for Sarah to muddle about in

now... Sarah... cool ur jets........ i'm just picking on you - and giving u a little drama to waddle in!

riiiight. The smilies aren't working.

Also Noura I am not the only one who said that sounded strange.

I thought you never wanted to be involved in any drama and there you are instigating some then putting a cute little smiley after it.

u love it! u know u do.... gotta actually do some work now... tah tah!

mmk see ya.

[morocco4ever 63]

Hey I didn't realize you live in SA too. Small world! Are you an Ali Baba's customer too? Or do you have somewhere better to go to that you've discovered?

Ali Baba all the way ! We are there at least once or twice a week. The owners are very nice... by the way they are Palestinian... from Gaza.

-MK

... my hubbster though.. bread with everything..he'll starve if there is no bread..he won't eat a thing without it... I still haven't gotten used to it.

Ha !! We also MUST have bread at every meal, but for the opposite reason. Without it, my husband never feels full... he'll just keep eating. He's already like a swarm of locusts around food, so it's best to have bread available.

-MK

I wish I had that problem with mine.. He doesn't eat enough. Since he got here, he has lost around 20 lbs. He doesn't eat if I'm not at hom ewith him unless I call him from work and make him promise to eat. If he says he promises, then he has to..the man can't break a promise..

oo oo ooo 1 thing I forgot is...we were taught at a very young age some degree of etiquette. No talking with ur mouth full, do not shove food into ur mouth, SLOW DOWN FOR GODS SAKE, YOU'RE NOT IN A FIRE, don't gulp...sip... My husband was not taught a single one of these things. NOT ONE!!! He says they all eat like that there and I do distinctly remember being shocked at their table/floor manners (or the lack there of) now, there was no burping or passing gas (i was thankful for that).

Here, I constantly am telling my son to slow down and all the other things I stated above. Noor always says, let him eat.. hehe so I tell Noor he needs to slow down as well (and the other things too) We are always laughing about that. He tells me I'm too slow and I tell him he is too fast

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.

*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all

*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat

*extra mayo on his sandwiches

*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest

oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

Ummmm why on earth are you fattening him up? Are you going to eat him? I would be pissed if I knew someone was basically making me gain weight without me knowing. Yikes!

he told me to before he came here.... he knows ... ok if I eat what he eats I will gain weight too.. but I don't want that and he will not eat without me so I eat slower and less than him.... that was all my point... no drama here

Ummmm why on earth are you fattening him up? Are you going to eat him? I would be pissed if I knew someone was basically making me gain weight without me knowing. Yikes!

well it is winter, and maybe she wants to stay warmer

Shouldn't he know how he wants to be and if he wants to gain weight he can do that but adding mayo to fatten him up? That's just weird. I would think he could choose if he wanted to gain weight or not.

see my other post... I am not doing anything he is not aware of ... he asked me to help him gain some weight.... please don't try to turn my silly little post into something bad....

I am not tryin gto make it something bad. I am just saying that seems very weird to me. The reason why is because that is a very unhealthy way to gain weight using mayo cheese and cookies. That's all.

Just feed him vegetables, no butter, skim milk, no carbs and he shouldn't fatten up nicely....well it works for me!

Okay, whats going on with the quotes this time???

[noura 0]

quotes are getting jiggy w/ us!

[amal 4]

I couldn't believe the pile of sandals they had for everyone at the door. Then I'd see them wearing each other's. I saw my fiance walking around in some of his sister's pretty sandals sometimes too. Then when I saw someone put mine on, I had to contain myself! I just couldn't get over the fact that someone else's feet were in my shoes.

I came downstairs one morning to find all of the rugs off the floors, soaking wet outside and his sisters using the garden hose in the house. The water was running all over the floors. I must have had a really horrified look on my face because his sisters, aunts and his mom started laughing when they saw me.

My fiance always tells me if he can hear that I have a sniffle or a cold that I must have gone outside with my hair wet. The last time he told me this, I must have heard the thought that went through my head as always (yeah right, you've got to be kidding me) because before I could say anything he added, "I don't know. That's what my mother always tells me."

I know the temperature is going to be a big problem for us when he gets here. The rental car we had in Morocco was always too cold for him with the a/c on. He always had to have the window open. One of us will always be either too cold or too hot I'm sure.

The whole sharing the glass thing. My face tells all what I'm thinking about and feeling so I really had to really fight hard to be sure not to let my eyes bug out of my head whenever someone would use my glass at his family's house. I loved it when they would bring a bottle of water and then one glass for the dozen or so people sitting around the table. That and I love to drink a lot of water when I'm eating. So compared to them, I felt like I was guzzling the water so I would try not to hog the one water glass form everyone else. But then I'd find all of the bread (which I am soooo not used to eating) getting caught in my throat because my throat was so dry from the bread. They always wondered why I was eating so slow. I didn't want to say that I was practically choking trying to get the bread down. I told my fiance that I had eaten more bread with him in two weeks than I had in 2 years. Then he proceded to tell his mother that for me...

Humor! Whew! It's not just me then! I have had those lectures too. We can laugh about so many things but once in a while, there will be something that I said and he will go on and on so serious about why it isn't funny.

I tried to get all the quotes for all of these things. I need to practice figuring that out some more.

When your SO's did get here, how much stuff did they bring with them? How much room will I really have to make in my closet and dressers?

He didn't bring near enough. We had to go shopping for proper clothes for here even though I told him many times the things he needed to bring. I gave him 1/2 of the closet and 1 dresser. (I dunno 'bout you all but I grew up with the idea that the long dresser with the mirror was for the woman and the taller dresser was for the man... so, I gave him the mans dresser) It isn't enough room for him but we're making it work. I still need to downsize my wardrobe ...I just don't know what to get rid of.....

[Fandango 1,440]

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.

*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all

*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat

*extra mayo on his sandwiches

*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest

oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

water helps ppl lose weight, not gain. And if your husband wanted to gain weight, there are healthier ways, such as weight gain protein shakes.....mayo and cookies and whatnot is an awful way to gain weight. Why not make him drink melted butter?

[tmma 467]

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.

*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all

*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat

*extra mayo on his sandwiches

*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest

oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

Is he micromanaging your weight and food intake the same way you are micromanaging his weight and food intake?

Why are you wanting to fatten him?

Edited December 2, 2006 by tmma

[Fandango 1,440]

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.

*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all

*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat

*extra mayo on his sandwiches

*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest

oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

Is he micromanaging your weight and food intake the same way you are micromanaging his weight and food intake?

Why are you wanting to fatten him?

Excellent questions Shele!

I can feel my arteries closing just having this discussion