Thwarted again!

[kaitou]

Man, I asked my dad if he'd like me to make something nice for him for Father's Day / his birthday, a cake or pie or something now that I've been doing all this cooking from scratch. He was all for it, but Mom said she'd already bought a box mix and can of frosting.

This happened on Mother's Day where I offered to cook something fancy or take her out for dinner, but she just wanted hamburgers. AND on my birthday where I had plans to make a nice dinner, but my mom changed the weekend I'd come up to visit and it was another box cake and ordinary dinner.

I shouldn't feel put out, but I'd really LIKE to cook something for my parents. Feeding someone else is 2/3rds the fun of cooking. Oh well, maybe during shutdown.

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[m_steelgrave]

I ran into this during the reunion. I had plans to try Not So Humble's amaretto lemon squares...but grandma made lemon pie. Not scratch lemon pie. Cool whip and lemon jello pie.

[kaitou]

I don't know why I'm so frustrated, but I am!