seriously? 3 hours isnt enough time?

I don't know.... I mean most meals take us one hour to make from SCRATCH.

unless they are crock pot meals and we make more than 3 servings in a crock pot meal normally and if it's not crock pot and is an oven meal... it's usually a pretty large chunk of meat if it takes 3 hours.

I suppose if it's a habit and i told him about it and I was in the habit of making meals that took HOURS it could be annoying but really most of our from scratch meals take no more than 2 hours. so I don't really see how three hours is not enough time unless you are about to hunt the animal yourself lol

but if it is a problem there is a simple solution....

TALK TO YOUR SPOUSE. TELL him that you can't accomodate an extra guest more than a day in advanced if you cant afford it. be honest with him. don't just expect him to KNOW. and if you have talked about it and he still does it then tell him NO. it's not rocket science. tell him "I'm sorry but I just don't have enough food prepared for the extra guest" and if he insists on it tell him "I told you I don't have enough food made and I can't make it up in time so tell him he can't come and tell him YOU made a mistake and don't have enough food for him or room for him"

pretty simple... HONESTY


Don't play games. be honest. tell him you don't have enough food NOR do you have enough money to pay for food for others. seriously don't play GAMES about it and act like you can pull it off

this is the basis of all relationships... honesty. don't lie to him... don't play games... don't fudge statistics or money etc etc. just tell him the truth. this is what you can afford and if he wants to invite people last minute then tell him what he is up against.