I have never formally asked, but DGS and I are itching for Mummy and Daddy to go out so we can see what we can find in the pantry, Daddy has great crisps, nuts and biscuits, until I have found them?
For me it defeats the purpose of a date night with my husband if I must first cook a meal before I get to go out to dinner, but I will order and pay for a pizza for the kids and grandparents before we leave. It’s rude to leave nothing for them. They’re also welcome to raid the pantry, which is usually stocked full of snacks.
We have only looked after out grandson once in the evening at their place and my daughter had left plenty of different snacks - and all things she knows we like
Whenever my parents babysit, I always have dinner in the oven for them so they can eat while they’re here! It’s the least I can do when they refuse to take money for babysitting. And they can eat any snacks/raid the pantry. I don’t care
I'm having my grandson for a sleepover on Saturday but obviously it's at my house. I used to look after him at his house before the virus and dd always had food in. However I was feeding him anyway. It might happen more as he gets bigger but they are home bodies really.
Most of my babysitting is done at my house, but if i were to go to theirs during a meal time, i would ask the question beforehand.
I don't mind to do a meal prep, and would of course include myself in the amount of food to cook.
If you are being overlooked, perhaps order take out after the little ones are in bed, and leave the containers all over their living room coffee table as a blatant hint!
I had worked all day, driven 45 mins, no parking spaces and there wasn’t a meal, although they hadn’t worked all day. I had to see to the DGCs bedtime before digging in the freezer.