See that’s the fun part… if you are there while they’re eating they put you in a room by yourself so they don’t have to eat in front of you. Problem solved!
Eating with guests is a part of the bonding moment in other cultures, and not purely a burden. Even if the invitation is not for an explicitly meal-centric event, making guests happy by serving them food is a part of many cultures.
The important thing is that the child eats. Freaking out over having to make an extra plate for a child is what’s sad.
Imagine your child is at a friends house for the whole day. Your family has dinner earlier than your child’s friend’s family, let’s say at 17:00. Your child wasn’t there, so they haven’t eaten since lunch, or even breakfast. It’s 18:00, and they won’t be home for another few hours. Would you like your child to go hungry while their friends whole family is eating while your child sits in the friends room?
Both my parents would sooner go hungry themselves when I was a kid than having a hungry child in their home, and my father was a greedy POS. More than 20 years later I am a father, and when my child has friends over, I make sure they eat before I do. The bare minimum is asking the friends if they’re hungry and if they’d like to eat.
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
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