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NPR: Is this weird?

StrunellaStrunella member
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SIL and her partner always bring their own food when we all meet for family dinners.  They don't have any particular dietary constraints but SIL has the food palate of a 3 year old and her partner is constantly on a "diet" (though I never notice her losing any weight!).   I thought when you're a guest, you're supposed to be "polite" and work with the host's menu, maybe just declining what you can't/won't eat. 

 

 
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Re: NPR: Is this weird?

  • vanverthvanverth
    It is a bit rude but then if the family knows that she has a limited palate, they should make sure that there are several things on the menu that she likes to eat.  It's not like she started this all of a sudden. 
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  • PeppernutPeppernut
    That is pretty weird, but I guess it beats insisting on special food from the hostess?
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  • steverstever member
    Weird and rude.

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  • BrideBuddiesBrideBuddies member

    I could give it a "pass" if they did it every once in a while when they knew the menu included something they could not eat.  Example--my cousin and his wife would bring tofu dogs to a family BBQ since they're vegan and the rest of us were not.  That, to me, is no big deal.

    But if she does it every time and they don't even know what's being served?  Yeah, that's just rude.

     

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  • peeper72peeper72
    Good grief. My two year old is more flexible than those two!
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