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Any other moms out just not order when you eat with your family?
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Anonymous
| curious if others do this. I just can't handle either the food waste or the expense, so I basically never order. I know the kids wont ever finish their food despite their insistence they will. I was like - I cannot be the only one. |
Anonymous
| Why? Do you eat their leftovers? Why not order and bring home leftovers? I bet your partner eats and doesn’t worry about it. |
Anonymous
| No, when mine were little I'd sometimes get meals to share but no, that's silly. Get your kids kids meals or have them share. |
Anonymous
| I do but it ends up being embarrassing because I often AM hungry and I do want food but my kids and DH are massive eaters. It’s frustrating because even a trip to Taco Bell costs like $40. I end up ordering something small for myself and then hoping my kids don’t finish their food. The whole thing is just kinda sad. I’m pushing for us to eat out less because it’s so expensive and I’m sick of what hogs my family members are. I wish they’d understand they don’t have to ALWAYS get every single item that they want. |
Anonymous
op - where we live there are very few kid meal type restaurants, and everything is super expensive. |
Anonymous
| I eat a ton, so no this does not describe me |
Anonymous
OP - THIS everything is SO EXPENSIVE. And we do pretty well, but somehow every single meal ends up being so much. and my kids likely completely opposite foods. |
Anonymous
| I’ve never heard of this. I always order if we go out. Sometimes I will intentionally pick something I know will make good leftovers that I can take to work. If I’m not gonna eat then we’re not going out. |
Anonymous
| I do the same. Will usually order soup or a side for myself and then help the kids with their plates. |
Anonymous
| Stop being doormats. You control the kids, and you open your mouth and tell them no if they want to order too much/something too expensive. If you can’t afford to eat a meal at that restaurant then none of you eat out and cook at home. |
Anonymous
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I think this sends a depressing message to kids. It's the kind of thing I could see my mom doing when I was a kid, because she was a martyr to motherhood and would constantly set aside her own needs to accommodate a tight budget or something her kids needed. It was messed up.
We do go places where we can take home leftovers, and we order with an eye towards leftovers when choosing food for kids, knowing they don't eat as much. Often we can get 3 meals for them out of one restaurant order because many restaurants just serve so much food. It's also pretty common for me to only eat half my meal and then have the rest for lunch the next day. So no food waste and it's pretty economical. |
Anonymous
| This sounds like an eating disorder. |
Anonymous
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Sometimes I split something one of the kids, yes. Other times I put my foot down and have them share something or order something smaller (when I know they will not finish a large entree). Especially when traveling (and can’t bring home leftovers) or something that will not reheat well.
Also depends how hungry I am and if there is something I really want on the menu or not. |
Anonymous
| If you get the free bread sticks, I'm sure you could make a cross out of them. |
Anonymous
| What? Absolutely not. I order! If a kid wants to go nuts and I know they can’t eat it, I curtail it (I have one who would get a crab salad appetizer and then full-size crab cakes if left to her own devices) |