Any other moms out just not order when you eat with your family?

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Anonymous wrote:Eating your kids leftovers is gross. Period. I have never and would never do this.

That’s a weird take.

Get this, at our house, we make extra and eat it the next day. So it’s EVERYONES leftovers, not just one persons. Even more gross!!

Eating food that has been on your kid's plate and potentially in their mouth is normal? What planet are we living on? We're not talking about the 1/2 pot of whatever that is leftover. These nutbjobs are literally eating the food that their kids have taken bites of. Yes, that's gross.

I mean, I think OP is crazy but I also find it very hard to believe no one has eaten a bite of their kids food? It's not some stranger its my literal DNA eating food I personally prepared!

I have eaten off people's plates. I have shared french fries with my kid, or tasted my DH's entree, or split an appetizer. I don't consider any of that weird.

But what does DNA have to do with germs?

DP, but I've never seen that point of avoiding my kids' germs. When they're sick they lie in bed with me and basically breath directly into my mouth, and I'm going to worry about eating food they've touched? Seems silly.

Gross. I take it you're talking about a 2 year old and not a 13 year old.

I'm the PP and I was thinking of my seven year old, who was just sick. Yes, I did cuddle with her, because she had a fever and was miserable and wanted to cuddle with her dad until she felt better enough to fall asleep. It seems weird to find that gross.

I don't need my kid so close to me that they are breathing in my mouth, sorry, that's ick. It does all of us no good if we're all sick at the same time. And if OP is talking about a 2 year old its really ridiculous to let a 2 year old order a meal and not get one yourself. 2 year olds should get a little food from their parents plates at dinner.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a very small appetite. I often don’t order because I’m concerned I won’t finish my food. So I pick a little from the others. But this is at a casual restaurant like Clyde’s or something. Obviously if it’s a special occasion /nice restaurant then I order something for myself.
. I do the same at home. Especially when I’m cooking for the family. I completely lose my appetite and often just sit at the table with an empty plate.

Well that's a really pathetic life you're living. Why bother sitting at the table?

This thread just keeps on giving with the crazy. It's quite entertaining. Keep it up.

Why is it pathetic. Should I force feed myself? I have a small appetite. I have no control over that.

You have nothing on your plate. That's not a small appetite that's no appetite. My MIL is like this, she's nearly 80 and still obsessed with her weight, eating like a bird, and critiquing how much everyone else eats. Like "2 slices of pizza?! That's too much, I could never!"

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Anonymous wrote:This sounds like an eating disorder.

When I was young any nannying I accompanied a family out to eat and the mom -- who clearly had disordered eating and exercise -- would do this regularly. It was upsetting. She also sat in child sized chairs in their home ... it was all weird and made me commit to being an adult when I was an adult.

That mom was like Bethenny Frankel, proud that she could fit her anorexic body into her 7 year old's clothes.

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Anonymous wrote:What?! No this is bizarre. If we go out to eat we all get an entree. If you can’t afford it just cook at home.

Not that I need to defend this but when I did it recently we were flying out of DCA and we needed to eat before our flight. We went to Ben Chili’s bowl which didn’t have a kid’s menu and when my daughter got chicken fingers I just didn’t get anything because I didn’t want to fly with leftovers or waste a crap ton of food. One chicken finger order was enough for both of us. She weighs about 45 lbs.

The ultimate White DCUM Almond Mom: go to a well-known DC landmark restaurant because you can snap a pic of the famous sign outside for Instagram, then go in and order not the world-famous chili or half-smokes, but nothing for you and then Mommy’s Going to Share Your Food. But hey, you put that pic up on Instagram and got your “street cred” for visiting Black-owned DC institution.

You sound insane. Since when is the airport a well known institution? I don't think you get street cred for it, or the original location.

I can't believe you made it racial. Good Lord you have problems.

Hon, she's talking about Ben's Chili Bowl. I don't even live in DC and I know this. Cripes.

The airport location is NOT the well known establishment.

It’s still ignorant not to have any idea what the PP is referencing.

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I think it's a poor person harping over how many entrees ordered, sharing, "boorish", three entrees at a fourtop (FFS?), etc. The wealthy literally do not care what servers think. It would not occur to them to not do exactly what they please in a restaurant. I'm not ordering soup if I don't want it. I'll absolutely split entrees and pay the price, bring wine from our own cellars and pay the corking fee, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Eating your kids leftovers is gross. Period. I have never and would never do this.

That’s a weird take.

Get this, at our house, we make extra and eat it the next day. So it’s EVERYONES leftovers, not just one persons. Even more gross!!

Eating food that has been on your kid's plate and potentially in their mouth is normal? What planet are we living on? We're not talking about the 1/2 pot of whatever that is leftover. These nutbjobs are literally eating the food that their kids have taken bites of. Yes, that's gross.

I mean, I think OP is crazy but I also find it very hard to believe no one has eaten a bite of their kids food? It's not some stranger its my literal DNA eating food I personally prepared!

I have eaten off people's plates. I have shared french fries with my kid, or tasted my DH's entree, or split an appetizer. I don't consider any of that weird.

But what does DNA have to do with germs?

DP, but I've never seen that point of avoiding my kids' germs. When they're sick they lie in bed with me and basically breath directly into my mouth, and I'm going to worry about eating food they've touched? Seems silly.

Gross. I take it you're talking about a 2 year old and not a 13 year old.

I'm the PP and I was thinking of my seven year old, who was just sick. Yes, I did cuddle with her, because she had a fever and was miserable and wanted to cuddle with her dad until she felt better enough to fall asleep. It seems weird to find that gross.

I don't need my kid so close to me that they are breathing in my mouth, sorry, that's ick. It does all of us no good if we're all sick at the same time. And if OP is talking about a 2 year old its really ridiculous to let a 2 year old order a meal and not get one yourself. 2 year olds should get a little food from their parents plates at dinner.

"Don't get too close, sweetie, you're sick and mommy doesn't really love you"

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's a poor person harping over how many entrees ordered, sharing, "boorish", three entrees at a fourtop (FFS?), etc. The wealthy literally do not care what servers think. It would not occur to them to not do exactly what they please in a restaurant. I'm not ordering soup if I don't want it. I'll absolutely split entrees and pay the price, bring wine from our own cellars and pay the corking fee, etc.

You clearly are not a wealthy person. Nobody brings their own wine to pay the corkage fee unless you're majorly cheap. And you're clearly misunderstanding this thread. Avoiding ordering your own plate to eat your child's crusts is extremely weird and zero wealthy people would do that.

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Anonymous wrote:Eating your kids leftovers is gross. Period. I have never and would never do this.

That’s a weird take.

Get this, at our house, we make extra and eat it the next day. So it’s EVERYONES leftovers, not just one persons. Even more gross!!

Eating food that has been on your kid's plate and potentially in their mouth is normal? What planet are we living on? We're not talking about the 1/2 pot of whatever that is leftover. These nutbjobs are literally eating the food that their kids have taken bites of. Yes, that's gross.

I mean, I think OP is crazy but I also find it very hard to believe no one has eaten a bite of their kids food? It's not some stranger its my literal DNA eating food I personally prepared!

I have eaten off people's plates. I have shared french fries with my kid, or tasted my DH's entree, or split an appetizer. I don't consider any of that weird.

But what does DNA have to do with germs?

DP, but I've never seen that point of avoiding my kids' germs. When they're sick they lie in bed with me and basically breath directly into my mouth, and I'm going to worry about eating food they've touched? Seems silly.

Gross. I take it you're talking about a 2 year old and not a 13 year old.

I'm the PP and I was thinking of my seven year old, who was just sick. Yes, I did cuddle with her, because she had a fever and was miserable and wanted to cuddle with her dad until she felt better enough to fall asleep. It seems weird to find that gross.

I don't need my kid so close to me that they are breathing in my mouth, sorry, that's ick. It does all of us no good if we're all sick at the same time. And if OP is talking about a 2 year old its really ridiculous to let a 2 year old order a meal and not get one yourself. 2 year olds should get a little food from their parents plates at dinner.

"Don't get too close, sweetie, you're sick and mommy doesn't really love you"

Of course the mommy martyr would think that way. But she probably just feels guilt that she sent her sick kid to daycare all day and wants to make up for it at night.

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Anonymous wrote:Food insecurity is a real thing. This thread is very cringe

So many people seeped in almond mom life

This is not a thread about food insecurity. People who are for real food insecure are not eating in restaurants. If you’re really food insecure, you are getting food at food banks and cooking at home. This is a thread about mommy martyrs with disordered eating.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a very small appetite. I often don’t order because I’m concerned I won’t finish my food. So I pick a little from the others. But this is at a casual restaurant like Clyde’s or something. Obviously if it’s a special occasion /nice restaurant then I order something for myself.
. I do the same at home. Especially when I’m cooking for the family. I completely lose my appetite and often just sit at the table with an empty plate.

Well that's a really pathetic life you're living. Why bother sitting at the table?

This thread just keeps on giving with the crazy. It's quite entertaining. Keep it up.

Why is it pathetic. Should I force feed myself? I have a small appetite. I have no control over that.

NP. You have no social graces whatsoever. If you did, you would at least order soup. No, you don’t have to force-feed yourself, but ordering nothing and sitting there picking up scraps from others is incredibly rude. You put them on the spot; they feel they need to share to see to your comfort, even if they really want the entire portion. It’s rude to your server, who has every right to expect a party of 6 to act like a party of 6.

I have two friends with eating/food issues. They aren’t rude, though, so if you were a total stranger, you’d never guess. They order something very small, make good conversation, and don’t scrounge around for fries or bites of chicken.

I said I do not do this in a nice restaurant - I do it at home or when we take the kids somewhere casual on the run.......

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This is so weird. So you just wait to see what is leftover and eat after your family has finished. So weird.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a very small appetite. I often don’t order because I’m concerned I won’t finish my food. So I pick a little from the others. But this is at a casual restaurant like Clyde’s or something. Obviously if it’s a special occasion /nice restaurant then I order something for myself.
. I do the same at home. Especially when I’m cooking for the family. I completely lose my appetite and often just sit at the table with an empty plate.

Well that's a really pathetic life you're living. Why bother sitting at the table?

This thread just keeps on giving with the crazy. It's quite entertaining. Keep it up.

Why is it pathetic. Should I force feed myself? I have a small appetite. I have no control over that.

NP. You have no social graces whatsoever. If you did, you would at least order soup. No, you don’t have to force-feed yourself, but ordering nothing and sitting there picking up scraps from others is incredibly rude. You put them on the spot; they feel they need to share to see to your comfort, even if they really want the entire portion. It’s rude to your server, who has every right to expect a party of 6 to act like a party of 6.

I have two friends with eating/food issues. They aren’t rude, though, so if you were a total stranger, you’d never guess. They order something very small, make good conversation, and don’t scrounge around for fries or bites of chicken.

no, i do not have an eating disorder I just have a small appetite - why does everyone accuse people who aren't obsessed with food of having an eating disorder.??....I have just never been a big eater.....I said I do not pick off my kid's plates during meals. I said I nibble a little while preparing and then was usually not hungry enough to make a plate for myself once everyone sat down. Also, cooking seems to cause me to lose my appetite. I eat small meals throughout the day - if I know we are going to a nice restaurant for dinner then I make sure to try and save my appetite for that.....I do not think that is "pathetic" or lacking of "social graces"

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Anonymous wrote:I have a very small appetite. I often don’t order because I’m concerned I won’t finish my food. So I pick a little from the others. But this is at a casual restaurant like Clyde’s or something. Obviously if it’s a special occasion /nice restaurant then I order something for myself.
. I do the same at home. Especially when I’m cooking for the family. I completely lose my appetite and often just sit at the table with an empty plate.

Well that's a really pathetic life you're living. Why bother sitting at the table?

This thread just keeps on giving with the crazy. It's quite entertaining. Keep it up.

Why is it pathetic. Should I force feed myself? I have a small appetite. I have no control over that.

NP. You have no social graces whatsoever. If you did, you would at least order soup. No, you don’t have to force-feed yourself, but ordering nothing and sitting there picking up scraps from others is incredibly rude. You put them on the spot; they feel they need to share to see to your comfort, even if they really want the entire portion. It’s rude to your server, who has every right to expect a party of 6 to act like a party of 6.

I have two friends with eating/food issues. They aren’t rude, though, so if you were a total stranger, you’d never guess. They order something very small, make good conversation, and don’t scrounge around for fries or bites of chicken.

I said I do not do this in a nice restaurant - I do it at home or when we take the kids somewhere casual on the run.......

So what? You said Clyde's. Clyde's isn't amazing, but it's also not McDonald's. A meal at Clyde's is going to take some time. And that time at the table is beyond awkward when one person is picking and pecking, eating scraps. Of course people are going to feel pressured not to eat all their food even if they want to, because they're going to feel like they need to provide for the person who is relying on scraps. Of course they're going to feel rushed, because after all, someone in the party has already been "done" since before the meal even started. And of course they are going to feel controlled if they can't even eat the full portion of food without pressure and the clock ticking. Such horrible, rude behavior, and what a bad example for kids, especially girls.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a very small appetite. I often don’t order because I’m concerned I won’t finish my food. So I pick a little from the others. But this is at a casual restaurant like Clyde’s or something. Obviously if it’s a special occasion /nice restaurant then I order something for myself.
. I do the same at home. Especially when I’m cooking for the family. I completely lose my appetite and often just sit at the table with an empty plate.

Well that's a really pathetic life you're living. Why bother sitting at the table?

This thread just keeps on giving with the crazy. It's quite entertaining. Keep it up.

Why is it pathetic. Should I force feed myself? I have a small appetite. I have no control over that.

NP. You have no social graces whatsoever. If you did, you would at least order soup. No, you don’t have to force-feed yourself, but ordering nothing and sitting there picking up scraps from others is incredibly rude. You put them on the spot; they feel they need to share to see to your comfort, even if they really want the entire portion. It’s rude to your server, who has every right to expect a party of 6 to act like a party of 6.

I have two friends with eating/food issues. They aren’t rude, though, so if you were a total stranger, you’d never guess. They order something very small, make good conversation, and don’t scrounge around for fries or bites of chicken.

no, i do not have an eating disorder I just have a small appetite - why does everyone accuse people who aren't obsessed with food of having an eating disorder.??....I have just never been a big eater.....I said I do not pick off my kid's plates during meals. I said I nibble a little while preparing and then was usually not hungry enough to make a plate for myself once everyone sat down. Also, cooking seems to cause me to lose my appetite. I eat small meals throughout the day - if I know we are going to a nice restaurant for dinner then I make sure to try and save my appetite for that.....I do not think that is "pathetic" or lacking of "social graces"

Well, you're wrong. You make others feel pressured, controlled, hyper-observed, rushed, and bad for eating.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a very small appetite. I often don’t order because I’m concerned I won’t finish my food. So I pick a little from the others. But this is at a casual restaurant like Clyde’s or something. Obviously if it’s a special occasion /nice restaurant then I order something for myself.
. I do the same at home. Especially when I’m cooking for the family. I completely lose my appetite and often just sit at the table with an empty plate.

Well that's a really pathetic life you're living. Why bother sitting at the table?

This thread just keeps on giving with the crazy. It's quite entertaining. Keep it up.

Why is it pathetic. Should I force feed myself? I have a small appetite. I have no control over that.

NP. You have no social graces whatsoever. If you did, you would at least order soup. No, you don’t have to force-feed yourself, but ordering nothing and sitting there picking up scraps from others is incredibly rude. You put them on the spot; they feel they need to share to see to your comfort, even if they really want the entire portion. It’s rude to your server, who has every right to expect a party of 6 to act like a party of 6.

I have two friends with eating/food issues. They aren’t rude, though, so if you were a total stranger, you’d never guess. They order something very small, make good conversation, and don’t scrounge around for fries or bites of chicken.

I said I do not do this in a nice restaurant - I do it at home or when we take the kids somewhere casual on the run.......

So what? You said Clyde's. Clyde's isn't amazing, but it's also not McDonald's. A meal at Clyde's is going to take some time. And that time at the table is beyond awkward when one person is picking and pecking, eating scraps. Of course people are going to feel pressured not to eat all their food even if they want to, because they're going to feel like they need to provide for the person who is relying on scraps. Of course they're going to feel rushed, because after all, someone in the party has already been "done" since before the meal even started. And of course they are going to feel controlled if they can't even eat the full portion of food without pressure and the clock ticking. Such horrible, rude behavior, and what a bad example for kids, especially girls.

The Clydes (or McDonalds, etc. ) example is my popping in with just my kids because they are hungry - I used the Clydes example because we often go there after doctor appointments for lunch - we are not with guests or family or friends - they eat and I may have a soda - I am not picking on the scraps like an anxious bird or squirrel.......no different than if they came into the kitchen from being outside playing and I whip them up some sandwiches at the kitchen counter - I don't sit and eat with them....... that is not strange at all....