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

[Anonymous]

I don’t get the eating disorder comments. No one is starving themselves. OP is trying to be practical and not bring home leftovers that will likely be thrown out uneaten anyhow. I get that point. But no I don’t do this. Mainly because I have no desire to eat leftover bits of nuggets, fries, half a hamburger smothered in ketsup and the other gross food my kids will order. I’d rather have food waste than eat something I don’t really want or enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Nope. I’m a grown a$$ adult and order what I want.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You have an eating disorder

How do you figure?

OP I did this all the time when my kids were younger. In actual restaurants I would usually order a side salad or soup or something to eat along with inevitability picking off their plates. There’s nothing “disordered” about it!

op - yes this is what i do.
it's not because i dont want to eat at all. i just dont want to spend another $20-$30 and then have a bunch of leftovers.

So you do order? Why start a thread saying you don’t order anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the eating disorder comments. No one is starving themselves. OP is trying to be practical and not bring home leftovers that will likely be thrown out uneaten anyhow. I get that point. But no I don’t do this. Mainly because I have no desire to eat leftover bits of nuggets, fries, half a hamburger smothered in ketsup and the other gross food my kids will order. I’d rather have food waste than eat something I don’t really want or enjoy.

Or she could, you know, eat the leftovers.

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Anonymous wrote:I sometimes did this because I am cheap, picky, and don’t like to see food wasted. I don’t think it’s a big deal. Now that my kids are older and more likely to finish their meals, I rarely skip ordering. I don’t see why people need to shame others so much.

The shamers in this thread are most likely fat gluttons who are justifying their over spending and over eating as being… feminism?

So, you think that people who actually eat dinner are “over eaters” and “fat?” But, you’re the one without weird food hangups?

No I think the people shaming OP are fat over eaters. Work on your reading comprehension.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I sometimes did this because I am cheap, picky, and don’t like to see food wasted. I don’t think it’s a big deal. Now that my kids are older and more likely to finish their meals, I rarely skip ordering. I don’t see why people need to shame others so much.

The shamers in this thread are most likely fat gluttons who are justifying their over spending and over eating as being… feminism?

Joining this thread for the first time, but that doesn't sound right. I'm a size 2 mother of two, and when I go out to a restaurant I want to fully enjoy the experience and order something delicious that I can't cook at home, so that's what I do.

Frequently just snack at home for dinner or eat the kids leftovers nuggets or something, but not if I'm spending the time and expense going to a restaurant. One additional entree is not a big deal if you are already out.

Another genius who can’t read. If this is your first post then you weren’t one of the “shamers” in this thread. Therefore the post you replied to wasn’t directed at you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I sometimes did this because I am cheap, picky, and don’t like to see food wasted. I don’t think it’s a big deal. Now that my kids are older and more likely to finish their meals, I rarely skip ordering. I don’t see why people need to shame others so much.

The shamers in this thread are most likely fat gluttons who are justifying their over spending and over eating as being… feminism?

So, you think that people who actually eat dinner are “over eaters” and “fat?” But, you’re the one without weird food hangups?

No I think the people shaming OP are fat over eaters. Work on your reading comprehension.

Disordered behavior should be described as such. It does no one any good to pretend that OP is healthy and okay. She's not. It's like calling it "shaming" to describe a tumor as cancer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. I’m a grown a$$ adult and order what I want.

You are not as mature as you think you are. The bolded language is somehow both childish AND trashy.

[Anonymous]

I definitely do this. We only rarely take the kids to a restaurant - so I let them order what they want even if it ends up being 3 kids meals. I’ll usually get an app or a side and eat some of their fries, tacos or whatever. We don’t have a ton of leftovers.

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Anonymous wrote:I sometimes did this because I am cheap, picky, and don’t like to see food wasted. I don’t think it’s a big deal. Now that my kids are older and more likely to finish their meals, I rarely skip ordering. I don’t see why people need to shame others so much.

The shamers in this thread are most likely fat gluttons who are justifying their over spending and over eating as being… feminism?

So, you think that people who actually eat dinner are “over eaters” and “fat?” But, you’re the one without weird food hangups?

No I think the people shaming OP are fat over eaters. Work on your reading comprehension.

Disordered behavior should be described as such. It does no one any good to pretend that OP is healthy and okay. She's not. It's like calling it "shaming" to describe a tumor as cancer.

It’s not disordered just because some over dramatic idiots could never dream of NOT wasting food and money every time they belly up to the trough.

[Anonymous]

Getting an app or a salad or a soup and sharing fries with your kids is fine. Ordering an entree to share with a kid is fine.

But the message the kids get when you order nothing and then wait and eat their leftovers is wrong. It’s teaching them that it’s OK to ignore one person’s feelings.

The exception I would say would be if you are rushing between kid things and picking up something fast and you plan to eat after you drop them off or something like that. But I don’t consider that “going out to eat with the family”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I sometimes did this because I am cheap, picky, and don’t like to see food wasted. I don’t think it’s a big deal. Now that my kids are older and more likely to finish their meals, I rarely skip ordering. I don’t see why people need to shame others so much.

The shamers in this thread are most likely fat gluttons who are justifying their over spending and over eating as being… feminism?

So, you think that people who actually eat dinner are “over eaters” and “fat?” But, you’re the one without weird food hangups?

No I think the people shaming OP are fat over eaters. Work on your reading comprehension.

I think she grew up poor or had a parent who controlled good excessively. Both can give you odd good behaviors.

That "fat overeaters" is such an insult for you is a tell that something is going on with you as well.

[Anonymous]

* autocorrected food to good

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I sometimes did this because I am cheap, picky, and don’t like to see food wasted. I don’t think it’s a big deal. Now that my kids are older and more likely to finish their meals, I rarely skip ordering. I don’t see why people need to shame others so much.

The shamers in this thread are most likely fat gluttons who are justifying their over spending and over eating as being… feminism?

So, you think that people who actually eat dinner are “over eaters” and “fat?” But, you’re the one without weird food hangups?

No I think the people shaming OP are fat over eaters. Work on your reading comprehension.

I think she grew up poor or had a parent who controlled good excessively. Both can give you odd good behaviors.

That "fat overeaters" is such an insult for you is a tell that something is going on with you as well.

Yes, I would be insulted if someone called me a fat overeater, and I would be ashamed if it was true. Diagnose me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I order my food. Why wouldn't I?