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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read every single replay, but I'm with the OP. The way I was raised, the kids were borderline rude and certainly entitled.
 
 My mom taught me that at friends' houses/out with friends, if their parents offered a snack, you could say, Yes please or No thank you. You could not ASK for a snack, and you could not ask for different items than what was offered.  I tell my kids the same: you may graciously accept or say no thanks. You are someone's guest. If you want different snack options, talk to me at home when you're not someone's guest.

I may be mean and out of touch, but I'm not losing sleep over it.

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This is how I was raised and it's how we have raised our kids.[/quote]

I do think it’s mean or at least unnecessarily controlling to say in essence “hot chocolate or nothing” when selecting off a Starbucks app.  [/quote]

I don’t.  Kids are not entitled to whatever they want when a specific treat is offered.[/quote]

Interesting that you refuse to respond to my point about OP as the host. I was referring to the controlling adult in this scenario. [/quote]

Yes, the hostess controls what is offered.  [/quote]

But serious question: what is the big deal with changing a drink. Ask yourself why that request is so especially offensive to you. Because if a mom offered the kids lemonade while playing and one kid said “could I just have water?” I don’t think you’d be having the same reaction, but something about it being a Starbucks drink switch had a lot of you triggered. And both are a single button order, no modifications. You order a hot chocolate as easily as a chai latte. It’s not a customized drink. Why is it so bothersome, really? [/quote]

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