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[quote=Anonymous]I hung in there for the whole thread!

My thoughts:

1. The birthday child gets to pick the first slice of cake. After that, anybody can select any slice.

2. Some posters here clearly don't have teen athletes who can polish off even more than enough dinner to go around. They're looking at their elementary school kid and can't imagine anyone eating more than 1-2 pieces of chicken. It's not always about making enough.

3. It doesn't always work to say that each person gets 4 slices of pizza to hoard whenever they want. We have a large family, with kids ranging from 7-15 years old. If we say that each person gets 4 slices, then our 7 year old would get four meals of pizza and our 15 year old athlete would get one. That's not fair either.

4. Eating more than another person at a meal isn't a LMC thing. I was raised UMC, with a FT housekeeper, gardener, pool guy, beach house, fabulous vacations, and my dad had a personal assistant. It was first come first served during meal time. Everyone got a first serving, then after that it was take what you want. My athlete older brothers ate more than  I did. It never struck me as unfair. They needed more food.

5. Of course you save dinner for someone who isn't there at meal time. We have crazy schedules with all our kids and their activities. We save dinner if someone will need dinner later.

6. Who eats a dozen doughnuts without saving one for someone who's sleeping or out for a run? We occasionally get doughnuts over the summer. We know everyone's favorite and  order (and save) it for them. We order one per person though because it's an unhealthy treat, not breakfast.

7. We throw an open house style holiday party for friends. One trick is we put out more charcuterie, cheese, smoked salmon, and chocolate halfway through. These items get polished off first no matter how much you put out. Everything else we can put out and it will last through the whole party. We always have too much food, but the best items quickly disappear no matter how much you serve.

8. If something happens one time and you need someone to save you a plate at the *family* holiday gathering, then ok. But something's not right if you repeatedly need a plate saved for you. It would be a wildly inappropriate thing to do at a friend's party. I would never expect a spouse to babysit a plate for me at a party, hoarding food from the rest of the guests. You're not a six year old only child anymore, and the whole world isn't catering to your express wishes.

9. It's not right for a grandparent to save food for one adult child's family but not another's. That's favoritism.[/quote]

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