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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am interested in knowing whether this is a cultural thing among some white people. We are not white and our families keep feeding and feeding and feeding us and their guests.  It would be devestatingly rude for someone to be hungry in their homes.

However, I do tell my own young kids “last call” at dinner time only, because otherwise they suddenly decide they are hungry at bedtime as a stalling technique.[/quote]

Can we not make this a "cultural" (race) thing? It's clearly a control thing, a "frugality" thing, a food-issues thing, an OCD clean thing. Those dynamics cross all cultures and races and regions and backgrounds, so let's not with that. [/quote]
I am Indian and I have never ever seen this behavior among my very large circle of family and friends either in India or the US. If anything its the opposite problem, with aunties and grandmas trying to push more food on everyone.[/quote]

At least two posters in this thread were describing being starving in Indian households, lest you think your culture is "above" this:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/691252.page#12104119[/quote]

Look, it's not an issue to talk about cultural norms. Cultures have different norms, especially around food. If that weren't true, then all cuisines would be exactly the same. Obviously there can be outliers in every culture.  But to point out that certain cultures have a norm of feeding guests is not some kind of controversial thing.  [/quote]

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