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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I served strawberry and vanilla cupcakes and my 7 year old’s birthday party a month ago, and a little girl wrinkled her nose and announced loudly “I DON’T LIKE VANILLA CUPCAKES”. I smiled warmly, told her “aw too bad, at least the birthday girl loves them!”, and thanked God my children aren’t rude. I’ve also stopped serving gluten free or dairy free versions of dishes at birthday parties. People with allergies are welcome to eat fruit or veggies! Or bring their own food. It was getting too excessive to provide for every contingency, and I’ve noticed that the tide has turned on the social pressure to attend to every dietary restriction for children’s parties. I’m grateful for that![/quote]

The tide was never “attend to”; the tide was, is and has always been and always will be to be open to communication, be open to people bringing their own, and be open to *BASIC* alternatives, such as yes, having fruit in addition to cake, or having nuggets AND mac and cheese, as OP did.

Stop acting like allergy parents expect you to have four different kinds of cupcakes for what you would call their “snowflakes.” That’s not a thing. [/quote]

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