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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, really, "We don't do X" = Looking down your nose at people who do? Sure, if making literally any choice and acknowledging that fact = thinking everyone who makes a different choice is an idiot. Makes perfect sense.[/quote]

It's the "we don't DO" that's annoying.  If someone offered my four-year old a soda I'd say, she doesn't drink soda.  Because she doesn't.  But we don't do soda just sounds obnoxious.  If you don't think it does, fine, but plenty of people here are telling you that it does.  And I'm someone whose family doesn't "do" a lot of things and have never used that phrase.[/quote]

Surely your child can drink soda, though. If you're not letting her drink soda, that's different from "she doesn't drink soda." And there's really no way to push back against someone who's offering something without it being able to be interpreted as snooty.

I don't do high heels.
When my children were little, we didn't do screens. We still don't have a TV. OTOH, we eat more sugar than we should, and there are plenty of families who don't do refined sugar and do do screens. If you're taking offense, I think you're looking for something to be offended about.[/quote]

Are you really this obtuse?  I didn't say she CAN'T drink soda, I said she DOESN'T drink soda, which is a true statement.

Also, absolutely no offense taken.  I don't care what you do or don't do, but I do think you're obnoxious if you use that phrase.  Not offended at all, it just makes me not want to hang out with you.[/quote]

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