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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't care how you were raised, I can't imagine gobbling up all of dinner knowing that my teen is going to be hungry when he gets home. [/quote]

+1 We always save food for a family member if they're eating later. It's so rude not to.

Although my sister and our brothers used to get so annoyed with each other because she would save her dessert or part of her meal, then expect it to be there the next day. Of course they would eat it. I kind of see both points of view on this. She preferred to eat her portion at a different time, and they were hungry teens who wanted another helping at dinner that she wasn't eating. I guess it depends whether you're a "here's your share" kind of person vs. a "[b]it's dinner time everyone eat your fill[/b]" kind of person.[/quote]

I feel like this encourages strange eating habits--it's not really fair if someone isn't super hungry right at that moment to insist that they eat all their portion right then, otherwise it's open season for others to grab. Especially if it's dessert. It would just cause a scarcity mentality and overeating in some people. [/quote]

I guess we were raised differently. Culturally in my family if it’s dinner time and everyone is eating, you eat. If you’re not hungry, eat less. Later if you want to scrounge around fine, but you can’t be upset that nobody saved the main dish for you. If you don’t want dessert now, cut yourself a slice now when it’s out, and wrap it up and tell the family that it’s yours. [/quote]

So if you ate half your meal, wrapped up the other half, wrote your name on it, and told everyone you were going to eat it in two hours, in your family's "culture" it would be fine for anyone to go into the fridge, take it, and eat it?[/quote]

I mean… tbh in my culture (Korean) I would never eat half my meal. Maybe if I were sick. If I did wrap it up and ask others not to eat it, I think they would honor that. [/quote]

I hit post too early. If there were a big pot of chicken soup or braised beef or something, I couldn’t expect someone to save “my share” out of it if I had declined eating “enough” of it at dinner. But if I wanted to eat the dinner beef, I feel like it would be fair to take responsibility to tell someone or set aside my own bowl. I wouldn’t expect others to read my mind and save “my” fair share. [/quote]

This is how it is in my family too.  
If you don’t want something at the mealtime, then it’s fair game for others to take it.  If you want something set aside, then you need to set it aside yourself or tell someone that you want it.  
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