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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have had this debate before. It's a cultural thing. WASPy people think you should skimp on food out of some bizarre sense of moral superiority of austerity, people from non-WASP cultures are horrified at lettings guests (and yes parents are gueats) be hungry. [/quote]

This is the answer.  OP, we are Jewish and we feed people just as Italians do. My Indian friends are also lovely when it comes to making sure guests are fed. I don’t necessarily think the hosts were being cheap. I think people have a different sense of what is appropriate, as evidenced on this thread. I think a non drop off party at dinner time absolutely should have had food for parents available. I also think there is a weird dynamic in this area where moms don’t eat the pizza or cake or pretend they don’t eat at all. When we went to kid bday parties in NYC, not only did the parents eat, but both parents came to all parties and hosts served good wine. This area is just not that way. [/quote]

I mean, I'm mongrel American middle class, and my mom lives in horror of not having enough food.  It's a weird DC area UMC thing.  If the party wasn't drop off, or was in a location far enough away that parents are likely to stay because there's not time to go home or whatever and get back, I would assume that at least some of them will be hungry and have at least some snacks on hand, like a veggie tray with hummus or something or extra pizza.  And we'd offer them cake, for sure.  [/quote]

I am NJ Italian, and would be horrified if I didn't have enough food.  That said, it would never occur to me to have food for adults at a drop-off party.  [/quote]

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