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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of this could be solved by making more food for meals so there's plenty for everybody to get their fill at mealtime + leftovers that can be first come/first serve.

[b]In our house, family-style takeout (pizza, Chinese) is fair game.  We order plenty of food for whoever is home at mealtime and then any leftovers are first come/first serve.  It's not like, there are 4 of us and 16 slices of pizza so each person gets 4 slices to eat now or later.  Nope, eat however much you want now, and the rest is fair game.[/b]

If there are leftovers of individually-ordered items (like we all go out to dinner and DD brings home half her pasta dish) it belongs to the person who ordered it.[/quote]

Totally different in my house. If my husband eats 3 slices of pizza and I eat 2, then I have 2 slices coming to me and he has 1. He would never eat my leftover pizza. He knows it will not end well for him.[/quote]

[b]This mentality is so strange. People eat different amounts. You expect the same exact portion for each person. [/b]

I will say, though, that since my DH and I were not raised by wolves, we always ask each other if they wanted more of something before we finish it. when a household gets big it's not always feasible to check with everyone, and it should be considered fair game unless you yourself set aside a porch with your name on it. [/quote]

People eat different amounts at one time, but given enough time, I can eat the same amount of pizza as my husband. Why should he get more of that cheesy, tomatoey goodness just because he has a bigger stomach? I can have my two leftover slices for lunch, he can have his one leftover slice and a side salad for lunch. [/quote]

DP with a question: Say it's the day after your pizza dinner and those 3 leftover slices are in the fridge.  It's lunchtime and you are out of the house grabbing lunch with a friend.  He's home and hungry.  Can he eat the leftovers or does he still have to save 2 of them for you?[/quote]

He would ask me and I would answer depending on what I was feeling like. [/quote]

See, I think it would be courteous of him to ask (and I'd think the same if you had eaten more of the pizza the first time around as it's always courteous to ask before finishing the last of something), but I can't imagine saying no![/quote]

Courteous, maybe. But overkill. Team DH here.[/quote]

The only thing killed would be my husband if he touches my pizza. And he knows it. [/quote]

Ok pizza lady, you may think you're being cute, but it's really not.

This level of slice counting would never fly in a family with more than 2 ppl. [/quote]

My husband thinks I’m cute and that the only opinion that matters.  :P [/quote]

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