Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Suggest sharing appetizers and desserts. Nobody needs their own shrimp cocktails and own huge slab of cake.
I hated when my grandparents did this. They always insisted that we all share because they had tiny appetites, and they wanted all the leftovers wrapped up. I hated eating out with them consequently.
I would feel the same way that OP does but I think this pp has it right. Let it go, OP.Anonymous wrote:OP, by criticizing them or otherwise curtailing the dinner, you won't be teaching them any life lessons in your once-per-year dinner. You will just make them feel uncomfortable/judged/criticized and they will remember that instead.
It's once a year. Let it go.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No! Don't say a thing! My god. Clean your plate is a great path to obesity and if you suggest the smaller entree u will look cheap. It is once a year. Let it go.
Hmmm, no, it's not. It's all the junk you eat. I ate actual food growing up, and was always reminded to clean my plate, both so as not to be wasteful and also out of politeness. I had my meals and didn't munch constantly like most people seem to do nowadays. At 47 years of age, I'm still a size 2. It's appalling to me to watch adults encourage their children to throw barely-touched proper food away because "well, they're just not hungry, and it's good that they assert that" only to turn around and feed them snacks and dessert when they eventually want to eat. Talk about obesity.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Suggest sharing appetizers and desserts. Nobody needs their own shrimp cocktails and own huge slab of cake.
I hated when my grandparents did this. They always insisted that we all share because they had tiny appetites, and they wanted all the leftovers wrapped up. I hated eating out with them consequently.
Anonymous wrote:No! Don't say a thing! My god. Clean your plate is a great path to obesity and if you suggest the smaller entree u will look cheap. It is once a year. Let it go.
Anonymous wrote:Suggest sharing appetizers and desserts. Nobody needs their own shrimp cocktails and own huge slab of cake.
Anonymous wrote:Every year, we take our grandson (he's now 14) and his parents out to a special dinner, Mortons, The Palm, etc. He generally orders an appetizer, a 3 lb lobster and dessert and much of it goes to waste. While we enjoy a wonderful life, we are not wasteful people. The last time it happened, I said, "Next time, you can probably get a 2 lb lobster," but I felt a little bad. How can we approach this without hurting anyone's feelings and continuing to allow our grandson to enjoy a special birthday dinner with us?