Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:45     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's weird but a lot of people - women especially - want veggies for lunch and stay away from carbs (or gluten). I'd have preferred something lighter but would have eaten it.


If someone didn't serve any fruit or veg with the lunch I would think they just didn't have any or eat it. So weird not to have some cut up fruit or a side of veg or anything. Does OP literally have none in the house? I always give my kids a side of grapes, strawberries, applies, oranges, whatever we have on hand. Because it's always available.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:44     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:I think it sounds delicious and sounds like your friend was envious- she probably serves up goldfish, Dino nuggets, and fruit snacks for lunch at home.


I agree. And she was rude. Don't meet up and offer to bring food for all. She can pack her kids lunch.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:43     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s weird to not offer a salad or vegetable or fruit.


You’re weird you judgemental twat


All of this
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:42     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:She was rude no matter what. But especially for a quick impromptu after park lunch.

My kids would have been delighted to eat plain butter pasta for lunch! And I could always give them some fruit at home later. This is why people don’t want to host!!! I love it when people are just casual and invite us along on their regular day.


I have 3 kids and 2 would eat the pasta but one wouldn't touch it. It's a big risk to just serve a single food as a meal when you don't know anything about your guests.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:36     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:It was rude, but seems like a heavy meal for lunch.


What do you eat 🐽
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:36     Subject: Pasta for dinner
I'm the PP and wanted to add we host a lot and it's because our friends are easy. We'll make a frozen pizza, put out some cut fruit. It's not a dinner party and formal hosting. It's a playdate that was fun and has extended into lunch.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:31     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:She is rude. You don't need to choose a friend who is rude.


+1 horrible

We make casual lunches like this (butter noodles) all the time. And if it's a playdate a casual relat d lunch for parents too. Eat it happily or say you have other lunch plans later if you don't want it. There is no excuse for being rude about a normal home-cooked meal. This is crazy to me.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:29     Subject: Pasta for dinner
I don't think it's weird but a lot of people - women especially - want veggies for lunch and stay away from carbs (or gluten). I'd have preferred something lighter but would have eaten it.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:24     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Husband and I are both Italian. His parents “are off the boat”. My grandparents were too and my parents were born in this country.

We have always had pasta for lunch or dinner.

I was with my kids (girl age 6 and boy 4) and a friend and her kids at a park. I invited them back to our house for lunch.

I made pasta-penne with butter for the kids and vodka sauce for myself and my friend.

She looked at it and said “is this lunch? A bowl of pasta?”

I said yes this is what we usually have. She looked at me oddly and didn’t say anything else and ate.

But what a weird response.


What is weird is serving a lunch with no protein and no vegetables (and probably no whole grains). And, it was rude for her to point it out

A 2 oz (dried) serving of standard white flour pasta alone has 7-8 grams of protein, FYI. And anyone criticizing a meal another serves to them is a poorly-raised moron.


A serving of pasta for a 4 year old is 1/2 - 1 ounce, so 2 to 4 grams of protein.

The recommendation for protein for a 4 year old is at least 19 grams. Usually dinner is the meal where people eat the most protein, but even if protein is spread out evenly across all 3 meals, that's still about 6 grams per meal.

Adding a tablespoon of parmesan, or a glass of milk, would have helped.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:20     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That was not a compete meal IMHO. No protein or vegetable


You’ve never had a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch?


Grilled cheese sandwiches have cheese in them. Cheese has a fair amount of protein.

I still would probably serve the grilled cheese sandwiches with fruit or veggie or both, but it would seem way less weird. Heck, if she had served pasta with butter and parmesan, that would have been more common than just pasta.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:17     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:That was not a compete meal IMHO. No protein or vegetable


You’ve never had a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch?
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:17     Subject: Re:Pasta for dinner
How many would’ve said it was weird if you made the kids grilled cheese.

People would’ve actually been fine if you made them some nasty ham sandwich on white bread.

People would’ve also been fine with nuggets and fries.

What we eat and when we eat, it is socialized 150% socialized.

So yeah, people are weird and there’s no logic to it.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:11     Subject: Pasta for dinner
That was not a compete meal IMHO. No protein or vegetable
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 19:09     Subject: Pasta for dinner
She was rude no matter what. But especially for a quick impromptu after park lunch.

My kids would have been delighted to eat plain butter pasta for lunch! And I could always give them some fruit at home later. This is why people don’t want to host!!! I love it when people are just casual and invite us along on their regular day.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 18:46     Subject: Pasta for dinner
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Husband and I are both Italian. His parents “are off the boat”. My grandparents were too and my parents were born in this country.

We have always had pasta for lunch or dinner.

I was with my kids (girl age 6 and boy 4) and a friend and her kids at a park. I invited them back to our house for lunch.

I made pasta-penne with butter for the kids and vodka sauce for myself and my friend.

She looked at it and said “is this lunch? A bowl of pasta?”

I said yes this is what we usually have. She looked at me oddly and didn’t say anything else and ate.

But what a weird response.


What is weird is serving a lunch with no protein and no vegetables (and probably no whole grains). And, it was rude for her to point it out

A 2 oz (dried) serving of standard white flour pasta alone has 7-8 grams of protein, FYI. And anyone criticizing a meal another serves to them is a poorly-raised moron.