Anonymous wrote:I started a thing years ago and it worked. 'If you order food and don't finish it, then you have to pay for it". Another thing "if you order sofa then you pay for it'. After one mestake they have never left restaurant food on the plate or ordered soda.

I just hate it when my kids order a sofa when we go out to dinner. We have so many leftover sofas I just don't know what to do!

Take the food home. This is such an easy fix.

You sound like a total kook OP!

When our kids were young we drilled into them, only water at restaurants because my DH is annoyed that drinks cost so much. He isn't cheap or poor but can't stand paying $3 for something that costs the restaurant 3 cents. So there is that. I have talks with my kids before they order, do you think you can eat that and a side and a salad plus an appetizer? I will make a suggestion to order the entree then if they're still hungry midway through to get a salad or an extra side. I can't stand wasted food. It isn't about the money for me but about the food going into the trash.

Anonymous wrote:I started a thing years ago and it worked. 'If you order food and don't finish it, then you have to pay for it". Another thing "if you order sofa then you pay for it'. After one mestake they have never left restaurant food on the plate or ordered soda.

You're sending a very unhealthy message to your children re: the food because you're basically forcing them to eat past when they are full so that they don't have to part with their precious allowance money. You don't get any praise or accolades. You're actually a very shitty parent.

You can and then slap yourself in the face with a pan afterwards.

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Anonymous wrote:I started a thing years ago and it worked. 'If you order food and don't finish it, then you have to pay for it". Another thing "if you order sofa then you pay for it'. After one mestake they have never left restaurant food on the plate or ordered soda.

Was this at an upholstery store?

Soda; smartass

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Anonymous wrote:I'll bet you are overweight and your daughter is not.

Isn't it usually like that?

Is it? I'm overweight and I don't want my son to be. I'd be thrilled that he stopped eating when he was full. I would never fuss about the amounts of food he eats. The pedi told me it was my job to give him healthy foods and his job to figure out how much of it to eat.

Being overweight, I would have asked for the box and probably would have eaten the leftovers myself.

Anonymous wrote:I started a thing years ago and it worked. 'If you order food and don't finish it, then you have to pay for it". Another thing "if you order sofa then you pay for it'. After one mestake they have never left restaurant food on the plate or ordered soda.

Was this at an upholstery store?

I started a thing years ago and it worked. 'If you order food and don't finish it, then you have to pay for it". Another thing "if you order sofa then you pay for it'. After one mestake they have never left restaurant food on the plate or ordered soda.

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Anonymous wrote:This has to be the same insane, idiotic, control freak OP who went crazy when her son spent $20 at the air and space museum for food. What a heinous b.

I remember that one. It does sound like the same kind of crazy

Can someone link the thread? I'm already entertained by the lunacy here, I would love some more. I need a good laugh

You're welcome:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/565992.page

Thanks guys. Absolutely hilarious.

I do think it's the same person. At least I hope there are not two similarly unhinged parents in the DC area. But funny, funny stuff...

Some people should not have children. OP is one.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has to be the same insane, idiotic, control freak OP who went crazy when her son spent $20 at the air and space museum for food. What a heinous b.

I remember that one. It does sound like the same kind of crazy

Can someone link the thread? I'm already entertained by the lunacy here, I would love some more. I need a good laugh

Enjoy!
www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/565992.page

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has to be the same insane, idiotic, control freak OP who went crazy when her son spent $20 at the air and space museum for food. What a heinous b.

I remember that one. It does sound like the same kind of crazy

Can someone link the thread? I'm already entertained by the lunacy here, I would love some more. I need a good laugh

You're welcome:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/565992.page

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has to be the same insane, idiotic, control freak OP who went crazy when her son spent $20 at the air and space museum for food. What a heinous b.

I remember that one. It does sound like the same kind of crazy

Can someone link the thread? I'm already entertained by the lunacy here, I would love some more. I need a good laugh