What about eating issues?
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What about eating issues?
| Fri, 06-10-2005 - 2:24pm |
We have debated sleeping issues to death once again....so what about another one of the issues of childhood....eating and/or not eating?
My kids eat just about anything and have a pretty well rounded diet.

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I was responding to dj's post about needing to serve my brother something "substantial."
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"safely" has nothing to do with it. And neither does pushing food on guests. Its the refusal to eat at a dinner event that is in question. Are you a vegetarian? Going to a bbq at a home that is not? Bring your own veggie burgers - or at least offer to. Showing up and then proclaiming - I can't really partake here, I'll just stick with the salad and bread, I'm a veg, is just rude. Selfish. And egocentric. If your needs are exceptional, then you take responsibility for seeing that they don't make others uncomfortable or put others in an awkward position. That is what is just gauche.
Food fadism does not make it hard to be considerate. The one practising the fad merely has to decide that in the name of having a social life, he/she can alter his/her own personal fad rules for the occasion, or can go to extra efforts to make sure his/her fad doesn't make others uncomfortable in the social setting.
Just like with pet allergies. I have lots of furry pets who have dander. You got an allergy to dogs or cats well guess what? I'm not putting them in a kennel for your visiting convenience. And guess what else. I clean tidy and vaccum for any social occassion. But I'm not going to extra lengths and taking a day off work or spending $200 for a service to deep clean my house down to the most minimal degree of pet evidence possible. You better bring your drugs. Because in my home, if you have any pet allergy at all, you will need them. Have a thing against drugs, on principal? Well then you should decline the invite. Your sniffling sneezing watery eyed self will detract from everyone elses enjoyment. Its not all about you.
So, you'd be being considerate by not serving a vegan entree?
Why not give it a go? I'm not interested. If you aren't interested in debating your personal life I'm not sure why you're trying so vigorously to get me to talk about your food issues. Unless, of course, you're just itching for a pretext to take a potshot at my mother.
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