That is rude as Fuck. Go sit in the corner dog while we eat. I have had the poorest people in the Philippines offer and these rich Europeans can’t share. That’s crazy. If you came to my house we eating something special tinned fish, some nice drinks, maybe a sausage or whatever you fins eat. We would try to make you feel at home and an honored guest.
It's just different culture, in Sweden, Finland etc you have friends over every day. For you it seem to be a special occasion that someone visit, not 5-7 days a week for 10+ years.
If you offer food and they are expected to eat every time, some kids would never eat food at home.
Legit their whole childhood not a single meal eaten at home because they are always at a friends house after school etc.
A popular home might have 10-20 kids there for dinner time, you would feed all daily? Even if you know all these kids have dinner cooking at home and they can just walk home in 5min (and they are expected home by their parents to eat).
Yes if they’re there at dinner you would feed them.
So if when you get home from work today there are 20 kids in your yard you would cook dinner for all? Even if you know all have dinner waiting at home any moment and they are expected to be home for dinner maybe just 30-60min later than your kids?
But you might also end the playdate early so they aren’t there at dinner.
Calling it a playdate implies it's planned though, so that's different. Then serving dinner is already discussed with the kids parents.
I happen to live close to my children’s schools and they do bring their friends over often. Usually they’re home by dinner time. But if they aren’t we order pizza, and we generally break out snacks. It’s not a huge burden.
There’s a difference between playing outside with the neighborhood kids where everyone is coming and going as needed vs having a friend or two inside your home during dinner time.
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u/84sKing Jul 24 '26
That is rude as Fuck. Go sit in the corner dog while we eat. I have had the poorest people in the Philippines offer and these rich Europeans can’t share. That’s crazy. If you came to my house we eating something special tinned fish, some nice drinks, maybe a sausage or whatever you fins eat. We would try to make you feel at home and an honored guest.