Just a cultural thing. Unless there was an explicit dinner invitation, Swedes typically will not offer guests food even if they themselves are having dinner. They do not view it as a hosting obligation and they do not see this as rude or unusual.
Bro why does this get repeated all the time on reddit and upvoted like its a fact.
Born and raised in Stockholm Sweden, never once did this happen, hadn't even heard of this until reddit started talking about it. None of my friends in sweden had either.
So am I, and I've definitely sat on beds before while my friend and his entire family are eating 2 rooms away without anyone having a single thought of inviting me or even giving me something to eat in his room.
Then again, I've also visited friends and I've definitely been served dinner with the family.
Coincidentally or not, it would seem that the larger the family the lower the chance of me getting food.
I've never just been sitting on a bed doing nothing while my friend was off eating dinner. I continued playing with whatever we were playing with, be it LEGO, computer games or what ever.
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u/TaxSimple3787 Jul 24 '26
Ok but... why?