that they should respect this and not then try to feed them meat?!
At a birthday party with DS1 who is four and a parent there offered my DS a sausage. DS took one (as he didn't know is it was veggie or not) and I politely said to the man "thank you, but he's vegetarian."
He said "yes, I know, they told me that. But I thought I'd see if he wanted one, and he took one, so let him have it."
I ignored him and told DS not to eat it.
THe man then started on at me about how I should let him make his own choices and to let him eat it which I refused to be drawn into, politely telling him no and then walking away.
He then went up to the mother of the child whose party it was (about 10 feet away from me) and starts banging on about me not letting him eat meat!
I think this man was monumentally ignorant - why does he think he is in a position to make food choices for my four year old child? What if DS was Jewish? Or had allergies? I'm now loathe to let my DS anywhere near this man's child or to go to parties where this man might be - IABU? (I don't think I'm BU in terms of making dietary decisions for my son at this time in his life, but whether am BU in wanting to keep my DS very far away from that tool!)
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Tollund · 12/07/2011 12:11
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