My friend and I visit each other with our children (5 years old) often, we usually alternate hosting.
No long ago we were at her house and they were talking about this juice they started drinking, which is on the expensive side. She diluted it with water for the 4 of us saying that is because of the sugar content but also to make it last longer.
Fair enough.
DD and I really liked the juice and started buying it. I didn’t want to dilute it for myself so DD asked to try it undiluted and she prefers that way too.
So next time the friend is due to visit, I tell DD that I will dilute the juice for the 4 of us because this is like how they drink it (and I didn’t want to create friction between friend and her DD in case her DD wanted the juice undiluted too.
So they came, and when is snack time DD explains (not my instructions, out of her own accord) that we like the juice undiluted but we will dilute it today because they are visiting.
So friend very quickly say ‘absolutely not’ since it is our house, they can drink it undiluted too.
Okay no problem.
And they really love it and keep having more. I serve in a jar so topped up when needed.
Then it was our turn to visit them again and to my surprise, friend serves 4 glasses of the diluted juice and that is it.
Then her DD blurts out that she is looking forward to come to our house next so she can drink lots of undiluted juice again😅
Friend was mortified and quickly changed the topic.
Btw, her household income is double than mine. But I appreciate she might have debt as she is always complaining about money and the price of things… for instance she complained that her cleaner uses too much product and should use more elbow grease lol.
I don’t have debt. Nor a cleaner.
Should I serve unlimited undiluted juice next time?