Child on play date hated my dinner

[RosieLeaLovesTea]

Oh dear. DD had a friend over the play . I said she could stay for tea. I bought them a
big cheese and tomato pizza to share. But she wanted pepperoni and so I had to do a smaller
pizza on the side with a tomato sauce. She didn’t like the pasta and left it. So has only eaten too small pieces of pizza. I hate the thought that she willgo back to her parents feeling hungry. 😣

😂

I got a stern lecture from a couple of 6yr olds that my reference to spaghetti as pasta was wrong as it wasn't 'pasta'. Just to check their Michelin starred chef credentials and sarcasm radars I asked if they'd like quinoa or caviar and I kid you not, they sighed and said they'd prefer a pearl barley risotto.

My brother was like this, but it was when we went to France on holiday.

For some reason this fussy eater who would turn down a roast dinner in favour of a ham sandwich would point at something on the menu and ask for it, not knowing what it was an eating it.

My niece was the world’s fussiest child (a bit better now she’s a teen). I’d try my best to cater to her but honestly all the usual kid food would be met with ‘I don’t like that.’ A lot of her friends’ mums would invite her over outside of meal times to avoid having to cater to her.

I have never even thought of having to cater particularly for my kids' friends. They're around here constantly for dinner. They get what we get. Lentils, aubergine, mushrooms, beetroot, tofu, cheeses - it all gets served. Some of it is eaten and some rejected. No skin off my nose.

Just ignore them.

I once had a little boy tell me he didn't like chocolate biscuits and did I have any pomegranate? 😀

He got hummus, breadsticks, cherry tomatoes and a satsuma.

It happened to me too. But they still want to come round so it's all good.

😂That's my son.

I vividly remember a friend coming round to play when I was 7 and newly moved to the area. My mum did mince and potatoes for tea and my friend hated it and made it very clear.

At this friend's house there was always a range of sauces on the table, jugs with carrot sticks, celery, Chinese cabbage, plates of bread and butter etc as well as the meal itself. It was like a smorgasbord to my young self.

My dgs was a very fussy eater until he was about 8.
Aged 5 we all met up at a family gathering.
Dgn and dgs were sat at a side table and cottage pie was served. I knew dgs wouldn’t eat it. Dgn who has been made to eat everything ate very nicely.
My sil commented loudly that dgs shouldn’t get pudding because he didn’t eat his mains.
My lovely dh not only gave dgs pudding he gave him seconds of pudding too.
Sil pursed her lips like a cats bum.

I really don’t think adults remember how strong smell and taste is when you’re a dc.
it’s not as easy as just eat it.

This is so cringey! It's just what they're used to. If your son had grown up on spag bol from a tin, he'd have preferred that when he went round to his friends, over homemade.

Saying that, wish I could have homemade spag bol today. I have too many dietary issues to eat spaghetti. Could have the bol just not the spag ...

I absolutely agree.