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Original poster

Who is being U regarding lunch?

294 replies

SidsWife · 21/02/2020 17:02

A and B have had a day out planned for a few months. Day out is a 2 hour trip away and the opportunity for their children to have lunch at a place that sells food they can not get anywhere near where they live. Children are really excited about this. C had asked to join trip last minute which is fine, however, C and children will not eat the food served at this place and has requested they eat at a chain restaurant which they can have in hometown. A and B have said no, kids have been looking forward to this for ages, however if C and kids want to eat somewhere else then that’s fine and they can meet again after. C is mad and saying they are being selfish and not accommodating her palate. A and B refusing to budge as they had trip planned months in advance.
Who is being unreasonable?

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Apolloanddaphne · 21/02/2020 17:42

I'm not fond of sushi but there are loads of other things on that menu I would love to eat. C is being very unreasonable.
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LimpidPools · 21/02/2020 17:42

C is being unreasonable. And a right muppet, because as a pp has pointed out McDonald's is literally 100 yards away. Pizza Express 300 yards.

Why on earth should you all miss out and eat crap, just because she wants to pass her food issues and poor diet on to her kids?

Incidentally, is it McDonald's she wants to go to?

EdersonsSmileyTattoo · 21/02/2020 17:43

C is being completely and utterly unreasonable! I don’t believe that there is nothing on that fairly extensive menu that she and her DC will not eat!

Tell her to sling it, the awkward mare!

Groovee · 21/02/2020 17:43

It's definitely C.

That place looks awesome. Enjoy it.

Chasingsquirrels · 21/02/2020 17:44

C is BU.
And I say that as a very fussy eater.

Fr0g · 21/02/2020 17:45

menu looks great - I might even try somehing other than sushi if I went there - it's really wide ranging.

Is it really the food, or financial? I presume more expensive than a happy meal.
Still doesn't mean you should change your plans to accomodate C.

ThanosSavedMe · 21/02/2020 17:48

Damn. I now want sushi rice!

And c is definitely the unreasonable one here

itsabitofamess · 21/02/2020 17:49

C is a cf who should try expanding her palette.

Original poster
SidsWife · 21/02/2020 17:49

Definitely not financial. She just wants to eat cheeseburgers. Even when we go to a really nice restaurant she has a cheese burger even if she has to pay 20 quid for it Grin

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allthedamnvampires · 21/02/2020 17:50

Qualified C IBU but A and B not great.

If C has food issues you're not being exactly welcoming friends.

Avocadohips · 21/02/2020 17:51

Well that would make me double fifteen and not budge!

C does understand that the whole purpose of the damn trip is to eat that specific food, right??

Nowayorhighway · 21/02/2020 17:52

C is obviously BU!

OhCaptain · 21/02/2020 17:52

Well she wasn’t invited in the first place so they don’t need to be welcoming!

Plus, she doesn’t have real food issues. She’s just fussy and wants to eat shite! There’s a huge selection on that menu.

canonlydoblue · 21/02/2020 17:52

You know you can get sushi in Plymouth though right.....?

Avocadohips · 21/02/2020 17:52

Down*

Jimmers · 21/02/2020 17:52

C. And I don’t see why A & B should be any more welcoming than they already have been, inviting C along to something that’s been planned for months! C should either fit in, do the offered alternative or not go.

Littlebluetruck · 21/02/2020 17:53

C sounds exactly like my sister. And is of course the unreasonable one.

1forsorrow · 21/02/2020 17:54

If you were saying she had to eat there or not come I'd understand but no problem if she can go somewhere else. I assume you are doing other things while you are there, not just eating.

We went to a city with GC a few weeks ago, they love Nandos, we dont so we dropped them off and went to eat elsewhere then met up. Suited everyone. Obviously my GC are old eough to go without an adult but the principle is the same.

Standrewsschool · 21/02/2020 17:58

C - and you weren’t being selfish as you still accomadated her on the trip. Ie, by meeting later.

(I don’t eat sushi, but there’s plenty of other food on that menu I’d happily eat).

puds11 · 21/02/2020 18:04

@allthedamnvampires accommodate someone who wasn’t going to go, which would then mean the rest of the party travelling 2 hrs for sushi don’t get what they’ve specifically travelled for? Ok then.

MaggieFS · 21/02/2020 18:05

In that case, definitely C. I don't like sushi nor plenty of other things, but I would be fine with that menu. It looks lovely.

idontlike789 · 21/02/2020 18:06

C
I think it's unanimous, I don't get people like this who want their own way .
It's been planned for ages the kids are looking forwards to it ,C is totally unreasonable.

cologne4711 · 21/02/2020 18:08

I don't like steak or sushi but there's plenty I could eat on that menu!

C is being very unreasonable.

cologne4711 · 21/02/2020 18:08

(and Exeter has plenty of lovely places to eat if C really can't find anything on that menu)

Original poster
SidsWife · 21/02/2020 18:08

Sushi isn’t the sole purpose of the trip, we’re taking the kids to the museum. But sushi is the bit they’re most excited about Grin

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