Friend not doing an evening meal as “we had a big meal earlier”

[Bupo]

So I’m staying with a friend who invited me to stay. She lives in a nice town that many tourists visit.

This evening I asked if there was any meal prep i could help with for dinner. And friend said something along the lines of “oh I assumed you wouldn’t want dinner as we had a massive meal earlier”.

She’s not wrong. We went to KFC as a few of the restaurants we tried were too busy. It’s literally been years since I last went. I had a burger and two chicken wings. The chips were raw so I only ate a couple.

It’s not the lightest meal but surely most would still expect to eat/feed a guest. She’s not weird with food and a normal not-big-not-small size.

I had about 4 tablespoons of leftover rice and curry for breakfast.

I’m about to go on a “walk” to coop

Of course there are benefits to this but fasting should be by personal choice rather than having it imposed upon you by your host.

I don't think yabu to want another meal, personally I wouldn't eat KFC for dinner and then want a full meal for tea but I understand that others would so I would have provided something. I'd usually have a bowl of cereal or something rather than a meal

https://zoe.com/learn/intermittent-fasting-side-effects?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=21865293259&utm_adgroup=171921914134&utm_term=&utm_content=728421399109&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAABejleUsEZ2upcRrxgpSg7k7d2uLy&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhZXM0uOGjAMV45NQBh11zAFhEAAYASAAEgJ8EfD_BwE

Some of the drawbacks, none will kill you, but it’s not without side effects.

As I said previously, we all have different standards, it’s rude IMO to impose your “regime” on me as a guest.

At least have the common courtesy to discuss it, not just decide “it won’t do you any harm”, you sound like a 1950s grandmother deciding that a grandchild should sit eating food they don’t want for hours on end. It won’t do you any harm for me to force feed you once in a while.

Who says? The Rice Police aren't really a thing.

' Do no harm' is quite a low bar when you have people to stay. I would not want anyone returning from a visit to my home and telling their friends 'well, it didn't do me any harm' -unless the guest had effectively invited herself and wasn't really wanted, in which case setting the bar low is a sensible strategy.

Food Standards Agency, not the rice police

https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/home-food-fact-checker

It's no skin off my nose what people do, just sharing advice which people can choose to follow or not, as they wish

What the bloody hell is a "crumbled egg"???

Bedtime at 9.30pm? When you have guests over?

I'm not either. I eat 3 meals a day (including, shock horror, snacks in between). I'm 5ft72 and a size 10.

But to say you eat a yoghurt at 9am and then nothing until 7pm every day is as unhealthy as being overweight.

Another one who agrees that it's rude to have people to stay and not offer them any food. Regardless of whether you've eaten a "massive lunch" (🙄) or not!

We've had friends to stay, been for a 3 course pub lunch and I STILL always ask if anyone wants anything around 7-8pm! DH doesn't need any excuse to get the cheeseboard out! Even if they say no I will put crisps, nuts etc in bowls.

And I always make sure I get fresh bread, pastries, fruit, yoghurt etc in (my inner snob comes out when we have guests - if it's just me and DH we have no such luxuries 😂)

I do come from a family of feeders though... 🤔

It was 930pm and she hadn’t left house yet to go to the co-op?
I see it was a Saturday night though.

I’d go and get myself a ready meal, and she could take it however she likes. I am not a big eater, but I’d def, need something at normal sort of dinner time, after a 1.30 lunch!

I take it she’s not a ‘healthy eater’, given that you had KFC?

I mean 9 months on you would expect to be feeling a bit peckish

😂

This is Mounjaro behaviour.

Mounjaro doesn't actually stop people from understanding the social conventions of hosting a guest. I didn't have dinner the other night but I still served up for my family, despite taking Mounjaro.

Weird behaviour from her, esp as she's not been like it before.

Zombie thread

OP left friend's on the 9th March

Oh fuckin hell.