Offended by friend’s comments about party food

[LinsMum22]

We hosted my friend, her husband and three kids yesterday afternoon. Our sons are in the same football team and we said we’d put some food on at ours after and watch the Liverpool match who they both support. My friend agreed to party style food being the best option as everyone could pick at it as and when.

Amongst other things, there was - Indian selection, tempura prawns, sausage rolls, mini pizza’s, mini sausages, chips, breaded chicken. So a good mix all from Iceland where we’ve had positive comments on the food before.

I could tell my friends’ youngest looked unimpressed when they tried one of the items, and pulled a face to my friend. She made no
attempt to get them to try another item and basically said ‘I know’. I noticed five minutes later she had barely ate anything herself either.

15/20 minutes later, the youngest moaned again and this time my friend said ‘don’t worry, we will stop at McDonald’s on the way back as I’m hungry too.’

I text her after they left to say sorry if they didn’t enjoy the food. She replied to say they didn’t realise it would be that sort of food and that they’d have got something else before coming round if they realised!!

AIBU to find this really snobby and ungrateful? The fact she then took the kids to get a McDonald’s makes no sense!!

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exactly!

Yes Immensely True

We eat a lot of carrot sticks but we just peel and chop them. They're good with bread sticks and dips.

Very rude, some people have just got no idea how to behave. Her kids will be the same as she's not pulling them up on it.

I once made a beautiful lasagne and served it to my brother and sister in law (who quite happily eats spaghetti bolognese etc) .... she sat there with a face on whilst my brother rubbed her back consoling her and trying to encourage her to try it. Christ almighty, I nearly threw the garlic bread at her.

Carrot sticks are DELICIOUS freshly cut and dipped in a decent hummus or guacamole.
ETA tbh I prefer them to a crisp in that sort of dippy-snack situation. All the crunch but a burst of sweet freshness as well.

I'd have absolutely gone to town on a beige buffet!!

But that being said, turning your nose up at the food someone is serving you in their house, at their expensive, is very rude.
I'd be querying what sort of food they did want, considering the stop off at McDonalds on the way home! That's not exactly gourmet is it.