I've been seeing a man for the past couple of months and we decided to introduce the kids during the easter hols. So, to make use of neutral ground, we met at Pizza Hut (him and his dd and me and my dd) and ordered the all you can eat buffet.
So, it started off well, the girls chatting to one another etc and then the buffet opened -
Well this man almost shouted "ITS OPEN!" jumped out of his seat and practically RAN to the buffet. Me and DD just looked at each other, I think we were wondering if he was having a laugh, messing around etc but his DD did the same thing, almost ran there pushing through people etc.
Me and DD got up and went for our food.
DD got a bit of salad, a few nachos, some cheese sauce and some coleslaw as a started and I got pretty similar. So we went back to the table with our plates. But the man and his DD came back a few minutes later with MOUNTAINS of food on their plates. I mean, they were piled up with pizza, pasta, nachos, salad, breadsticks - Just far too much. I was really embarrassed. When he saw our plates he looked shocked and said "is that all you're having??" and I replied "no, but we tend to eat a small plate first and go back up for pizza afterwards - and then more if we're still hungry as I don't like waste ...
He looked a bit embarrassed but still shoveled in all the food, as did his DD.
So when me and DD had finished our salad, we went back up and got 2 slices of pizza each, some more coleslaw and a spoonfull of pasta - and I thought that was excessive! Man thought I must be on some kind of diet.
Anyway, he and the DD ended up going back up quite a few times, each time returning with huge mountains of food, some of which was just getting wasted (for instance the girl took one bite out of a pizza before chucking it on the "waste" pile and going back up for more.
At one point, man rushed to the toilet and the girl put her head in her hands and said "oh god, I hope he's not going to be sick" I said "why, is he feeling ill?" so she said "no, it's just that sometimes he makes himself sick after he's full to make more space for more food"
He later denied this but where on earth would she get THAT from otherwise??
DD later confessed to me that she had felt really embarrassed throughout the whole thing and although she liked man and his DD, she asked if next time we go out for a meal, could it just be us two as normal.
Not a great introduction.
AIBU to be put off by this? How do you and your family do "all you can eats"?
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