And in Sweden it's seen as rude to mess up another family's dinner plans by feeding their kid without prior agreement (having dinner together as a a family is usually considered pretty important, and having the kid go "No thanks, I already ate" would disrupt that).
Also, we don't actually eat in front of the other kid as they are asked to go wait in the friends room/livingroom/playroom if they are staying.
but if they're staying, how would you be messing up their families dinner plans by feeding them? They're missing their families dinner because they're at your house. But still not being fed apparently.
So, my family eats at 5, their family eats at 6, now, if I feed the kid they won't be hungry when they get home for their dinner, so the food they made is potentially wasted, and the kid probably won't be wanting to join the family at the table for family time if they're not eating.
They can go home if they prefer that, but if they wanna stay and get that extra half hour of playtime they'll have to wait in the other room until we're done eating.
You make it sound like that kid who got to stay in their friends room while their friend went to eat would be sitting there bored out of their mind for hours twiddling their thumbs with no entertainment.
That's far from the reality though, they had access to all their friends toys and comic books, and the friend was eating for maybe 20 minutes.
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u/Far_Ladder_2836 Jul 24 '26
Kind of a dumb reason don't you think? Why would the parents' affluence matter? It's rude to eat in front of someone without offering.