QOTW: rude or not rude?~ Kyrene

[Guest guest]

You are right, Kyrene, being honest is the best

approach. Good for you.

It is always easier dealing with friends and strangers

than it is to deal with family members! *lol* Seems the

people that love us the most, also have a harder time

being nonjudgemental and tolerant of our differences.

 

~ pt ~

 

Can I see another's woe,

And not be in sorrow too?

Can I see another's grief,

And not seek for kind relief?

~ William Blake, " On Another's Sorrow "

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, " Kyrene Ariadne (Andrea) " <

kyrene@g...> wrote:

>

> I ran into this problem over the holidays. My mom wanted me to just tell

> everyone that I'm " on a diet. "

<trimmed>

> It's better to just be honest than leave people wondering why you didn't eat

> their food. Again, I come from a Jewish family. If you don't eat the food

> where you go to, *THAT'S* considered to be rude, and the host will agonize

> over why you didn't eat her/his cooking. That's just the sort of culture I

> come from, so I have to speak up.

[Guest guest]

My mom is incredibly odd when it comes to food and eating, and her mother is

even worse--highly, highly neurotic. Oh, I do not look forward to when I

visit her and have to tell her that I'm vegetarian. She'll have NO idea

what to cook or make me. She may even sneak me meat and dairy and then

wonder why I complain that my body is bothering me.

 

On 1/24/06, ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

>

> You are right, Kyrene, being honest is the best

> approach. Good for you.

> It is always easier dealing with friends and strangers

> than it is to deal with family members! *lol* Seems the

> people that love us the most, also have a harder time

> being nonjudgemental and tolerant of our differences.

>

>