That was my parent’s rule, too. I couldn’t leave the table until I’d finished everything. It’s why I hid any greenery I could in the metal expansion runners of the kitchen table. Green beans, Lima beans, little pieces of cauliflower. They all went in the guides. One day Mom needed to move it to strip and wax the kitchen floor. Dehydrated garden items went everywhere, old beans skittering across the floor. That was a bad day for me.
(1) He won’t win this one, google or Grandma notwithstanding. Mom gets the final word.
(2) I just hope the next installment doesn’t go to the stupidity of that irritating commercial where the “I won’t eat this!” fight is resolved by mom preparing (and hosannas being sung to) Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.
C over 2 years ago
Bhsc Betty
Macushlalondra over 2 years ago
Ask your grandma. Because she said the same thing to me a few thousand times while I was growing up.
jewlie over 2 years ago
I’m calling her on that too. That sort of thing leads to eating disorders. He finished a plate of food. He isn’t malnourished. What is going on here?
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 2 years ago
In grade school the tried to make me eat prunes. I’m now 74 and the $£%&@s STILL haven’t succeeded!
dlkrueger33 over 2 years ago
And this is why we become obese….the “Clean Plate” club.
Dani Rice over 2 years ago
I gave each of our three girls One Thing they didn’t have to eat. Eldest Daughter chose peas. I can’t remember what the others chose.
Bwahahaha! over 2 years ago
Hideous woman
Billys mom2022 over 2 years ago
But he didn’t put it on his plate, she did. So he doesn’t have to eat it. Well at least at our house anyway. He did clean his plate .
metagalaxy1970 over 2 years ago
My mother had a simple rule, you have to try it, don’t have to eat it, just try it. Prevented me and my brother from being picky eaters.
The Famous Eccles over 2 years ago
“Today’s Menu: Eat it or starve.” I was brought up in post-war England, that was the rule.
Rich_Pa over 2 years ago
The rule I remember is that you don’t have to eat everything on your plate, but if you took seconds then you had to eat of it.
FassEddie over 2 years ago
That was my parent’s rule, too. I couldn’t leave the table until I’d finished everything. It’s why I hid any greenery I could in the metal expansion runners of the kitchen table. Green beans, Lima beans, little pieces of cauliflower. They all went in the guides. One day Mom needed to move it to strip and wax the kitchen floor. Dehydrated garden items went everywhere, old beans skittering across the floor. That was a bad day for me.
j.l.farmer over 2 years ago
He shouldn’t have to eat it since he didn’t ask for the second helping you put on his plate.
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom over 2 years ago
Yep. Grandma rules!
christelisbetty over 2 years ago
One rule, if you’re not hungry for the food on your plate, you aren’t hungry for desert.
paullp Premium Member over 2 years ago
Random musings:
(1) He won’t win this one, google or Grandma notwithstanding. Mom gets the final word.
(2) I just hope the next installment doesn’t go to the stupidity of that irritating commercial where the “I won’t eat this!” fight is resolved by mom preparing (and hosannas being sung to) Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.