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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 384359" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Thanks Step and Mattsmom. It does help me to understand a bit.</p><p></p><p>I will often share my food with Little easy child and the Tot Monster twins, but I cut or break off little bits and put it on their plate or in their bowl. husband and I will sometimes order something in a restaurant that we intend to share, but it's planned ahead, we usually have side plates and can split things up neatly.</p><p></p><p>I guess the part that confuses me is when people start deciding they want to share only after the food has been brought out to the table. I looked over the whole menu and decided on the thing I wanted to eat. I assumed that everyone else was doing the same thing. But then when my friend sees my plate, she says "Oh, that looks good. Do you mind if I try a little bit?" I wonder, if she also wanted to eat the same thing why didn't she just order it? A related, and equally confusing thing is, when a group of friends are eating out, and someone says, "Well, I can't order that, because someone else in the group has already ordered it." Unless we're eating Chinese or Thai food or something like that, where everyone shares all the dishes and you don't want duplicates, this just seems strange. If you want spaghetti and I want spaghetti, why can't we both order spaghetti.</p><p></p><p>I've done fairly well figuring out many of the social rules, but restaurant behaviour still escapes me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 384359, member: 3907"] Thanks Step and Mattsmom. It does help me to understand a bit. I will often share my food with Little easy child and the Tot Monster twins, but I cut or break off little bits and put it on their plate or in their bowl. husband and I will sometimes order something in a restaurant that we intend to share, but it's planned ahead, we usually have side plates and can split things up neatly. I guess the part that confuses me is when people start deciding they want to share only after the food has been brought out to the table. I looked over the whole menu and decided on the thing I wanted to eat. I assumed that everyone else was doing the same thing. But then when my friend sees my plate, she says "Oh, that looks good. Do you mind if I try a little bit?" I wonder, if she also wanted to eat the same thing why didn't she just order it? A related, and equally confusing thing is, when a group of friends are eating out, and someone says, "Well, I can't order that, because someone else in the group has already ordered it." Unless we're eating Chinese or Thai food or something like that, where everyone shares all the dishes and you don't want duplicates, this just seems strange. If you want spaghetti and I want spaghetti, why can't we both order spaghetti. I've done fairly well figuring out many of the social rules, but restaurant behaviour still escapes me. [/QUOTE]
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