Rudeness
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| Description | #rudeness #damnvarg #norwayrocks #swedentoo |
| Collections | VisualRantMulticulturalism |
| Uploaded | 2025-12-02 |
My wife is French, and she has this idea that whenever somebody comes over and you're eating, you have to offer them food or some of what you eat. Do I agree with that as a Norwegian? Let's find out.
When I was in my teens, I played role playing games and I played with some friends, and I routinely ate my dinner right in front of them, and I never once offered them anything. My wife claims this is incredibly rude, but, you know, as I see it, as a Norwegian, they didn't come over until after they had eaten dinner. So when they come, I know they've just eaten dinner. Why would I offer them my dinner? They've just eaten, they're not hungry anymore. But apparently, according to my wife, this is rude. Is she correct or am I correct?
I agree. If I bring a bag of snacks to the gaming session and I just eat it all in front of everyone and never offer anyone anything, that's rude. But that's a completely different thing. As I see it, not eating dinner before visiting a friend whom you know is going to eat dinner is rude. Because then you would go there expecting him to feed you or something. That's rude. Instead, you make sure that you eat your dinner before you go to his place so that he can eat his dinner without you being some freemonger trying to get some of it And another thing my wife reacts to is the fact that if I were at a friend's place and he was going to eat dinner, first of all, of course he wouldn't offer me anything because I would eat dinner later on at home... No.1.
No. 2. I would just sit there in his room waiting for him to finish his dinner. And that's fine! But according to my wife, it's not fine. That's rude and so forth. Is she right or am I right? To sum it up, snacks and dinner, not the same thing. Or snacks and regular meals, not the same thing.
No.2. If you visit a friend in meal time, make sure you have already eaten. That's the polite thing to do. I would even go as far as to claim that if I visit you, I've just eaten at home, and you start offering me food. What are you suggesting? That I haven't eaten? That I couldn't feed myself already? That's rude. Are you suggesting that I come from a home where the parents can't feed their own kids or something? That's rude. And yes, I will die on this hill. And you know what? I will not starve to death on this hill, because I have my meals planned, and I'm going to eat them all and not share them with you, because I expect you to have eaten already. And if you offer me a meal... do I look starved to you? You think I can't feed myself? I was just home. My mother gave me food. I'm fine, okay? Well, in this case, my wife.
When I was in my teens, I played role playing games and I played with some friends, and I routinely ate my dinner right in front of them, and I never once offered them anything. My wife claims this is incredibly rude, but, you know, as I see it, as a Norwegian, they didn't come over until after they had eaten dinner. So when they come, I know they've just eaten dinner. Why would I offer them my dinner? They've just eaten, they're not hungry anymore. But apparently, according to my wife, this is rude. Is she correct or am I correct?
I agree. If I bring a bag of snacks to the gaming session and I just eat it all in front of everyone and never offer anyone anything, that's rude. But that's a completely different thing. As I see it, not eating dinner before visiting a friend whom you know is going to eat dinner is rude. Because then you would go there expecting him to feed you or something. That's rude. Instead, you make sure that you eat your dinner before you go to his place so that he can eat his dinner without you being some freemonger trying to get some of it And another thing my wife reacts to is the fact that if I were at a friend's place and he was going to eat dinner, first of all, of course he wouldn't offer me anything because I would eat dinner later on at home... No.1.
No. 2. I would just sit there in his room waiting for him to finish his dinner. And that's fine! But according to my wife, it's not fine. That's rude and so forth. Is she right or am I right? To sum it up, snacks and dinner, not the same thing. Or snacks and regular meals, not the same thing.
No.2. If you visit a friend in meal time, make sure you have already eaten. That's the polite thing to do. I would even go as far as to claim that if I visit you, I've just eaten at home, and you start offering me food. What are you suggesting? That I haven't eaten? That I couldn't feed myself already? That's rude. Are you suggesting that I come from a home where the parents can't feed their own kids or something? That's rude. And yes, I will die on this hill. And you know what? I will not starve to death on this hill, because I have my meals planned, and I'm going to eat them all and not share them with you, because I expect you to have eaten already. And if you offer me a meal... do I look starved to you? You think I can't feed myself? I was just home. My mother gave me food. I'm fine, okay? Well, in this case, my wife.