Timeline for How can I politely tell a family who invited me for dinner that I'm still hungry?
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| Nov 26, 2017 at 14:14 | history | edited | Anne Daunted GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
deleted 5 characters in body
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| S Nov 26, 2017 at 5:02 | history | suggested | Kevin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Fixed grammar
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| Nov 25, 2017 at 11:15 | vote | accept | Tycho's Nose | ||
| S Nov 23, 2017 at 15:11 | history | suggested | Weckar E. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
removed lyrical ambiguity
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| Nov 23, 2017 at 13:11 | comment | added | JoeTomks | @WeckarE. Oh no offense taken, by all means suggest an edit and remove those quote marks, get yourself a couple of points. =) | |
| Nov 23, 2017 at 13:05 | comment | added | Weckar E. | @Digitalsa1nt I did not mean to offend, I only intended to try and improve the answer by removing ambiguity. | |
| Nov 23, 2017 at 13:03 | comment | added | JoeTomks | @WeckarE. That's just an interpretation of my answer. I can remove the single quotes if it makes life easier for you. But typically just because someone uses single quotes doesn't imply negative/positive intentions regarding the subject. | |
| Nov 23, 2017 at 13:02 | comment | added | Weckar E. | @Digitalsa1nt It is relevant because to me it seems to colour your answer in a more negative framing, as if you doubted it was actually the mother. | |
| Nov 23, 2017 at 13:01 | comment | added | JoeTomks | @WeckarE. That's not exactly a relevant question. However in response it's because I wouldn't normally use the term 'mother'. It's just not a word I personally choose when I'm writting about a persons mum. So essentially I was simply quoting the reproduced text from the OP as to his prefered terminology for his friends parent. Simple as that; no hidden meaning. | |
| Nov 23, 2017 at 12:55 | comment | added | Weckar E. | Why are you saying it like 'mother' as if she is not actually the mother? | |
| S Nov 23, 2017 at 8:24 | history | rollback | JoeTomks |
Rollback to Revision 1 - Edit approval overridden by post owner or moderator
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| Nov 23, 2017 at 7:20 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 'even', fixed minor sp
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| Nov 22, 2017 at 14:18 | comment | added | JoeTomks | @Cashbee at it's core they have no obligation to offer/provide additional portions, or seconds, so asking for such out right can come accross rude. But then it depends on the tone. Asking for seconds doesn't necessarily mean they will offer an explanation for their portion sizes in the first place, wheras just asking does. | |
| Nov 22, 2017 at 14:05 | comment | added | kscherrer | @Layna how is it better than asking for seconds, like Vylix suggests? It also starts a conversation, but without letting her think that you are content with the portion size. It is also more open to any kind of explanation why OP cannot have seconds (which will be the case, else this question would not have been asked). | |
| Nov 22, 2017 at 13:53 | comment | added | Layna | @Cashbee I do agree to the issue, but the question still may be the best way to START the conversation. Eating cultures and portion sizes can be more tricky than one would think, especially across generations. | |
| Nov 22, 2017 at 12:18 | comment | added | kscherrer |
how do you figure out what the right portion sizes are, is it something you've always done? IMO this will come across as a compliment and she will think that the portions that she makes are and have always been exactly right for you. If you will tell her later that this is actually not the case, then I think it is mean to mislead her like that.
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| Nov 22, 2017 at 9:46 | history | answered | JoeTomks | CC BY-SA 3.0 |