cshenk wrote:

>> But what you describe is NEED-based, either medical or religious, not
>> capricious picky for the sake of being indulged.
>
> That's true. We have only one person who sometimes comes who's 'picky' and
> her Mom brings something she knows that teen will eat. The Teen isn't *too*
> terribly picky and is polite about it. She may ask what's in something and
> turn a delicate nose up, but she often will try a tiny nibble if it is
> vegetarian.

>
Nothing of what you describe in all these long posts is a "dinner party"
to me. It is a pot luck, or casual family style dinner or bbq or some
other casual function. Rules of engagement are different for these
events, IMO.