Nancy Young wrote:
> > wrote
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> > wrote:
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> >> Side note: Our friends have the opposite problem. They raised their
> >> kids to eat everything very early on, and now every time they go out
> >> the kids want lobster and steamed mussels. :-)
> >
> > My sister brought up her kids the same way. This can be a very
> > dangerous thing for the pocket book. I can remember their great uncle
> > taking them to dinner and being a bit shocked when the oldest (10-12
> > yr?) started with escargot and proceeded down the menu from there.
>
> I guess they hadn't gotten around to the lesson where you don't
> order everything on the menu when someone else is paying?
>
> nancy
He was making sure that they felt free to order whatever they wanted.

Serves him right
The cost really didn't bother him, rather he was shocked I think he was
expecting the Kids Menu hamburger.