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[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago (18 children)

Whoever considers picky eating a problem can take it up with me, my friend is one, which simply means I get to eat the stuff she doesn't want to, and she can order something she might not like, knowing I will eat it anyways. It's a win win

[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago (3 children)

As a father who either has to prepare the same meals over and over, or else make two separate meals, I do not share your positive outlook

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It gets much better when the kids become co-responsible of their own alimentation.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Alimentation

It smacks of Victorian literature. I'll be adding this one to my verbiage, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

Leave it to us non-native English speakers to bring up extremely obscure English words out of nowhere.

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