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[HeadGodoftheGodCouncil]

As a Swede, it's fucking insane how some people reacted to this...

Swedish kids usually are going home to eat dinner, usually they have a time that they eat dinner set by their parents. Mostly around 5 to 6.
When visiting friends, you usually get asked by the parents of the friend when you need to be home, or if you want to eat with them. They usually contact your parents if they ask to see if it's okay to eat at your friends house (since every kid started getting their own phones, they usually call their parents themselves to see if it's okay to eat at their friends house).

[oldman]

I am Dutch and we dont count on visitors eating too, unless its known that they come for dinner. We buy just enough food for those we count on, we dont make more then needed to avoid waste. So yeah its probably more an european thing then just swedish.

[tuijakantola]

I am swedish, with 2 grown boys. When they were younger, I always asked their friends if they wanted to eat with us. But often they said that they were supposed to go home for dinner. When they became teens, it changed, then I often fed 5 boys instead of only the two that was mine 😀

[jenka_]

In Sweden dinner are important to eat with your own family. We seat together and eat home made meal and talk with each other about the day and another thing. Everyone do this…their friends going home to their families and eat home made dinner and talk with each other.

[petragrevstad]

I was born -75 and me growing up, this was the norm. Definitely not breakfast, of course you fed overnight guests 😂. But dinner, most of us kids had a set dinner time every day (could vary from family to family) and normally you’d eat with your family. Some asked if you wanted some too or would like to stay for dinner but generally speaking, you ate with your own family. I think most people also prepared for only the family, like four pork chops for a family of four, there wasn’t really extra food unless planned for it 🤷‍♀️. And often when asked you declined anyway bc you had dinner time at your own house and didn’t want your Mom or Dad to have planned and prepared food for you and you then came home already having eaten. If you’re not used to this I’m sure it sounds strange but I don’t think Swedes (or others with similar tradition) suffered one bit 😂.
I think it has changed though. At least I usually ask my children’s friends if they’d like to eat with us.

[wasen_aeon]

As a kid growing up in the 90s, this was pretty common. Family time is pretty important in Sweden and dinner time is a common time for a family to discuss what's happened daily for everyone. Whenever it was time for dinner, usually I could play video games, be on the computer etc while he ate and the same thing when he was at my place. It has nothing to do with the exclusion of others because of their race, gender etc. It's just about respect for others and they being able to spend time with their family without feeling like a fifth wheel at the dinner table. It's a completely different thing when it comes to sleepovers though.

[beexxii]

I’m a Swede and I have always invite my friends to eat with us. When I was young my friends lived near me and they wanted to eat at home. They did eat in my house and I ate in their house but our parents wanted to now so they didn’t need for example to wait to do dinner. When I moved to another town my friends didn’t live in my neighbourhood so they ate with us and I ate with them all the time. It is different in each family. I am an adult now and I always make food and fika to my friends and my child’s friends that is over.

[justmaria]

I was offered food at my friend's house growing up but I always refused because it would spoil my appetite and we had exact times at home when we ate dinner. And here is also a thing distance wasn't very far away from friend's so you could just get to them uninvited, you just showed up asking if that friend wanted to play or hang. So that would mean showing up when they already sat and ate. Another thing you where always offerd some fika of sorts at your friend's house or some snacks.

[roxpace]

Americans and some others are weird for reacting to this, in older ages it was more normal, yes, but that was a class thing, these days most share with food with others. But many parents doesn't want their kids to eat elsewhere because they are self making food for their kids. Also many are using the dinner time as a unique chance for family time around dinner table.

[frozendude]

Feeding other people's kids as a parent can be a big hassle in Sweden, or rather most of northern and central Europe. First you have to check with that kids parents if it is okay and not rude (the video made a good point about that), and if the meal that is planned fits in with the requirements of their nutritional plan and allergy requirements.
And then since you generally plan and portion meals a week in advance in Sweden you likely have to go to the store to get extra ingredients for a bigger cook (we have a whole thing about keeping food waste to a minimum), breakfast is usually ok in that regard since that is usually some type of cereal grain that can be stored.
And yeah, there is also the family-centric thing at the table, so kids are usually asked to go home to spend time with their own family.

[Cindanela]

I'm Swedish and this seems weird to me, growing up my parents usually asked mine and my siblings' friends if they wanted to eat with us, and if so they called their parents to ask if it was ok, and when I was at a friends house the same applied to me. I grew up in the 80s and 90s

[elina]

I’m Swedish and my friends always eat with us. We even offer “Fika” and buy pizza to workers who build our summerhouse. So that has to be just their experience.

[TukikoTroy]

Yeah this was common in the UK too when I was a kid. Different families eat meals at different times. Last thing any mother wants is for their kid to arrive home for dinner already full up.

[hugoeinarsson]

As a swede I have never been at a friends house and not got food.

[Illadviced]

Most of the time you will def be offered dinner but there's multiple reasons as to why you have to wait, go home or decline.
Swedish kids often just randomly show up and sometimes the family have something specific planned for that day and they've already bought stuff for that, so there's just not enough food.
-Because they couldn't possibly know that kid or even multiple kids would show up.
Then there's also the fact that dinner is sometimes "family time" depending on the household, and the parents might want to have that time with their kid at least a few times a week. For younger kids dinner time is often when they should be home anyways, except for the times when they do eat at their friend's. Like they've got homework to do and stuff like that.
Then there's the fact that they often eat something smaller like instant ramen, sandwiches or cereal as soon as they get home, and that's something you do at your friends houses too in most cases so it's not like you don't get anything to eat even when you don't eat dinner with their family. AND if it's a sleepover or you've actually been invited it's a whole different story. There's going to be food, probably a lot. We don't starve people lmao

Btw, most swedes get offended too if you don't at least offer dinner or explain why you can't eat there and just randomly tell you to wait like 1 minute before dinner

[MelinaJamiee]

I’m Swedish and had a lot of friends growing up, it could often be that I had 4-5 people at my house at once at they always ate at my house. But never once were I offered to eat at one of my friends houses. I was like 7 when this started and the first time I had to wait in my best friends room while they ate. The next times I always went home instead, this always kind of made me mad because they could have invited me just once and I would have been happy, because my best friend probably ate at my house 6 out of 7 days of the weeks. So yeah I think this is weird to. It’s one thing if the family can’t afford it but then they shouldn’t let their kids eat at others family either, if they can’t repay someone just once.
(Btw this was like 20-15 years ago, I’m 26 now, so it could be different now.)

[Tuja]

If you want to eat at your friend's house you had to let the family know ahead of time, and call and ask if you can eat at your friend's house so your famely wasn't making food for you. Our parents grew up were poor so they did not like to waste food. You where so free in Sweden as a kid to you asked if you could visit your friend, you got a dinner time from your parents and you ran to your friends and showed up. You told there parents what time you needed to be home to eat. If they had another dinner time you played in there room by yourself till the came back and then you ran home when it was time for your dinner. I'm 40+ though

[meDi]

Im born and raised in Sweden, This is 100% true 😂
I think it was more common before tho, not so much now.

[LW_]

My friends always eat food and stuff at my home as a child 🙏🏼

[jespersundberg]

I am Swedish and think it's so funny how easily people can generalize an entire population. It's like saying that all Americans are fat and stupid after watching an episode of The Simpsons.