An Online Community Rallies Behind A Lady Who Was Called "Fat" By Her Boyfriend For Eating At His Family’s Christmas Dinner

No matter how prepared you are for your partner's family Christmas dinner, there will always be something for which you are unprepared for.

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• January 9, 2022

The Christmas family dinner has all types of scents in the air, like the cookies, the chimney transmitting that great warmth and many dishes prepared to stuff you like a Thanksgiving turkey. What could go wrong on such occasions?

Reddit user TheOA12345 tells her story loaded with unexpected developments. Well, everything appeared to be totally fine and her first Christmas dinner with her partner’s parents was going fine until it abruptly wasn't.

The author was raised to eat as much as her stomach could hold in order not to disrespect the host, so she filled her plate and had another when she was prompted by the host. How, then, could you be able to deny yourself some coffee and a slice of cheesecake as well, right?

Getting a strange look from her partner during dinner, which she made nothing of, getting yelled at, and being called fat for not having any manners was far from how the author imagined this wonderful night would end. Much to her dismay, however, Arabian dining manners are very peculiar to what one is used to, as going to a guest's home on an empty stomach is an indication of disrespect in the culture of the Arabs.

We didn’t know that, at least the author of the story didn't, plus she wasn't cautioned with regard to any of this, and afterward, she was faulted for her lack of "common knowledge."

After their first Christmas dinner together, the lady is abruptly faulted by her partner for lacking table manners

Due to what transpired, the lady went to the trusted subreddit group to ask whether her accidental misappreciation of her partner's culture was truly what set things off on the wrong path. So strap in, and scroll down to read the full story.

Firstly...

You're invited...

Strange looks...

Dessert time!

Time to go...

Being embarrassed

Culture knowledge

You're "fat"

Common knowledge

In addition...

Nothing hateful here

In all honesty, the Reddit community saved the day as their comments made all the difference. The post got nearly 4,000 opinions and suggestions.

The author chose to try some of them out and shared a follow-up story seven days later. The online community flooded in to give their opinions...

That's so toxic

An impossible game

From an Arabian

He should have told you

The rules should have been communicated

Call or text...

A cultural taboo

After a couple of quick messages, she at long last found his lies, as the tables had been turned and it ended up that the entire fiasco was mixed up in interpretation. He did not refer to her as "fat", just "greedy" (as if that’s any consolation) and her partner used that as a cover up.

Well, it happens that his dear parents have some monetary issues, and he simply needed to not share the weight of their tough situation, particularly before their first Christmas dinner together.

The update

A suggestion

A short convo

Explaining time

Understanding the situation

Eat little and save...

Feeling guilty

Everything is fine

Some users still didn't buy the boyfriend's story.

Paying them back

Not beneficial to the situation

Silent treatment

Another lie?

Many people consider dinner at the partner’s family house to be a really intense test. Regardless of how beautiful you are or whether you have the most graceful table manners fit for royalty, there will always be something for which you are unprepared.

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Maryjane