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Originally Posted by TishaBuv
Yes, it’s rude to just go into someone’s fridge and cupboards and help yourself. But, if they tell you to, then assume they do want you to. If you choose something, you can ask them if it’s ok to take it, just to verify. I wouldn’t go eat something that appears to be their dinner or unopened dessert, for example. I’d ask, is this ok?
Maybe you got this idea from your own home. Was your parent very protective of the food? Were they minimally polite but secretly stingy?
Funny story; once my sister had a friend sleep over. In the morning she woke up and said she had a dream that she was eating and eating. When my mom looked in the fridge, the entire roast beef was gone!  |
I agree with you. Yeah I was always taught that you should never invite yourself into other people's fridge without permission, only your own. Yeah they have done the same thing where they have offered people to help themselves but in the few instances people actually took them up on their offers, my parents were silently annoyed about it since they felt like it was intrusive. That's why I believe people who make those offers are just being polite and really don't actually want you going through their stuff. In a way, it is more of a common social interaction that takes place, kind of like how you ask a total stranger how they are doing. You don't really want to hear it but you ask them. Same thing, I think when people say help yourself, eat what you want, they are just being polite.