Do you have a rule about ordering two different entrees?
Jun 12, 2007 | 7:25 pm
#31
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 295
we always order different things in order to be able to share. If it looks like we're leaning towards the same thing, I'll figure out my second choice and go with that. Like others, we often will order only from the starter section and skip the entree...two appetizers and a soup and salad, or something like that. It tends to be less food and often the food just sounds more appealing.
Jun 15, 2007 | 1:55 pm
#32
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 93
re: sharing
Hi,
I need this rule with a friend of mine. She orders the same thing as me EVERY SINGLE TIME we've ever eaten together. I've tried to hem and haw so that she'll order first, but she will not order until after I order. She's not like this in a crowd, only I guess when dining with one other person.
I need this rule with a friend of mine. She orders the same thing as me EVERY SINGLE TIME we've ever eaten together. I've tried to hem and haw so that she'll order first, but she will not order until after I order. She's not like this in a crowd, only I guess when dining with one other person.
Jun 15, 2007 | 2:09 pm
#33
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Hi,
I need this rule with a friend of mine. She orders the same thing as me EVERY SINGLE TIME we've ever eaten together. I've tried to hem and haw so that she'll order first, but she will not order until after I order. She's not like this in a crowd, only I guess when dining with one other person.
I need this rule with a friend of mine. She orders the same thing as me EVERY SINGLE TIME we've ever eaten together. I've tried to hem and haw so that she'll order first, but she will not order until after I order. She's not like this in a crowd, only I guess when dining with one other person.
Jun 15, 2007 | 2:17 pm
#34
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I always order whatever interests me most, (within reasonable price bounds, especially if someone else is picking up the tab.) As far as eating with my wife, we rarely end up ordering the same thing, mainly because once she finds something she likes at a restaurant, she will order the same thing every time we go, and I generally avoid repeating until I've tried everything on the menu that looks interesting. And I know I will usually get a bite of hers.
Mine can try to be a bit controlling at times, be luckily it hasn't gotten that far!
Strange! I don't wait until everyone else orders before I decide to order, and I don't change my mind based on what anyone else orders, unless I missed it on the menu and it sounds better than what I planned to order. It doesn't bother me in the least to watch someone else eat the same thing I am having.
I have run into that a few times, usually going out with co-workers, or co-workers and customers. Within reasonable price bounds, I usually don't mind ordering different than everyone else, unless its a situation where others are taking me someplace I have never been for the express purpose of trying some specialty that the place is known for.
Somehow this silly habit of me and my spouse having to order two different entres at a restaurant has come about. You would expect that it has to do with sharing but many times we don't even share.
On occasion I have been convinced to order an entre I dont even really like that much simply because my spouse really likes it and cant decide between two choices.
On occasion I have been convinced to order an entre I dont even really like that much simply because my spouse really likes it and cant decide between two choices.
Conversely, I have been in situations where I got the distinct impression that it was not cool to order a different meal from everyone else. It wasn't even a question of price, if someone else was paying, but, hmm, conformity as a way of validating the other diner(s). Felt very strange.