Who Picks the Menu?
| December 5, 2023Your sister is hosting your family’s annual potluck Chanukah party. Who gets to pick the menu?
Everyone works together to come up with the menu
42%
Everyone gets to choose whatever dish they want to make
31%
Your sister
27%
I like being surprised by the food, and then reserve the right to get upset when it’s not to my liking.
—Yehudis, Queens
Menu planning is the worst, and everyone should have to suffer equally.
—Aviva, Cleveland
No really, I’m so happy to take care of the pasta, salad, and rolls while you graciously offer to buy the drinks!
—Esther, Lakewood
If planning together fails, call in the menfolk — or at least threaten to do so. The fear of that should help everyone get their act together.
—S. Roth, Monsey
There are always people who don’t understand that their opinions aren’t facts or rules.
—Chana M., London
(Originally featured in Family First, Issue 871)
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