When you attend a function, do you feel shy to eat in the first batch?

hi buchi_bulla,that is right i am also feeling like that when ever i visit functions,parties,people must think that i came for food not function,here people are like that but i am not the first person in the batch,i does not care about the batch,i will see that i am not first person in the batch,have a nice day

I'm not shy for the first batch. But in my child age, my parents told me that waiting for the elders' especially grandparents' first batch is an etiquette. So, until now , I have the custom when I have lunch or dinner with lots of people.

Hi Buchi! Good question! Previously I would also feel shy to take food in a function, in the first batch. However. Now a days I don't hesistate to kick start the lunch/dinner. I have experienced that if you go first, you can taste all the dishes and you would get 'breads' like Tandoori 'chapati' or Naan etc. simmering hot. You can conveniently enjoy your favourite dishes and go to your home early, if you have taken your share in the first batch. I have stop bothering, what others will think about us, if we go first, after all we are there to take dinner or lunch, as the case may be, later or sooner........lol!

Well if go to my friend marriage who im closed with, i usually wait other to take first and wait for my turn. But if i go to a wedding where im not much familiar with other i take my meal quickly and leave. :) Well its a free meal its ok if people think you are here for the meal only, because its what they think. get on with it, just say no probs, they are also here to eat..

I do not feel shy to eat my food sitting in the first batch as I have no patience to wait till the first batch finishes their lunch and then go and eat because time is precious for me. If there is no place in the first batch and no time for me to wait, then without eating, simply I will exit giving my host some lame excuse and go to any good restarent and eat and go home. Secondly, in some places I have seen that the children will spill the food particles or some liquids while eating, which is not cleaned properly and i feel bad to sit in that atmosphere and eat and that is another reason I will sit in the first batch and take my food.

oh if its time to eat i eat, hmm since when eating considered embarrassing . all people in the world eat. i am never shy about it what ever batch i eat in. as long as you keep manners i dont think you anything to worry about

Yes I do I always wait a while before I go up to get the Food Of course if it goes by Table then I will make sure I am at the end of the queue

Hi Buchi, Earlier when I was in my native place and if we go for a marriage or any other function I never sit in the first batch for eating. I felt shy like you, as we came mainly for eating (lol). But now I think I have changed that habit, here there is no feeling for people and all are pushing others to get the food fast. My hubby scolded me many times as I was standing behind and waiting patiently.(lol) So I changed my habit much.

hi aunty,how are you, i never mind to go to first batch, to be frank, i wish to go, because, my kids will be hungry and they are very naughty too.. i wish to finish first and reach home immediatly... after attending the function.thankyou, have a nice day.

when i eat on that function i do not feel any shy because it is better to eat on that place more better if there's a lot of people eating in front of you or around you. so you better not to shy when you eat on that particular place.

I really don't feel shy at all if I get to sit in the first batch to take my food. Unless, there is a host or usherettes who direct the visitors where to be seated and what to do, I really prefer to be seated in the first batch. Why, because I don't want to wait for so long especially when I'm hungry. Also, the whole environment is still in place and you will not be in a hurry to finish your food especially when the next program or some ceremonies, start shortly.

No! No! I wont feel shy to eat in the first batch. However, everyone gonna eat there(there is no point in thinking what others think). I cant wait, I will greet the people and after food, I would like to move away from the place. But when it comes to functions of closer relatives, mostly I will eat in last batch only..I will spend time with friends and family.

I feel shy unless it is a function thrown by my own family. I don't like it when people push me to go up and get something either. I want to hang back and wait until I feel confortable enough to get something. I am shy in general though and many things make me uncomfortable. It is very helpful that I have a mate that will step up and get me what I want and I do the same. Don't feel bad because I think there plenty of people like us who feel the same way. I don't want people to think I came for the food either or that I am some sort of oinker.

So do i i always want the first batch, i want the fresh prepared food that no one had it yet hehehe.. anyway i really want to take the first batch i'm so impatient waiting in line for the next batch.

I don't feel shy to eat in the first batch Buchi. But I used to sit in last batches as I usually take my food very late.

Before I used to be super shy but now I am not. I love eating ahead of time because you get to have first hand the food there. You get to choose the parts of any food and enjoy all the food there is available.

Hi aunty, Earlier i used to feel shy to have the food in the first batch and moreover small children's would have spilled the food which would have not cleaned and i don't like to sit in that place. Have a great day.

Gee! I do not have that much amount of patience ! I do not feel shy about that at all! Anyways, we are going to eat our own food, so what is going to be the matter?? I cannot resist anything but my appetit!