Being fed something at a friend’s house that you don’t eat at home is a rite of passage. 

We’ve all likely been there at some point or another. You’re a kid, and you sit down for dinner at someone else’s house. They serve you something that is unfamiliar to you. You have options. But really you don’t. You should smile and try it and pretend to like it even if you don’t. This is how we operate in polite society. You don’t want to make a fool out of yourself by admonishing somebody else’s food. And if you never try new things, you will close yourself off to experiences that you might even enjoy. Of course, everything isn’t going to be for you, but it doesn’t have to be. All that matters is that you’re tired. The person in this story was giving that experience to her child’s friend, but it didn’t end the way she expected it to.