World unites over Twitter debate that Swedes don’t let you eat if you are at their house

A Twitter thread went viral recently in which people shared their experiences of visiting Swedish homes and not being served food.

A question was posted on Reddit: “What is the weirdest thing you had to do at someone else’s house because of their culture/religion?”

One of the users replied, “I remember going to my Swedish friend’s house. And while we we were playing in his room, his mom yelled that dinner was ready. And check this. He told me to wait in his room while they ate.”

“I slept over a friends house. When we woke up, he said he was going downstairs for a few minutes. After about 15 minutes I go on the stairs to see wtf is happening and they are eating breakfast. They see me and tell me he has almost done and will be up there soon. I still think about it 25 years later,” another user replied.

Not here to judge but I don’t understand this. How’re you going to eat without inviting your friend? pic.twitter.com/bFEgoLiuDB

— Seeker (@SamQari) May 26, 2022

People on social media are finding this tradition a little “weird”. Have a look at some of the reactions:

I've never seen so many people across cultures coming together to ratio the Swedes https://t.co/axXKRI8Uxx

— FalKoopa🌈 (@FalKoopa_) May 29, 2022

My Pakistani self refuses to believe that this can be true https://t.co/p7oa2OdsI0

— shahrukh wani (@ShahrukhWani) May 29, 2022

Me on my way to my Swedish friend's house: https://t.co/Wn5IIGJAux pic.twitter.com/1Z8fOsLgrC

— Rothnik (@RothnikCroft) May 30, 2022

We would be handed for life if we did this to a guest https://t.co/RdSjllbI7A

— Uchiha Itachi (@yelloflash29) May 30, 2022

This is so weird bc I come from a culture where ppl will stuff u with food if ur a guest https://t.co/Nmz7s5MRaG

— sad boi era (@MOLENAIDE) May 29, 2022