Annoyed with friend's behaviour on playdates

Hey ladies, my partner and I plan playdates with another couple and their toddler. We get along well with them, we're from different cultures so there are some differences but it's all acceptable and understood. The playdates are usually outdoors. So since the beginning something I've noticed is that they hardly pack food for their toddler, whereas, I always stock up on food. Initially I would always get extra for their child too. Even though they never got anything for my LO. I didn't mind at all until one day their toddler who is a bigger kid ended up eating even my LO's share and his parents said nothing even after witnessing it. So I decided, that's it I'm just getting food for my LO going forward. So at a recent playdate, as always they don't get any food and their toddler had a meltdown because he was hungry. I felt sorry and only shared some extra snacks but it wasn't enough and the meltdown continued. I'm feeling SO mad, because I shouldn't be the one feeling guilty or awkward about this. We both families are financially well off, it's not about that, maybe it's a planning issue they have, Idk! We're new here and it's important for us to have friends we can hangout as a family. As people, they're kind and helpful, but this is a strange behaviour. Should I just continue not getting food and they will get it, hopefully? But I feel bad for the other kid, ughh!!!
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I would have said next time you should bring snacks for him so he's not dying of hungar

Hey! I would politely ask what snacks their kid likes and suggest bringing them next time so that the kid doesn’t cry out of hunger.

It could be that they don't want to offer snacks so the toddler has hunger for meals, but after seeing a couple of times that your toddler is sharing snacks with theirs, they should definitely bring snacks too. You can ask them a genuine question as how do they plan snacks/meals for their toddler to understand their approach. Or you can say i hope i am not spoiling her hunger for meals, because i see you don't like to give snacks to her at the playground or something. If you get along well, and can plan playdates i would try to keep the friendship going, because it is very important as a newcomer

@Vanjul Yea I can try this 👍 thanks!

I feel that is a conversation you should have with them. Maybe suggest you take turns bringing food.

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