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Family abstains
Family abstains is a practice, typically most common among old-money WASP families in the Northeast of the USA, by which certain family members refrain from eating during a meal in order to accommodate the presence of a guest; the guest dines on the sacrificed portion while the family member abstains. The rationale behind this practice stems from the frugality of American aristocratic families living on set incomes derived from the interest-bearing proceeds of long-standing trust funds.
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