Philoxenia question
A greek man was having a birthday party. In attendance was his partner of 7 years, her mother, his cousin, his cousin’s partner and two of his closest friends who do not speak Greek.
One of the closest friends brought their fiancée, who is Greek. The birthday boy and the fiancée were not friends and had met in a social group setting 5-10 times.
The Greek man gave the first piece of chocolate cake to this fiancée and said, in Greek, he got milk chocolate cake especially for her.
This made her uncomfortable and was very proof, to her, that he was showing romantic interest. (There were more incidents but this added another layer for her).
He has claimed that in Greek custom, you give cake (for instance) to the person furthest from you to welcome them.
I have never heard of this, and nor has any Greek I have asked.
Has anyone else heard of this custom? From what we all say, the cake goes first to the one you want to honour the most.