Plus: I resent the food police. Is there an appropriate response?
: My sister-in-law started keeping her dining table “set” about 20 years ago, when her home was on the market.Miss Manners: I don’t want them thinking I got pregnant by my dog-walking buddyGENTLE READER
She is judgmental toward people who don’t comply with this restrictive regimen, which she views as the only healthy way to eat. This incident pushed my buttons because, throughout my childhood and young adulthood, everything I ate was monitored relentlessly. The list of foods I was discouraged from eating was long, and included many foods I really liked. Decades later, I still resent the food police.
At first, I responded truthfully that I wouldn’t go back to 21 or 30, as those years were hard and my 40s have been the best years of my life. But this seemed to offend the people in those age groups. ‘A huge catastrophe waiting to happen’: Aryan Brotherhood drama spills into Northern California courtroom as lawyer joins in the name-calling
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