I currently have three packages of cookies in my house. As far as I know. I also have at least three packages of chocolate. I think. This is not counting the Valentine's Day Doves that I just finished like a week or so ago. In other words, I am confessing to being a snack hoarder. Based on what some others have told me, I'm not exactly a devourer. By that I mean, I'm not quick to eat all this stuff. I just like having it around. Especially the chocolate. It definitely makes me feel powerful to have a bit of that around. Two of the bags of chocolate are unopened. Same for the cookies. One of each I've been working on for over a month, I think. So, what's the deal?
A random comment I made to a co-worker the other day finally clued me in. He's a young man in his early 20's with the accompanying appetite. We were discussing a meal we'd had recently at work and the ensuing leftovers. I was putting something in my locker, and he was in search of grub. I said something to him about making sure he got whatever it was he was looking for before somebody else ate it. I referenced remembering that feeling from when I was a kid and knowing I had to "get mine" before my sisters ate it all up.
Eureka! Light bulb moment. I don't know for sure that I'd ever really realized just how significant that was to me. My mother was pretty broke when we were growing up, so snacks weren't exactly at the top of her list. But when she did buy some, you knew you'd better hurry up and eat whatever it was. It wasn't uncommon with cookies (for example) for her to buy a box and the whole thing would get eaten in one day.
So, I'm holding on to my cookies. And my chocolate. If you know what's good for you, I wouldn't advise you to try to sneak any!!!
A random comment I made to a co-worker the other day finally clued me in. He's a young man in his early 20's with the accompanying appetite. We were discussing a meal we'd had recently at work and the ensuing leftovers. I was putting something in my locker, and he was in search of grub. I said something to him about making sure he got whatever it was he was looking for before somebody else ate it. I referenced remembering that feeling from when I was a kid and knowing I had to "get mine" before my sisters ate it all up.
Eureka! Light bulb moment. I don't know for sure that I'd ever really realized just how significant that was to me. My mother was pretty broke when we were growing up, so snacks weren't exactly at the top of her list. But when she did buy some, you knew you'd better hurry up and eat whatever it was. It wasn't uncommon with cookies (for example) for her to buy a box and the whole thing would get eaten in one day.
So, I'm holding on to my cookies. And my chocolate. If you know what's good for you, I wouldn't advise you to try to sneak any!!!
1 comment:
Aha! We've finally gotten to the root of the problem! So...now you can be a devourer, just like the rest of us...right?
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