For anyone who's had to fight family members for their food

[ajmrowland]

Don't ya just love it?

[Lazario]

You mean- just to tick them off?

[ajmrowland]

No, I mean when things disappear from the pantry in about 2 days.

[littlefuzzy]

Whenever my brother would visit, stuff would disappear pretty quickly...
Little Debbies, soda, stuff I was looking forward to eating or saving for the next day, etc.

It's like "Hmm, there's half a dozen donuts, I'm going to have one for breakfast tomorrow..."
"HEY! Who ate all the donuts!?"

[Aqua]

There's nothing more annoying then when you decide to have snack or a meal only to find out there's a lack of it as soon as you open the fridge or cabinet.

[ajmrowland]

Yeah, that's the very reason I posted this. sometimes, it's all-out war between me and my Dad. I eat too much ice cream, because if I don't, there wont be any two nights from now when I decide I want another bowl.

[disneyboy20022]

Yeah, that's the very reason I posted this. sometimes, it's all-out war between me and my Dad. I eat too much ice cream, because if I don't, there wont be any two nights from now when I decide I want another bowl.

I use to do that....eat before somone else ate it....around age 10...and today at age 23 I weigh 428 pounds....so take my advice....don't try to outeat or eat in fear that your food might be gone....Although I did weigh about 480 during the summer...now I have just cut back on eating food.....and I was able to do something today that I havn't been able to do due to my size....which it's an embarassing thing to admit....that's why I'm not admiting what I was finally able to do....please don't try to guess...it very well may be my deepest darkest secret...one of 2.....and I plan to lose more weight...I saw on The Biggest loser this guy who weighed 600 plus pounds and he was inspired by Biggest loser and in or 4 years...he lost 420 plus pounds and now he weights 200 plus pounds....and I'm just gonna keep doin' what I'm doing reducing the amount of food I eat....and pass on dessert sometimes or just eat an orange for dessert...

[Lazario]

No, I mean when things disappear from the pantry in about 2 days.

I like details, so I'm going to ask you a potentially irritating question:

What kind of stuff? Vegetables in cans? Macaroni & cheese? Ramen noodles? Cake mixes? Rice in a box? Brownie mixes? Fruits in cans? Ketchup? Chef Boyardi? Applesauce?

Stuff I don't keep in my pantry, like cereal and chips? If you're over 18 and don't live with family members but they come to visit - kick 'em to the curb. I can't tell you how good you'll feel afterward. It's a total power trip! Force them to leave your home or threaten to call the cops.

This is only of course if you're like me and you're completely territorial about food, even if you know you can't eat it all at once.

[Elladorine]

Luckily Rey doesn't like my food enough to grab it before I can. It might be a different story if I stocked junk in the house though.

[Escapay]

For anyone who's had to fight family members for their food

I hate to put a damper on this thread, but reading the title made me remember some lines of interest from Elie Wiesel's Night:

"One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest."

"Meir, my little Meir! Don’t you recognize me...You’re killing your father...I have bread...for you too...for you too..."

"Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. That’s all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents. Only of bread."

Fighting for food is not something to joke about.

albert

[Lazario]

For anyone who's had to fight family members for their food

I hate to put a damper on this thread, but reading the title made me remember some lines of interest from Elie Wiesel's Night:

"One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest."

"Meir, my little Meir! Don’t you recognize me...You’re killing your father...I have bread...for you too...for you too..."

"Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. That’s all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents. Only of bread."

Fighting for food is not something to joke about.

Are you sure? Because that reply made me laugh- hysterically.

Guess you just had to be there.

[ajmrowland]

Yeah, that's the very reason I posted this. sometimes, it's all-out war between me and my Dad. I eat too much ice cream, because if I don't, there wont be any two nights from now when I decide I want another bowl.

I use to do that....eat before somone else ate it....around age 10...and today at age 23 I weigh 428 pounds....so take my advice....don't try to outeat or eat in fear that your food might be gone....Although I did weigh about 480 during the summer...now I have just cut back on eating food.....and I was able to do something today that I havn't been able to do due to my size....which it's an embarassing thing to admit....that's why I'm not admiting what I was finally able to do....please don't try to guess...it very well may be my deepest darkest secret...one of 2.....and I plan to lose more weight...I saw on The Biggest loser this guy who weighed 600 plus pounds and he was inspired by Biggest loser and in or 4 years...he lost 420 plus pounds and now he weights 200 plus pounds....and I'm just gonna keep doin' what I'm doing reducing the amount of food I eat....and pass on dessert sometimes or just eat an orange for dessert...

Well, Im 19 and about 230, so not as bad as you. It's really just Ice Cream and some deserts and chips and stuff like that. We dont buy big things of Ice Cream and if I werent careful, somebody'd get at things before I did. That's how it used to be, and now I just eat a little too much.

[Escapay]

I hate to put a damper on this thread, but reading the title made me remember some lines of interest from Elie Wiesel's Night:

"One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest."

"Meir, my little Meir! Don’t you recognize me...You’re killing your father...I have bread...for you too...for you too..."

"Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. That’s all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents. Only of bread."

Fighting for food is not something to joke about.

Are you sure? Because that reply made me laugh- hysterically.

Guess you just had to be there.

Have you read Night, Laz? It's about a Jewish family (centered around the oldest son) and their experiences in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.

The middle quote I had is a line of dialogue that Wiesel witnesses between an old man to his son. There was a scurry for bread, and an old man crawls out, holding a meager piece close to his chest. His son then comes up and BEATS his father in order to take the bread for himself, even though the father got it to share with him.

Nothing to laugh about, I hope.

albert

[jpanimation]

I hate it when people leave an empty box.

[Elladorine]

The quote that Scaps posted here, however you want to interpret it, is a frightening reminder of within the comfort of our normal, everyday lives, how it's so easy to take things for granted. To be fair, I do think it's perfectly understandable to be annoyed/upset/whatever over having a family member fall short of your expectations when it comes to dividing up a "fair share" of the groceries, no less than when it comes to sharing anything else in your living space. It's not fun when family members are inconsiderate of others! Besides, we all have pet peeves. At least we don't have anyone here claiming to be starving over family issues!

My ex and I used to actually argue a lot about food, but in a totally different way than mentioned in this thread. He wanted to be able to eat whatever he wanted whenever he wanted, which would be totally fine, but he'd insist that I'd need to eat the same stuff right along with him. I think he resented it when I was trying to eat healthier (and less expensive!) instead of sticking with the bad habits we'd started on. Apparently he felt less guilty about wanting to eat the fast food, delivery, take out, and other tasty conveniences if he could talk me into joining him. And it may sound like a silly thing to argue about, but I seriously needed to lose weight (we both did, actually) and it got viscous when I didn't let him guilt me into joining him. I think we reached a breaking point the time he insisted that we go to dinner at a particular restaurant that literally made me sick due to my seafood allergy. I snapped at him . . . he knew the handful of times I'd tried their food I was vomiting for days before realizing they fried their seafood in the same oil as everything else, but he snapped right back at me, insisting that it wasn't fair of me to say no when he wanted to go so bad, and that getting sick from it had to be all in my head. I told him he was free to go by himself but that wasn't enough . . . yeesh, talk about being a baby! Getting his way was more important to him than his fiancee's health.

And ironically enough, for several months after we broke up I was piss-ass broke and couldn't afford to eat right anyway. While I wasn't exactly starving, I could barely afford the ramen, hot dogs, and peanut butter I was living off of at the time, and I can't say I'll ever forget any of the above experiences. Luckily I'm with someone who's a hell of a lot more considerate and doesn't pressure me to do everything the way he wants.

[Lazario]

Are you sure? Because that reply made me laugh- hysterically.

Guess you just had to be there.

Have you read Night, Laz?

No, I haven't read the book. I believe it was offered on a slate of optional titles for my 6th grade required reading. When the class was split into two groups, I think one of them was for Night. But I opted for And Then There Were None instead. And I don't regret it.

It's about a Jewish family (centered around the oldest son) and their experiences in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.

The middle quote I had is a line of dialogue that Wiesel witnesses between an old man to his son. There was a scurry for bread, and an old man crawls out, holding a meager piece close to his chest. His son then comes up and BEATS his father in order to take the bread for himself, even though the father got it to share with him.

Nothing to laugh about, I hope.

No idea what I should say in response to all that. You haven't switched places with someone else recently, have you?

Just because I laughed at what you wrote does not mean I condone genocide or torture, or think light of either. Nor does it mean I would rather be the guy throwing the bread than the people fighting over it.

Fair enough?

[Prudence]

I NEVER FOUGHT THEM. I WOULD HAVE STARVED IF THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FOOD. BUT THERE WAS ONE TIME I ATE ALL THE MACARONI WHEN I WAS TEN. IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW BECAUSE NO ONE THAT I LIVE WITH HAS MY TASTES AND THAT'S THE OTHER REASON WHY I'VE NEVER QUITE HAD TO FIGHT FOR FOOD.

HAVING CRAP TASTE IN FOOD IS GENETIC, PROBABLY. MY YOUNGER SIBLING HATES DESSERTS MORE THAN ME AND MADE A MASHED POTATO BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH BLACK ICING ALL OVER IT. THE BLACK ICING WAS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MISSING KETCHUP. I THOUGHT IT WAS DISGUSTING. THE REST OF MY EXTENDED FAMILY AGREED WITH ME AND NO ONE ATE IT EXCEPT THE MAKER.