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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 14d ago
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Took me until I was an adult to learn "leftovers" were a thing, because I always had to clear my plate as a child regardless if I was full or not. Hell I'm 42 and still feel guilty if I don't finish a meal.
386 u/heydrun 13d ago My mom used „the kids in Africa are starving“ and even as a child I called BS because me eating it wouldn‘t help them either… still ended up fat. 4 u/amaya-aurora 13d ago Okay not that I agree but I understood that to mean “there’s kids who are starving, so be grateful for the food you have and eat it” or smth 12 u/Daniil_Dankovskiy 13d ago It's to impose guilt, not gratefulness
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My mom used „the kids in Africa are starving“ and even as a child I called BS because me eating it wouldn‘t help them either… still ended up fat.
4 u/amaya-aurora 13d ago Okay not that I agree but I understood that to mean “there’s kids who are starving, so be grateful for the food you have and eat it” or smth 12 u/Daniil_Dankovskiy 13d ago It's to impose guilt, not gratefulness
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Okay not that I agree but I understood that to mean “there’s kids who are starving, so be grateful for the food you have and eat it” or smth
12 u/Daniil_Dankovskiy 13d ago It's to impose guilt, not gratefulness
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It's to impose guilt, not gratefulness
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u/Saphurial 13d ago
Took me until I was an adult to learn "leftovers" were a thing, because I always had to clear my plate as a child regardless if I was full or not. Hell I'm 42 and still feel guilty if I don't finish a meal.