On Sat 03 May 2008 11:38:42a, Gloria P told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>
>> It's all in his head. Oh, he wasn't spoiled, just never
>> exposed or forced to taste or eat anything he didn't want to. As a
child
>> growing up, he subsisted on hot dogs, balogna, and peanut butter.
>>
>
>
> Hah! I had a younger cousin, the baby of his family of six,
> who existed on peanut butter and the occasional ear of fresh
> corn or chocolate cake until he was married (I don't know
> what has happened since.)
>
> When asked to try something different he would look at it
> briefly and say "My eyes don't like it."
>
> I can't imagine my late uncle putting up with that, but as a
> small farmer with six kids, I suspect he didn't even notice
> Jim was around most of the time, much less what he ate or
> didn't.
>
> gloria p

That was sort of David's case when he was growing up. There were also six
kids and both parents were alcoholics. The father was both physically and
psychologically abusive. I doubt that anyone in that house knew what
anyone else was doing or eating, much less cared.

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Wayne Boatwright
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