Dave Smith wrote:
> sf wrote:
>>> more...... brownies, chocolate and cheese. She eventually ate herself sick.
>>> That surprised me. I thought she had a bottomless pit.
>> Well, now you know that at least one person is capable of being
>> embarrassed by her actions and she does have a food limit. Isn't it
>> nice to not feel like you're going to blow a gasket after a family
>> party? Maybe the secret to family parties at your house is to have
>> your SIL pay for the food, so you can make enough to satisfy your
>> niece.
>
> That could be the secret, though it took a lot of food and drink to reach
> that limit. However, I also had to request that my wife to be on guard and
> not let the niece into the kitchen unguarded. It really bothers me that I
> have to be so wary of her rooting around in my pantry and helping herself
> to things in there, even opening sealed boxes when there is a buffet on the
> table. For the life of me I cannot understand any normal guest at a party
> sneaking off to the kitchen and opening a new box of something and cramming
> into her maw when the same thing or similar items are already on the table.


Wow, is she still at that?

She has an eating disorder and in her muddled mind if other people don't
see her eating the food, it doesn't count. I used to have a very obese
friend (clinically labeled "morbidly obese"). Every time she went to
town to the grocery store she would buy an "extra" package of Oreos or
dozen doughnuts and eat them by herself on the way home. This was a six
mile trip, not a trek into the wilderness. It's a mental illness.

gloria p