the wrong end of the telescope

I'm lucky because the people I eat out with never do this. In fact, until I read this, I didn't know that non-family members did do this. But I grew up with my dad telling me not to eat cake/chocolate/biscuits/whatever because I'd get fat and in our home there was no other option except 'unhealthy' food to snack on (my parents didn't start buying fruit until I was about 16 and begged them for it) so my choices were eat the food my dad was making me feel guilty about or... don't eat anything. I went for the don't eat anything option and ended up with an eating disorder at eight and then again at fifteen.

So uh, yes, hi, I support this post!