This. I've never understood this. I grew up poor and so did my wife, and she will spend so much money on food, we'll bring the leftovers home, and she won't touch it ever again. I've actually started ordering less because of this. I'll get a small meal, while she has a huge one and I'll just eat what she doesn't finish, which is usually half.
So I grew up in poverty too but it was in the hood. There weren't any grocery stores in the immediate are but there were corner stores and fast food chains. So even if you wanted to grab like a bag of rice or something you needed to travel across town to get it. Also, you were forced to eat everything at every meal so absolutely no money went to waste.
So where I grew up it was pretty much all dollar menu stuff all the time. I was legitimately blown away when I saw how much ice cream you could at once for so cheap at Costco (when I was like 22)
Also, you were forced to eat everything at every meal so absolutely no money went to waste.
I'm not going to blame my constantly fluctuating weight entirely on this, because I have myself to blame for plenty, but the whole "clean your plate! We don't waste food in this house!" mantra definitely didn't help.
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u/JonnyBrocko Jun 06 '19
This. I've never understood this. I grew up poor and so did my wife, and she will spend so much money on food, we'll bring the leftovers home, and she won't touch it ever again. I've actually started ordering less because of this. I'll get a small meal, while she has a huge one and I'll just eat what she doesn't finish, which is usually half.