Everyone loves holiday meals, except for picky eaters like myself. People just can't let us be! If you've every been considered a picky eater, this one is for you.
1. There's NOTHING for you to eat every Thanksgiving.
You sit down at the table, excited to gorge yourself right before your post-dinner nap when you remember that you only like 2 of the 12 dishes in front of you. I guess I'll just eat an entire plate of mashed potatoes -- unless they have something mixed in with them...then that's not an option either.
2. Everyone has to point out that you didn't put much on your plate.
Then you have to explain to the entire room that you just don't care for most of what grandma made this year. And yes, people will judge you for that. You can always try the "Oh, I'm just not that hungry," but that will be followed with more questions such as "Are you sick? Do you need some Tums?"
3. When you do decide to try something new, the whole family has to watch you try it.
If 20 people watching you take a bite of something doesn't ruin your appetite, I don't know what will. Usually the new food is just as awful as it was anticipated to be too.
4. You are always the first one done eating.
After eating your three bites of turkey, two helpings of mashed potatoes, and a dinner role, you get to watch the rest of the family mow down on beans, casseroles, and salads that you'll probably never try. You try to eat slower, but then everyone else gets seconds and it doesn't even matter anymore.
5. You look like a spoiled brat if someone makes food just for you.
Most people don't care, but there's always that one person who has to point out how high maintenance you are for getting your own bowl of mac 'n cheese.
6. You're terrified to go to your significant other's Thanksgiving.
As if meeting the entire extended family isn't terrifying enough, you also have to worry about offending his mother or grandmother because you don't eat anything she cooked. Then your other half tells you we can ask her to make something else, and we're back to #5.
7. People compare you to children who eat more than you do.
"Wow, even this little guy eats more than you do!" Can someone tell me why it matters so much to other people what I do or don't eat?!
8. Dessert is your saving grace.
At least you can hope that you'll like the dessert. But if you do, you end up eating way too much pie to make up for the lack of dinner you had. If there's any left over the next day, you usually end up eating it for breakfast, too.
Someday I'll host Thanksgiving, and my poor family will probably be served cheese pizza and pumpkin pie. At least they'll learn to bring their own food! ;) To all of you that aren't particular about what you eat, next time you're about to make a comment on how much or how little a person is eating, think twice!
