The Guilt that Makes Me Overweight

I’m too polite to be skinny.

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

I grew up in the south where the cooks are very proud of their talents. To refuse a second helping of anything is to insult the cook in the worst possible way. Many times, a refusal of a second helping from my mother, grandmothers, aunts or even casual acquaintances has been met with, “What’s wrong? Don’t you like my cooking?”