[–] Acidfog 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago (edited ago)
my mom still doesn't get the concept... "i eat the same as you in the same portion size, why do i gain weight?" - "because you're a woman, 30 years older and 31 cm shorter than me" - "that's unfair"
my grandma was a trümmerfrau, one of the WW2 survivors that rebuilt the cities and she had that "we're gonna starve tomorrow" mindset until she died. unfortunately that means "you gonna eat what you get and you gonna eat all of it because we don't know what we get tomorrow" was a normal part of my moms and unltimately my upbringing at the expense of teaching us about nutrition at all. all i learned was "vegetables make you thin and chocolate makes you fat" and while that's true it might not cut it.
i eventually learned about if from a friends' parents when they saw me putting on weight.
[–] sh1tl0rd_of_ac1d 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
As a kid it always used to enrage me when my grandparents would force me to eat everything on the plate and punish me for not doing so. Like, I'm full? Just because you don't think I "should" be, who the fuck do you think you are to determine if I'm satiated or not?
Completely mind-boggling that people would force their family to eat things against their will. My grandma was a fatass too, surprise.
[–] burntfishnchips 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
This is very, very sadly a common mindset in a lot of hispanic homes. They have the whole "Eat your entire plate, even if you are full" mindset. I never understood it, but that's what I grew up with and so did my friends/neighbors and classmates. It wasn't until I turned 17 and moved out and paid for my own food was when I taught myself portion control and not to eat when I wasn't hungry.
It's bullshit. And parents who do this to their kids at a young age are truly evil.
[–] Fatkini 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
When I was a kid, being told to finish my plate meant eat all the foods on it, not just my favorites. No one ever tried to force me to eat when I was full. I think fats just want everyone to suffer with them so they take good advice out of context. Make sure your kid eats their vegetables turns into make sure your kid eats enough to make you feel like less of a glutton.
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[–] Acidfog 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
yeah the time after the war was somewhat similar, with the difference that money was there, it was just completely worthless because germany started printing it en masse to pay reparations. in the end stacks of money just became childrens toys because it was worth absolutely nothing at all