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Janet Wilder[_3_] Janet Wilder[_3_] is offline
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Default finally convinced my hubby

Evelyn wrote:
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> "Michelle C" > wrote in message
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>> "Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>> This is a guy who has always been extremely healthy, active, and any
>>> sort of illness or weakness is not included in his definition of
>>> himself.

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>> Evelyn, the majority of the men in my family are like that too. To
>> kowtow to a physical illness is to admit weakness. And we can't have
>> that! I've had a couple of them tell me they'd rather be dead.

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> Then you DO know what I am dealing with. This morning, after that nice
> low carb dinner the night before, I woke up to see him eating one of
> those huge english muffins with lots of jam on it. He's definitely
> still in denial about it.
>


Evelyn, who does the grocery shopping? I don't have that kind of stuff
in the house. My DH is good about figuring carbs because his pump
requires it, but I wouldn't dream of having stuff around that was
totally off limits to him.