blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:46:57 -0700, Arri London wrote:
>
> > Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:33:16 -0700, Arri London >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Sometimes I don't remember to eat. I had "breakfast" at around five
> >>>> this evening. I thought about doing exactly what you suggested (minus
> >>>> the chiles), but shrugged it off. There are days when I just don't
> >>>> care.
> >>>
> >>>Not good for you to eat that way. Have the same problem with the
> >>>Maternal Unit. Mostly she just doesn't care if she's eaten or not.
> >>
> >> I'm not usually that way. If I posted a full-length picture of
> >> myself, you'd find it difficult to believe that I've ever missed a
> >> meal. But there are times when eating just doesn't occur to me.
> >>
> >> How do you get your mother to eat when she forgets or doesn't want to?
> >>
> >> Carol
> >>
> >
> > The only thing possible: put food in front of her. Preferably something
> > she *really* likes. Other than the lobster of course Plus anything
> > made will have as much extra nutrition as can be sneaked in there, to
> > make up for when she just won't eat no matter what. She's been that way
> > all her life, so nothing to do with the ageing process.
>
> i'm kinda like that. you hear people say 'i couldn't eat another bite,'
> but that's usually after polishing off a plate or two. i just reach a
> point (early) where i say 'no more, i'm done here.'
>
> your pal,
> blake

That's a bit different. We are talking about someone who quite readily
skips meals altogether, without making it up later.

Used to love to eat at my maternal grandmother's house. Excellent cook
and outrageously large portions At one dinner where I'd eaten two
fully-loaded plates of food, refused the offer of the third. In all
seriousness she asked, with concern: 'Don't you like my cooking?'