"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>
> Why do you need a picture of her? It is not her size that bothers me. The
> problem with her size is that she is apparently self conscious about her
> weight. She has every reason to be self conscious about it. She is huge.
> She is surprisingly not so huge as you might expect, considering how much
> she eats.... but still huge. It is the fact that he is a compulsive
> eater,
> one who goes through a buffet table and lays it bare like a swarm of
> locusts. The last time she was here I saw here lay into the devilled eggs.
> She did not take one or two and move on. She stood there and ate them one
> after another, a dozen eggs.... times two... 24 devilled eggs, and then
> she
> slid over to the cheese tray and nibbled on that until several pounds of
> cheese was gone. Granted, a few people got in there and cut off a piece of
> cheese or two and moved on, but this niece stood there and nibbled until
> it
> was all gone..... then moved to the cold cuts.

She doesn't sound all that self conscious about her weight and eating in
front of others if she typically stuffs her face right there at the buffet
table for all to see. I mean, *two dozen* deviled eggs??


> And then I catch her opening
> a box of crackers my pantry. Crackers for gawd's sake. There were crackers
> on the table. Why did she need to open crackers? .... because she thought
> she was alone and no one would see her?

What do you say to her when you catch her helping herself to the food in
your pantry?

Mary