I agree. First world problems, people. This seems like trying way too hard to find something to be upset over. I'm just not judgmental enough for it to occur to me to get upset over that.

It's so complicated now, who knows? It's possible that he was initially tricked, figured it out and then was in on it because he was hoping to save himself from being publicly humiliated.

The others have explained how going limp works, but there's the converse. If you don't go limp and someone is pulling you in a direction that you don't want to go in and they're stronger than you, you'll be pulled off balance, so you'll have to step in the direction that they're pulling to stay on your feet. What ends…

About her child's weight and high blood pressure, I think parents today share too much with their kids. When I was growing up, most kids didn't know if they had ADHD or any of the other things that kids are diagnosed with now. Maybe we don't need to tell them when they're little kids. Maybe they would be better off if…

I agree with you. Most things with kids are like that. What works with one kid won't work with another, and I don't think most parents are experts on their own kids, or else there wouldn't be so many kids who say that their parents did things that didn't work. Everyone has such a different personality that one parent…

You're right. It does provide a different perspective.

That really is unusual because sugar and salt are the two tastes that don't have to taught. The love of sugar is universal for humans. It's in our genes.

This sounds a little bit like me and my husband. My parents were more strict than his and I got over bingeing on junk food very quickly when I moved out. I grew up in a home without soda or sugary cereals or sweets. His parents were less strict than mine were, but I think most Americans would consider them strict,…

My mother doesn't struggle with "dieting" but she's very health conscious and she was strict. I also binged on junk food a little when I had my first place, although I didn't go so far as to fill a whole cupboard. The thing is, I quickly moved back to eating the way my mother taught me to eat, within a day or two. The…

We never had crisps or sweets in the house either. It wasn't a disaster. I binged a few times when I got my own place, which felt deliciously subversive, but after that, it was over. I'm really glad that my parents were much stricter than my friend's parents were about food. I stopped buying them because the novelty…

Dessert every night sounds like a lot to me. One of the things I'm glad that my mother did was feed us fresh cut fruit as our treats, leaving actual sugary sweet desserts for special occasions.

Ah, see that's one way your parents were different from mine. My parents were very strict about food in our household, but it was all about nutrition, vitamins, and keeping our bodies in top working order. It wasn't about how my body looked. It was always about whether or not I was damaging my organs, or keeping my…

I grew up in a soda free household, too. And my mother went one step further and we drank whole fruit smoothies. When I grew up, I didn't enjoy soda.

She could have done it by teaching her child that there is a time and a place for sweets.

I think it's more likely that the guy was concerned about your mother's health. What's wrong with the flu is that it kills elderly people and young children. What's wrong with the flu is when strong young people who catch the flu then spread it around to vulnerable people for whom the flu is deadly. What's wrong with…

As long as you change the mask while not breathing in other people's exhaled air, then you'd be good. They actually make whimsical flu masks with patterns on them. I think it's because in Asia, it's considered common courtesy to wear a mask around other people if you're sick, and when they're a flu outbreak everyone…

Or someone breathing on it, like people do when they're making your food because their faces are right over your food. Or because they wiped their nose or sneezed on their hands and then made your food.

Are you saying that you would prefer it if they lied about their flaws? How do you know that they expect a perfect unicorn?

Also, wear a mask. Not many Americans do it, but it works. If you can't afford to be sick, it's worth it.

That sounds nice, the not caring. I stopped caring at one point, but now I care again.