i have a phobia that is the opposite of a phobia. i have anti-cibophobia. cibophobia is the fear of eating food. i don't fear eating food- i fear not having enough food to eat. since becoming a teenager (1983), i often chose where i was gonna chow- by how big the servings would be. i often would tell mindy that i couldn't go to some restaurants, because they wouldn't fill me up. did i mention that i've had the fear of going to a place to chow & the portion being too small to fill me up. i worry less these days about gettin' "my fill", but it is still a faint voice in the back of my mind, "what kind of food is going to be there & will it be enough to fill me up"?
have you ever been to somebody's house for lunch/dinner & they eat like birds? wait a minute- this is going into the pet peeve arena.
Wednesday, August 24
phobia #2 (anti-cibophobia)
Posted by JayBird at 1:47 PM
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I've had that experience, but if you fear not having enough food, you should meet my mom. When she cooks dinner for four people, we joke that when we're done eating that we should call the gospel mission and tell them not to cook because we have enough leftovers to cover the rest of the day. It's not really quite that bad, but I can say that if anyone goes hungry at my mom's house it is their own fault.
Same fear here. I think it's rooted, at least for the resturant experience, in a fear of paying to much for too little.
As for not getting enough at someone's house for dinner, the fix is simple - go grab something off the Jack in the Crack $1 menu on your way home! LOL.
I recommend a 3-Day Fast. After 48 hours a chicken-wing will look like a side of beef to your eyes.
Either that or get to know Jeni's mom.
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