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My mom can be so... preachy sometimes. She often has good advice or information to give, but she spews it like she's better than you and you're stupid and listening to her is the only way you're going to survive long enough to make something of yourself.
So, today, I was asking her to pick up some tortilla chips the next time she goes shopping. She's on board with it because she likes them for her own cooking too, but then shoots the idea down when she finds out that I like to use them to make myself nachos for breakfast when I'm in a hurry getting to school and don't have time to fix anything else. The reason? Apparently nachos, along with being horrible for your heart and will make you fat, will give you Alzheimers.
Some context: My step-dad hasn't been totally diagnosed with Alzheimers yet, but pretty much has unofficially been diagnosed by a doctor who refuses to say it's a diagnosis because... stupid reasons. My mom's response to anything of this nature is to immediately research the living shit out of the topic, and the overall consensus of her research is "We don't know shit about this except it is bad."
But she still insists on shoving this crap about how diet and exercise make a difference in if you get it or not.
Do NOT lecture a college student on diet and exercise. Just don't. I don't have money to buy your idea of "healthy" food, and even if I did, I don't have time to cook this "healthy" food. You wanna know why? Because I'm working my ass off trying to get a degree so I can make enough money to survive in this economy that's been screwed up by people who came before me. Maybe someday I'll be able to afford to take the time to cook healthy meals that won't "cause Alzheimers" and "give me heart disease", but for the time-effing-being, I kind of have to shop at the dollar tree for those times(translates the vast majority of the time) when you decide not to cook dinner. If you wanna cook a "healthy" meal, I'll gladly eat it. Hell, I'll eat pretty much any free meal. Just don't lecture me on diet when I pretty much have a choice between eating junk and just plain not eating.
Okay, vent over. I just needed to get that off my chest as it's been bothering me off and on for months now and this last thing was the last straw.
*flies away*
So, today, I was asking her to pick up some tortilla chips the next time she goes shopping. She's on board with it because she likes them for her own cooking too, but then shoots the idea down when she finds out that I like to use them to make myself nachos for breakfast when I'm in a hurry getting to school and don't have time to fix anything else. The reason? Apparently nachos, along with being horrible for your heart and will make you fat, will give you Alzheimers.
Some context: My step-dad hasn't been totally diagnosed with Alzheimers yet, but pretty much has unofficially been diagnosed by a doctor who refuses to say it's a diagnosis because... stupid reasons. My mom's response to anything of this nature is to immediately research the living shit out of the topic, and the overall consensus of her research is "We don't know shit about this except it is bad."
But she still insists on shoving this crap about how diet and exercise make a difference in if you get it or not.
Do NOT lecture a college student on diet and exercise. Just don't. I don't have money to buy your idea of "healthy" food, and even if I did, I don't have time to cook this "healthy" food. You wanna know why? Because I'm working my ass off trying to get a degree so I can make enough money to survive in this economy that's been screwed up by people who came before me. Maybe someday I'll be able to afford to take the time to cook healthy meals that won't "cause Alzheimers" and "give me heart disease", but for the time-effing-being, I kind of have to shop at the dollar tree for those times(translates the vast majority of the time) when you decide not to cook dinner. If you wanna cook a "healthy" meal, I'll gladly eat it. Hell, I'll eat pretty much any free meal. Just don't lecture me on diet when I pretty much have a choice between eating junk and just plain not eating.
Okay, vent over. I just needed to get that off my chest as it's been bothering me off and on for months now and this last thing was the last straw.
*flies away*
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