We have several dear single friends that join us for General Conference. They bring all kinds of yummy stuff. In October over our General Conference feast, it came out that we were launching the "sugar-free" month. The dearest most generous friend in the world who had brought the Blueberry pie and stopped at her special place for frozen custard said, "Well, I didn't get the memo!" I had a tiny taste of the frozen custard to be polite, but quickly managed to move away from it all.
So at our quarterly movie night last Saturday night, they all came with the usual movie night goodies: More of the fantastic frozen custard with candy to top on it, a crunch mix of caramel popcorn and chocolate clusters, leftover mini Halloween chocolate candy bars (always my favorite) ... and some hummus and pita chips.
"I know you don't eat this, but we brought it anyway!" they said.
I was SO glad! This is how I want it to be. Quietly IGNORED. No big deal. Everybody else do whatever you want, it's not a choice I'm insisting that others take on, nor will I ruin a fun social evening with something that's important to me andMY choice.
So HOORAY! They all enjoyed theirs. I had the hummus, and a little pile of dried cranberries, that's still more sweet and more calories than necessary -- but it was my chosen treat, and well it served me!
Interestingly, I observed that those frozen ice cream/custard bowls with the candy toppings lasted all of about 10-15 minutes ... such a short period of time for such an indulgence!
Wow -- MORE THAN ENOUGH TO THINK ABOUT ... and when they all went home and took every last sugary treat with them. We had had a GREAT time! I had had a great time. My abstinence was of NO consequence to them!
The food was no biggie. I wasn't tempted, tried or feeling obligated to please anyone.
Just comfortable and "ME" -- without the goodies.
This IS THE NEW ME, and I have to say, it feels comfortable and A-OK!
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