today, in my crusade against aspartame:
i gathered all of the things in the kitchen that contained aspartame, put them on the kitchen table, and then printed off 4 articles about how poisonous it is and highlighted all of the most important information.
in my in-laws’ case, they make a lot of money and could very easily buy healthy, natural, and organic food all the time. i mean that. they have no excuses. neither of them is particularly healthy, they get minimal exercise, and they eat sugar-free products because they think they will lose weight. it’s ridiculous.
aren’t you a guest there? if one of my guests went through my kitchen and printed off a bunch of articles about my shitty food, idk if they’d be guests anymore.
and really, the only excuse anyone needs for not eating ‘healthy’/organic/natural and not exercising is “i don’t want to.”
i wouldn’t consider myself a guest in this house. we live here, albeit temporarily. we do all of the housework and the shopping [not the stuff with aspartame in it, obviously- or high fructose corn syrup]. we clean up after them, and they really sort of treat us like shit. it’s not like we have a relationship based on mutual respect. i’m really glad that nom-chompsky can reblog me and say i’m a guest and then EVERYONE decides to reblog and tell me what a bad guest i am. i am not here for a long weekend. i live here.
they’re health conscious people in general. or rather, they want to and try to be. they go to wellness conferences, buy magazines about ‘whole living,’ are constantly reading books about cancer free diets and keeping their pre-diabetes in control and how to make the most of their lifestyles. they WANT to be healthy and they THINK that they are. this is not a case of ‘we eat/drink aspartame because we know what it does but like it so fuck off.’ they feel like they HAVE to because somewhere along the line, they were told sugar is evil and will make them ugly and fat. they also scold us for eating anything with sugar in it and try to slip their artificial sweetener into things all the time.
by the by, a lot of people who don’t follow me or know my situation have reblogged me, and one person asked why i didn’t explain it to them in less asshole terms. my answer to that is: we have. so many times. alex has been having this conversation with them for years, and they’ve cut back on some stuff, but they don’t read labels. i mean, my father-in-law is a vegetarian but buys like…soup mixes with chicken broth in them. and it’s not because he loves chicken. it’s because he doesn’t read labels. they just don’t do it.
i don’t really mind if people on tumblr are judging me for being judgy.
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joinakibbutz reblogged this from teamlaurenwins and added:
this is a post my wife, lauren, made yesterday that caused some pretty intense outrage on tumblr. this is her personal...
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teamlaurenwins reblogged this from nom-chompsky and added:
i wouldn’t consider myself a guest in this house. we live here, albeit temporarily. we do all of the housework and the...
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chellchellchell said:
if it’s in a “look at how much of your food contains this fake ass shit” kind of way, maybe it could be acceptable. some ppl don’t realize what they’re consuming, but… boundaries. i started eating paleo 3 months ago, and my family thinks i’m nuts.
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jadelyn reblogged this from pixyled and added:
I seriously hope your inlaws get home and are like Cause seriously, that’s a shitty thing to do to someone when you’re a...
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littleorphanammo reblogged this from teamlaurenwins and added:
law ever, worst guest ever, worst PERSON EVER. What would prompt you to do something so tactless
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chachipistachis reblogged this from steviemcfly and added:
Holy crap, rude much? You’re a guest in their house; the last thing you should think of doing is criticizing their...
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alyshabee reblogged this from nom-chompsky and added:
Today in “ordinary human beings acting like shits - it’s not just for congressmen!” Every southern bone in my body is...
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neroon reblogged this from bitchslap-barbie and added:
I think the appropriate response is to leave your belongings in the front yard with articles about how to be a good...
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pretzlcoatl reblogged this from weirdette and added:
The word “crusade” is what really makes this for me. It’s like she set her alarm an hour before everyone else’s and got...
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boehner-trollololll reblogged this from teamlaurenwins and added:
Lauren, please do everyone a favor and stay out of your in-law’s business. Unless they specifically said that you can go...
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voltyball reblogged this from nanner and added:
This. Is. Horrible. I would never, ever invite a person like this back to my house EVER. My health is nobody’s business...
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jesus christ. i’m sick of people perpetuating this bullshit. the fda has done numerous studies on it regarding links to...
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nanner reblogged this from weirdette and added:
NEVER DO THIS. EVER. If you’re coming over and have special dietary needs, let me know and I will make sure to have food...
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weirdette reblogged this from bitchslap-barbie and added:
Seriously, if someone was staying with me and pulled a stunt like that, you bet your ass they’d be sleeping on a park...
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bitchslap-barbie reblogged this from nom-chompsky and added:
…Wow. Being a good guest is really important to me. If someone is kind enough to open their home to me, the *last* thing...
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lepus reblogged this from nom-chompsky and added:
I agree with nom Good lord,...worst kind of preachy pompus windbag to live with.
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