Just a Little of My Weirdness

I was talking to my friend R on the phone the other night and I have no idea how the subject came up but she mentioned candy corn. I felt compelled to tell her that I have a method for eating candy corn, as well as pretzel twists and peanut M&Ms. That got her curiosity piqued and she asked me for the methods. Since she asked, I'll share them with you, too. Just because...

Candy corn are simple with my method and R admitted that she eats them the same way; I'm guessing a lot of people do. I bite off the white tip first, the I eat the orange layer, and finally the yellow. The layers don't taste different from one another, it's just fun and makes them last longer. How? Because you have to eat them one at a time using my method.

Pretzels twists are a little more complicated. Picture a pretzel twist in your mind so you'll understand what I'm describing. First I eat the little nubs on the outer edges of the round parts; I bite one off, then the other. Next I eat the little bridge part, the part that, when you bite it off, leaves you with a miniature pair of glasses. Finally I eat the round parts, one at a time, never together. I don't know why; I just eat them that way.

Peanut M&Ms are the most complicated of all, and I absolutely do it with each and every one. I put the piece in my mouth and push it under my back teeth on one side. I very gently bite the chocolate shell in half so one side of it breaks away from the peanut. Then I work the other side of the chocolate off the peanut. I kid you not. Once I get all the chocolate shell off I put the shell on one side of my mouth and the peanut on the other and finish eating it. I'm not kidding, I seriously eat peanut M&Ms that way; one at a time and systematically. I told you, I don't know why.

I also have a food consistency problem but I think I've mentioned it before. Sorry for the repeat if I have. I don't eat bananas because a kid in school many, many years ago was eating one and squished it through his teeth. And I don't eat Jell-O because it's like eating a big ball of snot. Food isn't supposed to move on its own. Blech!! Equally as bad are foods that pop when you bite them, like grapes or cherry tomatoes. That's just seriously gross and I stay far, far away from foods like that.

I'm just a little weird I guess, but there's nothing wrong with that because I'm betting you do some weird things too. We all do. That's why I explain to my kids that someone calling them weird is a compliment, although the person saying it probably doesn't mean it that way. Our weirdness is what makes us all individuals and we need to take pride in our own little idiosyncrasies, regardless of how weird other people think they are. Those are just some of mine; now think about yours and embrace them.

Until next time...peace to all.