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From: stj@ra.UUCP (Shirley Joe)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Dates not eating their food...
Message-ID: <305@ra.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 15:15:15 EST
Article-I.D.: ra.305
Posted: Fri Mar 22 15:15:15 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 30-Mar-85 07:01:01 EST
References: <475@spp2.UUCP> <826@amdcad.UUCP>
Reply-To: stj@ra.UUCP (Spike)
Distribution: net
Organization: Calma Company, San Diego, CA
Lines: 35
Keywords: appetite, stomach, doggy bag
Summary: A possible reason. . .

In article <826@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
>> Many times, I've found that my date would order a really elaborate
>> entree for dinner and end up eating only about 1/4 of it.
>
>My sister does this all the time, she tells me. She says guys have lots
>more money than she does so it's ok. But I wouldn't go out with my sister
>even if she weren't my sister.
>
>This behavior may be a sign of nervousness. . . .

This may be a sign of the female appetite.  I usually eat until I'm
satisfied, NOT until I've finished everything on my plate because then
I'd be stuffed.  (It took me a long time to learn how to do this, but
that is another story.)  I find that the correct portion for me is usually
around 1/4 to 1/2 of what they serve you in restaurants, unless it is a
nouvelle cuisine restaurant where I can usually eat everything on my
plate and the bread basket and still be hungry.  Just because I can't
fit very much in my stomach doesn't mean that I want a salad.

I weigh 115 lbs. which means that I shouldn't eat as much food
as my 185 lb. date, or my 200 lb. brother.  Why?  Because I don't
want to weigh 185 or 200 lbs.  The extra weight would look pretty funny
on me.

My solution?  I give the rest of my food to my date (can be awkward on a
first date) or to my brother (I refer to him as my garbage disposal).
Or else I bring it home in a doggy bag.  (I never throw good food
away.)

And I always let my date know I appreciated the good food and company,
usually by planning a special evening and cooking something extravagant
in return (Veau Marsala or Filet Bearnaise, Chocolate Mousse, etc).
-- 

Spike
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