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As someone autistic, you might try saying, "I love you too, but I don't have the calorie budget for this right now. It does look delicious, though, and thank you for wanting to share it with me."6
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@AlexandraFindsHerself1971, that is a great suggestion, and thank you!2
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jenniferelizabethwiseman wrote: »@AlexandraFindsHerself1971, that is a great suggestion, and thank you!
Autistic people don't always understand subtext, though we do care deeply. Give him some healthy, calorie-budget compatible ways to do "I love you". Maybe you two could go for a walk together after dinner? You don't need to talk and interact for an autistic person to feel companioned and loved. We adore "parallel play" where we each do our own thing in the same room.
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I know that is true for him, and that is what we did--after his nap, took a walk, although he wanted to walk too fast for my knees and I had to stop early. So hard when he cannot accommodate. Appreciate the ear!4
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Today is gonna be a struggle bus day I think.
Insomnia really hit hard last night. I am currently going on about 3 hours of sleep at the most, but it was broken up between 9pm and 6:50am. On top of that my body aches, my head hurts, and I just don't feel well. I want to just go back to bed so bad but I can't. I am the only manager for my team in today so I kinda have to be around just in case. But I am just so tired.
Oh, and it is snowing so no outside walk for me today. May try and do a short seated yoga later to at least get some movement in. May not be much, but it is better then 0. That is my new mantra for working out. I have the same when it comes to cleaning, especially on days where I hurt. It may not be perfect, but it is better then it was. Sometimes you have to take the small wins!6 -
I looked at that and went, WHAT THE F____?! It's the day after Easter, it is Not Supposed To Do That Here. I guess Son will NOT be mowing the yard today after all. He was going to do it yesterday but part of the yard was still a little too wet to mow, so he was going to wait till today and do it, having given it 24 hours to drain. This is a surprise.
Boyfriend had a vicious bout of insomnia and did not sleep at all, so he is going to contact his new boss and see when he can start, cause today won't work. He can't drive and work on a totally sleepless night. (sigh) This has rattled me badly because Change Of Plans and also anxiety about job. I am attempting not to deal with the anxiety by eating extra food, but if it happens, I will at least understand.4 -
@Athijade @AlexandraFindsHerself1971 so sorry you're both having such an anxiety-filled day. Insomnia and anxiety are both energy sapping - be kind to yourselves today and coast as much as you can.
Here in the UK its a gloriously sunny, warm national holiday. We popped to see MIL to take her a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of bubbly for easter, and in return she gave us a silk hatbox stuffed to the brim with 80 different chocolate bars/eggs/confections - which I won't list here in case they trigger someone - but suffice it to say that when I got home and weighed them they collectively totalled 3.26kg.
Sigh.
We still haven't yet finished last easter's 48 Cadbury Creme eggs.5 -
Sleepless sucks. I wish you both the best. Maybe a _short_ nap?
Bella... this is alarm time. First of all the old eggs... time to go. I mean. you know me. they wouldn't have lasted. But. if the filling is no longer perfect... what's the point, right? If hubby asks you saw Norman's tail sticking out of the closet so you had to toss the box!
3.26kg is also verging a tiny bit on the excessive
I mean... let's call chocolate in the 550 Cal range per 100g. Some candy will be a bit lower. Some dark chocolate with nuts a bit higher... that's just under 18,000 Calories 
Anyone you can share with? hmm... I wonder how much postage to Canada would be!
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I would see if you can donate them to a local school or something like that. If there's that much chocolate it will share out over a class easy.3
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Bella_Figura wrote: »
Here in the UK its a gloriously sunny, warm national holiday. We popped to see MIL to take her a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of bubbly for easter, and in return she gave us a silk hatbox stuffed to the brim with 80 different chocolate bars/eggs/confections - which I won't list here in case they trigger someone - but suffice it to say that when I got home and weighed them they collectively totalled 3.26kg.
Sigh.
We still haven't yet finished last easter's 48 Cadbury Creme eggs.
Figure this .. all of a BH weekend in the Uk so gorgeously warm!
Wow ..that is a lot of chocolate from the MIL…. Well done by just having it in the house…. Would be a big hole in it by now if it was here! 🍫🍡🍬🍭🍫
Donated ours to the sports fiend to take back tou Uni tomorrow! Might help with revision🙄😀3 -
We contacted the food bank who initially declined the chocolate until we explained that each of the 80 pieces was individually wrapped - think Creme Eggs, Reeses Peanut Butter eggs, bags of Cadbury mini eggs, Lindt bunnies etc.... then they graciously (albeit reluctantly) agreed to accept them, so long as we'd deliver them. So one 50 mile round trip later....
We gave away all but six tems (my husband's favourites)...the rest will hopefully be winging their way to children's tummies across the local area.
Oh, and I proposed dumping the thirty-odd remaining Cadbury Creme eggs from last easter and my husband laughed and said he dumped them a week ago after he realised the fondant was hard, and was waiting to see how long it would be before I opened the tin to sneak one and realised they were gone.4 -
But... but... I know that royal post has a book rate to ship to Canada! And chocolate bunnies can be books, right? 🤯🐹2
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Think of all the happy kiddies! And you’ve been saved the guilt and shame, not to mention calories, of snarfing down all that candy.2
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Great work, Bella (sorry, PAV)2
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Today has been okay. I had a nap, did a couple loads of laundry, and made chicken quesadillas for lunch as I do every Monday. Dinner was fine, and we are now all sitting around processing dinner and reading or gaming.
However, I cut my thumb when slicing the rolls, and that may interfere with some of the dishes getting done.4 -
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971
NO THUMB CUTTING! I thought we had a deal on that!!!!!!! 
@Yoolypr @lauriekallis you two STOP IT! You're encouraging her to give away MY ALMOST CHOCOLATES to "poor kids". 
Harrumph! They can go grow some cocoa and sugar beats and make their own chocolate! 
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PAV - there’s no way to keep your consistently svelte figure by eating all the Easter chocolates!
Stay out of any and all food purveyors for at least a week while you’re in this weakened state. However, you could consider the advice given to the kiddies. The work involved in making your own chocolates would burn a lot of calories 😜3 -
Non-consensual knife play, I know! (laugh)5
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I chopped the end of my artificial nail off, does that count?….and btw those kids plates aren’t a bad idea!3
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Did you find the end of your nail or did it get mixed in with dinner???2
