The Clean Eating Delusion

[HuckleB]

32. Interesting thoughts.

You comment makes me ponder my own history.

I can't consider myself working class, but I certainly grew up in a working class family. I spent plenty of time digging ditches, hauling block, and framing with my dad. I admit to getting caught up in the nonsense when we moved to Portland, OR almost 24 years ago. We were not "middle class" at the time, as the recession was going on, and we made very little, but that didn't stop us and our peers from spending what we had at the co-op, and being easily fooled by flighty chicanery.

Interestingly, it was only once we made it through grad school, and started making more money than we deserve that I figured out that it was all silliness, partly because I could see how easily the people around us were engorged by marketing hyperbole at Whole Foods, New Seasons, and those dang co-ops.

Much like you said, I'm not really comfortable around those folks, at least when they're on those topics. I'm lucky to have married a down-to-earth spouse who makes sure that we're focused on time with each other, and not "stuff." And I've learned to love time working with my dad, when he visits over the summer. The guy's a consummate craftsman, and, I wish I was, too. I won't ever be there, but I'll keep digging the ditches. He taught me to work hard, no matter what.

Yeah, I'm spewing cliches right and left, and I probably sound like an idiot, and that's not far from the truth. Still, I appreciate the response. It made me think. Cheers!