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Rorey

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2. I'm pretty bad at restraint

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 11, 2021, 04:17 PM

Apr 2021

I've wanted coconut cake for about three days now, but when I went to the store, they were all too big. I'm pretty sure nobody else in my family even likes coconut cake, so it won't do any good to get one and share.

My son feels the same way you do. If you've got a craving, satisfy it or it'll just linger there under the surface and you'll always feel deprived.

The trick, of course, is to just satisfy it and not be a glutton. Which I tend to be when it comes to cake.

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I feel fat. But I also feel like having cake. [View all] Rorey Apr 2021 OP

You could have *some* cake EYESORE 9001 Apr 2021 #1

I'm pretty bad at restraint Rorey Apr 2021 #2

I buy a small cake and leave it in a friend's freezer. When I want cake I have to go the friend's Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #7

That's a good friend Rorey Apr 2021 #13

This friend likes pie, not cake. So my cake is safe. :) Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #19

You could buy a piece from a restaurant near you and take it home. But coconut Maraya1969 Apr 2021 #21

That would have been a good idea Rorey Apr 2021 #24

For me, sugar is an addiction. I can't stop with "some". It's none or ALL. Funtatlaguy Apr 2021 #25

LOL... I am baking a cake right now! And Marjorie Dawes would approve.... CurtEastPoint Apr 2021 #3

That's pretty much what's going through my mind! Rorey Apr 2021 #5

"You know you want it." Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2021 #4

If I get there and there's no coconut cake Rorey Apr 2021 #6

At age 12? True Dough Apr 2021 #8

Yeah, no kidding! Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2021 #12

Eat a large slice True Dough Apr 2021 #9

If I ran 5 miles, I'd have to call 911 at some point Rorey Apr 2021 #14

If you have the cake, you have solved half the problems. keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #10

That's a great perspective. Rorey Apr 2021 #15

My wife got a wonderful wild berry cream cake for last night's company CanonRay Apr 2021 #11

I would love to learn to make Chantilly cake Rorey Apr 2021 #16

They say there is no such thing as free will Shermann Apr 2021 #17

Yay, I'm off the hook Rorey Apr 2021 #18

Sounds like.... Marie Marie Apr 2021 #20

The devil side won Rorey Apr 2021 #22

Tee Hee. Sometimes, you just have to give the Devil his due. Marie Marie Apr 2021 #23

I usually consult Marie Antoinette in this situation. hay rick Apr 2021 #26

Good plan! Rorey Apr 2021 #28

I googled "coconut mug cake" MontanaMama Apr 2021 #27

I do like mug cakes Rorey Apr 2021 #29