• LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Quote from an interview with her

    Becky: And then when we had dinner with the family, I was the one serving the meals while everybody else was eating around there. And of course I didn’t get a plate. And then by the time it was all done, I would eat the leftovers. And of course if they saw me eating the leftovers, I would get punished.

    Adam: As an adult, she’s never totally gotten past this food insecurity. Coworkers would spread rumors about her hiding burgers in her desks to nibble on when no one was looking.

    Becky: Honestly, there’s truth to that. I was not picky about the condition of the food I was eating because I was conditioned from my earliest memory to the time I got out of that hell hole that food is life. Don’t be picky about it, because otherwise starving is your only other option.

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      1 year ago

      Brutal! That legitimately makes sense even though the food going bad still makes me nervous. However, mild food poisoning can be better than completely starving, I suppose. What an awful upbringing to be put through. It’s always amazing the travesties some amazing people have pushed through to achieve so much.