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How do you respond to "why don't you eat?'

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#1 ·
I never know what to say, i usually say food makes me feel sick or something long those lines. anyone have something more gutsy/humorous? You've gotta find humour in these things-it makes you less crazy. thanks
 
#13 ·
"Ofc I eat, what, you think I'm anorexic?" It actually works really well bc if they suspect anything and I make a joke about it, or hint that I think anorexia is stupid, they think "oh, cool, she can't have an ed"
 
#14 ·
I always say, "I eat.. just only when Im hungry and what I want to eat".. Honestly people think if there's food, it MUST BE EATEN NOW! Probably why there are so many people over weight.. I work with people like this, who are CONSTANTLY eating and CONSTANTLY trying to force food on me. I can't tell you how many times I have had to eat on account of them..it is infuriating.. I wish people didnt think you need to eat every ten effing minutes to survive.. I often tell people "Im a grazer.. I eat a little of this this and that throughout the day.. snacks fill me up.."
 
#18 ·
"Not feeling that great today."
"I've already ate." Or if I go somewhere and they offer food "I ate before I come."
When my fiancé asks why I don't eat when I get home from work "I picked something up on the way home." Or "They fed us today." (When I worked at Walmart they would lay out food and snacks for us so I could get away with it alot of the time.)
 
#23 ·
"Mind your own business." :wub:
 
#24 ·
I smile sweetly and tell them I'm souls-of-the-damned-atarian.

Nah mainly I just say I'm not hungry, it's not mealtime, etc.
If my stomach is growling audibly and depending who asks, I shrug like "i'm crazy, dude."
 
#26 ·
Nobody asks me why I don't eat because I do eat.
 
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