The holiday season is a time when food pushers come out of the woodwork. So, as a public service to those who dread or are just sick and tired of having food pushed into their face, let me provide you with the text you can send in an email or letter, in advance, to anyone you know who will, at the first opportunity, say to you: “Oh, come on [insert your name], one piece won’t kill you.”⭐𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑃𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑟,𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒, 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙, 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 (𝑎) 𝐼’𝑚 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 (𝑏) 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼’𝑚 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑡, 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝐼 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜 . . . 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑, 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔.𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼’𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦, 𝑝𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑟 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ‘𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑟’ 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ‘𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒.’ 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒.𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 (𝑎) 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑏) 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑡.𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦,[𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒]⭐You’re welcome. 😉
