On a scale of 1-10....

[myfunnybunch]

just how bad would it be if I took an entire giant piece of leftover pie into the back yard and ate the whole thing by myself without sharing?

 

Let's say 1 is "Pie," and 10 is "Horror and greed! Your poor deprived children, going without pie! And besides, your thighs will blow up like balloons!"

 

It's Neapolitan--chocolate crust and chocolate cream, with strawberry cream, and vanilla whipped cream on top. In case that makes a difference.

 

Cat

[Slartibartfast]

1

[Luanne]

I agree. 1 ... enjoy

3.14

[bettyandbob]

It's a 0, if dc have caused more stress than necessary.

 

3, if they are just being all around good kids. So, it's still ok to eat it because all around good kids are stressful too.

[TammyS]

I consider it an accomplishment and would fist bump you if you were here (and maybe warn you about the calories).

[73349]

-1. Give the kids an extra serving of veggies tonight, and praise yourself for ensuring they have a nutritious diet without excessive sweets.

[trulycrabby]

If I could steal it from you and eat it myself, I would do so with no shame or guilt. :o

 

Enjoy it. :)

 

I have always found it helps to have a replacement pie before finishing one off. Can you make or get another one? More importantly, can I get one? :o

[JFSinIL]

The correct thing for a parent to do is to remove temptation from the children by consuming the pie before the little darlings see it and fight over it. Spare them the calories, too. It is your parental duty.

[Ann.without.an.e]

-100.....sometimes you just have to eat the pie.  

[Stratford]

1.  No question.

[DawnM]

I agree!   :hurray:

 

 

3.14

 

[KRG]

Eat your pie!  I just had a chocolate chunk banana muffin all by myself :)

[swellmomma]

1 and I wouldn't even go into the yard.  I have done this in front of the kids.  If I baked or bought that pie, it is up to me to determine who eats it.  And if the craving is big enough it will be me, all by myself lol

[brehon]

1

 

 

 

 

Or 3.14 if you're in educator mode (as opposed to survival mode or is that a la mode?)

 

 

[ErinE]

I'd eat half and feel good that I hadn't eaten the entire slice then eat the rest a hour later because the kids don't need to ruin their dinner.

 

I made a lemon tart this weekend for a dinner with friends. For the last leftover slice, I prepared a plate with a drizzle of raspberry sauce and a dollop of whipped cream. I walked away to clean up and DH entered the room and ate all but a thin sliver of crust in the minute I was gone.

 

Eat your pie while you can.

[maize]

I think you should share it with me.

[Farrar]

1.1.  You can feel a tiny smidgen of guilt.  And then let it go and savor the pie.  Be sure you hide well and don't get caught.

[Closeacademy]

I'm a pie pusher so I say 1.  Eat it and enjoy every little bite.

[gardenmom5]

It would proably depend upon how often it happens that you take the leftover pie in the backyard and eat it all without sharing.  ;p.

 

how valued is this kind of pie by your family?

 

in my family - a neopalitan pie that someone didn't share wouldn't be looked at twice.  a blackberry pie that someone hogged would earn you a curse and unfriendly feelings. (no matter how often they were equitably shared.)

 

[Susan in TN]

1. Your secret is safe with us!

[Lori D.]

DH voted for a negative number… AND for blaming larger thighs on your kids, for having to squat down and pick up toys so much… ;) [He's a keeper!]

[MrsMommy]

I think I need a few more details. By "giant piece of pie" do you actually mean the entire pie? Because then maybe like a 2. But if even the tiniest sliver has already been cut from the pie, then totally 1 or less!

[bzymom]

Eat it.

 

Relish it.

 

Put ice cream on it.

 

And if anybody asks what happened to it, respond with a vague "I don't want to name names, just know I took care of it."

[wintermom]

1

 

Please update us on how yummy the pie was. I'm sure that there wasn't enough to share anyway and World War III would have broken out to see who got to eat the pie. See what you saved from happening?

[myfunnybunch]

Can I vote for eating less than the whole thing? You could eat some, then think about it and either decide to share the rest or have seconds at another time. I need a picture of this pie. It sounds delicious.

 

Urp. Oops. Too late. <groan>

 

I should have listened to the voice of reason. I won't need to eat again until next week. :P

 

Thanks for the support, ladies. I knew I could count on you to make me laugh and feel better about eating too much pie without sharing.

 

Cat

 

[Ravin]

1.Pie. Unless you bought it with food stamps, in which case 15: you should be so ashamed!

[Kerileanne99]

If a pie gets eaten in the back yard and no one is there to hear the burp did it ever really happen?

[PrincessMommy]

1...I don't even have to think about it. 

[Cinder]

Pie always wins! Glad to hear you enjoyed it. :thumbup1:

[LMD]

1 for sure!

 

And thanks a lot, now I need to go make pie when I should be doing some chores...

[KrissiK]

1. No doubt about it. Sounds better than my child induced stress reduction technique which is to stand in front of the pantry and shovel handfuls of semi-sweet chocolate chips into my mouth.

[bethben]

1 - but if it were my pie, I would have to eat it in my closet with the door to my room locked.  And even then, I would have some child in a crisis moment at that particular time of course not having any other crisis moments until that time.  Then if I was really going to enjoy my pie, I would also watch a "mommy show" on netflix or hulu without some child asking me questions about said show.   I would also have to evade questions of "who ate the last piece of pie"?  "I have no idea".  Then my dh would come home and give me a smile that says, "Good for you!"  He's a good one for encouraging my rare selfish behavior.  He thinks they are too far and few between.  So, despite having to run though all sorts of obstacles, it would still be a "eat the pie woman!  eat the pie!"

 

Beth (who wants to have a personal mini-fridge in her room so that she actually gets to eat some "special" food without her children eating it - even when it says, "MOM"S FOOD" and child claims they didn't see the sign...we have teen boy issues around here)

[Cindy in FL.]

1!

[ILiveInFlipFlops]

Well, I was going to say "1," but now I'll say, "Way to go!"  :hurray:

 

And if anybody asks what happened to it, respond with a vague "I don't want to name names, just know I took care of it."

 

I am SO TOTALLY stealing this!

 

1. No doubt about it. Sounds better than my child induced stress reduction technique which is to stand in front of the pantry and shovel handfuls of semi-sweet chocolate chips into my mouth.

 

Ugh, me too. Just five minutes ago, in fact. We always seem to have them in the house, even when I'm being "good" about not buying other sweets. I need to stop buying them at Costco.

[Reefgazer]

1

[zoobie]

Mmmm, pie.

[KrissiK]

Ugh, me too. Just five minutes ago, in fact. We always seem to have them in the house, even when I'm being "good" about not buying other sweets. I need to stop buying them at Costco.

We buy them at Costco, too. They really are the best kind. I ran out and had to buy the cheap store brand at the grocery store. Yuck. Too sweet and they melt too fast. Costco really has the best semi-sweet chocolate chips. I'm becoming a connoisseur.

[Mrs Mungo]

3.14

ITA

[HS Mom in NC]

0 if you made the pie.

1 if you bought the pie.

2 if the kids bought the pie.

3 if the kids made the pie.

[myfunnybunch]

0 if you made the pie.

1 if you bought the pie.

2 if the kids bought the pie.

3 if the kids made the pie.

 

I bought the pie. :)

 

But it was my dd's birthday pie. :(

 

But she left it here when she went home, and said she didn't want the rest. :) So really, it was my pie in the first place. Right?

 

Cat