You Can Keep My Leftovers
Language: en
My boyfriend and my best friend loved to make my appetite the punchline of every joke. According to Amber, my appetite was so embarrassingly huge that I should probably start paying double whenever we went out to eat. And Damon, my loving boyfriend, made a show out of helping me every single time. He would pull the server aside with a performative grin, asking them to replace my standard dinner bowl with a massive, deep serving bowl normally reserved for family-style entrees. Then, as the rest of the table stared—eyes wide with morbid curiosity or uncomfortable pity—he would lean back,…