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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just got back from a couple of weeks in Italy. I saw very few overweight people. Portions were much smaller - lots of gelato but no waffle cones. Also they sit and eat. Never saw a person holding a to-go cup of coffee, even in Rome. You either sat at the cafe or stood up at the cafe bar. I’m trying to emulate some of these habits now that I’m home.[/quote]

I remember that from Rome too. [b]And people walked places.[/b] [/quote]

Yes, and walking here is seen as being one of The Poors.

My new neighborhood is next to a shopping center with a Starbucks.  I asked my neighbor if she wanted to walk over to get a coffee with me (literally, walk 30 feet out of our neighborhood and cross at one red light).  We've been hitting it off so far and I thought this would be a good chance to get to know each other better while the kids were gone.  She wavered and said, "I mean, I guess, but what will people, you know, think?"  I was completely confused and thought she meant just us going without inviting anyone else or maybe just her going with me because something had been said about me, etc.  She then clarified, "we always just take turns driving over, the girls and I do.  Because so many OTHER people walk, you know?"  Yesssss, I know exactly what you mean.  The "other people" are the people from down the road who live in the income restricted apartment complex... the POORS, many of whom don't have cars.  Don't want to be confused as being poor!  They'll happily walk to exercise within the confines of our neighborhood, but just not on any main streets where someone could see them and confuse their healthy exercise behavior as being poor.

I have seen & heard it all!      [/quote]

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