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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • I think you’re right. I guess they had parents who were big on setting rules, but not on justifying them.

    I’m pretty sure my parents throttled my bread intake at restaurants when I was very young for the reason you state, but they accompanied their directive with a “don’t fill up before you get your main course” justification. So I didn’t assimilate it as a rule of etiquette, and instead understood the underlying logic.