Ordering Extra Fries When You Feel Erased in the Relationship
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When Your Appetite Speaks What Your Mouth Cannot Say
You order extra fries. Then you add onion rings. Maybe mozzarella sticks. The person across from you raises an eyebrow but says nothing, and you feel a flash of something between defiance and shame. This is not about hunger. This is about taking up space when everything else in your life has taught you to shrink.
When you feel erased in a relationship-when your preferences get overridden, your stories get interrupted, your feelings get minimized-your body starts compensating in the only arena it still controls: food orders. Ordering extra becomes a quiet rebellion. It says 'I exist' when your words have stopped landing.
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