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AIBU to think bacon sandwich lunch is not greedy?

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AliceNotInChains · 22/04/2026 12:55

2 small slices of bread (from a 400g loaf)
3 rashers of bacon
1 small tomato
a slice of cheese.

a family member says it’s greedy and fattening. For breakfast I had 2 weetabix and have had nothing inbetween.

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Loomis · 22/04/2026 13:09

mindutopia · 22/04/2026 13:08

It’s not an especially healthy lunch, no.

Would I have it a few times a year? Yes, maybe.

I don’t think it’s ‘greedy’ as it’s not loads of food, it’s just not a particularly healthy choice.

That said, it’s rude to comment on what someone is eating. It sounds like your mum has food issues.

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Oh look, bingo 🤣

Loomis · 22/04/2026 13:08

I assume that people who don't eat like to suck the joy out of everyone else's food because they're permanently in a bad mood from starving themselves.

You see it on here all the time, I assume it'll be a matter of time before someone pops up to tell you you're eating too many carbs and that bacon is carcinogenic.

PinkyFlamingo · 22/04/2026 13:08

AliceNotInChains · 22/04/2026 13:00

She’s on a liquid diet at the minute 🙄

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Well there you go, clearly she's having issues! Why are you letting this get to you?

mindutopia · 22/04/2026 13:08

It’s not an especially healthy lunch, no.

Would I have it a few times a year? Yes, maybe.

I don’t think it’s ‘greedy’ as it’s not loads of food, it’s just not a particularly healthy choice.

That said, it’s rude to comment on what someone is eating. It sounds like your mum has food issues.

bigsoftcocks · 22/04/2026 13:06

has to be your mother. The words greedy and fattening are much more generational.
makes me think of those threads you see around Christmas about in-laws serving half a potato and one slice of turkey for Christmas dinner. Then the OP being starving for the whole of the Christmas break

ToadRage · 22/04/2026 13:04

We often have a bacon sandwich for lunch on a weekend. Wouldn't have it everyday but a treat now and then is not a problem

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AliceNotInChains · 22/04/2026 13:04

PullTheBricksDown · 22/04/2026 13:02

Why is anyone giving their opinion on what you eat for lunch? It's up to you!

She’s round here helping me unblock my drain, I think she was jealous that I had a nice sandwich whilst she had her weird milkshake thing

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Backawayfromthesausage · 22/04/2026 13:03

Do you have a weight problem and is it your mum?

FeliciaFancybottom · 22/04/2026 13:02

AliceNotInChains · 22/04/2026 13:00

She’s on a liquid diet at the minute 🙄

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Is the liquid vodka and she's lost her filter? I don't eat bacon, but it sounds like an acceptable amount of food to me.

Lomonald · 22/04/2026 13:02

AliceNotInChains · 22/04/2026 13:00

She’s on a liquid diet at the minute 🙄

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Oh ok well honestly just ignore her let her do her own thing and you eat what you enjoy.

PullTheBricksDown · 22/04/2026 13:02

Why is anyone giving their opinion on what you eat for lunch? It's up to you!

Tryingtokeepgoing · 22/04/2026 13:01

A bacon sandwich is fine. A cheese sandwich is fine. But for me, cheese does not go with bacon in a sandwich. Irrational I know, as ham and cheese is absolutely fine 😂 However, it would be high in protein and I wouldn't say it was greedy or even fattening, when eaten as part of a balanced diet overall

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AliceNotInChains · 22/04/2026 13:00

Lomonald · 22/04/2026 13:00

What does your relative eat ? I know if I had told my mum i had breakfast AND lunch she would ask where do I put it all! She is 74 though and eats like a bird

She’s on a liquid diet at the minute 🙄

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Lomonald · 22/04/2026 13:00

What does your relative eat ? I know if I had told my mum i had breakfast AND lunch she would ask where do I put it all! She is 74 though and eats like a bird

Ablondiebutagoody · 22/04/2026 12:59

I would eat that between a bigger breakfast than yours and lunch

DoubleShotEspressox · 22/04/2026 12:58

Sounds fucking delicious. Enjoy it op. Completely normal lunch.

julesover40 · 22/04/2026 12:58

Oh I would love a BLT for my lunch now........

Turnitoffnonagain · 22/04/2026 12:58

Sounds like a nice lunch to me.
I've had a granary roll with a slice of lean ham, 2 tomatoes and a dab of mayo.
I'd eat bacon more often, but my cholesterol is slightly raised so swerving it. 😒

looselegs · 22/04/2026 12:57

Love a bacon sandwich- sometimes with tomatoes, sometimes with mushrooms!
Perfectly acceptable lunch!

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 22/04/2026 12:57

They are very small slices of bread. I don’t eat bacon so I have no concept of how filling it is, but it doesn’t sound much.

Its got nothing to do with your relative though, even if you had ten times that.

Lomonald · 22/04/2026 12:56

I would have tuned out at "fattening" tbh their opinion doesn't matter, a bacon sandwich is a perfectly acceptable lunch.