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AIBU to think bacon sandwich lunch is not greedy?

271 replies

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.

OP posts:
Chocolatecustardcreamsrule · 22/04/2026 13:34

It’s a perfectly normal lunch. I’d probably need some fruit/ yoghurt or a biscuit later on to get me through to tea.

MasterBeth · 22/04/2026 13:34

I was going to say it's a perfectly normal lunch, but you put cheese in it, which is mental.

DrHGS · 22/04/2026 13:34

I’ve just been out specifically to get some bacon to make myself a sandwich for lunch. Lunch of queens!

BillieWiper · 22/04/2026 13:34

Who said that? Was it a one off? It sounds like the person is both extremely rude and suffering from disordered eating at the very least.

Not that it's an excuse. Even in the throes of life threatening anorexia I'd never have dreamt of calling other people's food greedy or fattening.

It's a perfectly normal meal as you know. I suggest you tell this person you don't want to hear their opinions on your choice of meals and that you're surprised she doesn't realise how odd and rude she sounds saying such things?

MasterBeth · 22/04/2026 13:34

Chocolatecustardcreamsrule · 22/04/2026 13:34

It’s a perfectly normal lunch. I’d probably need some fruit/ yoghurt or a biscuit later on to get me through to tea.

A biscuit?

Who eats one biscuit?

Jollyjupiter · 22/04/2026 13:35

MasterBeth · 22/04/2026 13:34

A biscuit?

Who eats one biscuit?

People who like to be slim and healthy.

Girlwithavibe · 22/04/2026 13:36

Jollyjupiter · 22/04/2026 13:33

Well it's around 1000cals with cheese added.
That food intake for just lunch snd you will def get fat.

If u cook with frylight and take all the visible fat off it's not loaded with calories lol even adding a cheese slice isn't that bad as long as your counting calories 😂

SeeFourSwans · 22/04/2026 13:36

Absolute gluttony. I only need a sniff of the small tomato and I'd be full for a week. Grin

Of course it's not greedy, OP. Hope you enjoyed every bite of it!

Needmorelego · 22/04/2026 13:37

That's a normal lunch in my opinion.
I often get a supermarket meal deal for lunch and a BLT sandwich is a normal and popular sandwich.
I sometimes have (shock horror) a bag of crisps as the snack option.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 22/04/2026 13:37

She’s probably crazy with hunger and there you are with a bacon sandwich. Eat it very slowly in front of her.

Loomis · 22/04/2026 13:37

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usedtobeaylis · 22/04/2026 13:38

Jollyjupiter · 22/04/2026 13:33

Well it's around 1000cals with cheese added.
That food intake for just lunch snd you will def get fat.

Well she hasn't said she's eating it every day and for all her other meals as well. Nor has she divulged her daily calorie needs. People want to stop banging on about fat the minute a woman eats something nice.

Isobel201 · 22/04/2026 13:38

Anything can be eaten, the key is moderation. I regularly eat cheese as part of a balanced diet.

Loomis · 22/04/2026 13:39

usedtobeaylis · 22/04/2026 13:38

Well she hasn't said she's eating it every day and for all her other meals as well. Nor has she divulged her daily calorie needs. People want to stop banging on about fat the minute a woman eats something nice.

But what if it makes them go over a size 10? I couldn't bear the shame, could you?

Forty85 · 22/04/2026 13:41

You have a seriously unhealthy obsession of posting about your sister. It's just weird at this point.. As soon as I read this I knew it would be you before even looking at the username.

randomchap · 22/04/2026 13:42

Cheese does not go on a bacon sandwich.

Although I'm tempted to try it. What cheese did you have?

cheekynamechang3 · 22/04/2026 13:42

Forty85 · 22/04/2026 13:41

You have a seriously unhealthy obsession of posting about your sister. It's just weird at this point.. As soon as I read this I knew it would be you before even looking at the username.

Oh lord. Bike in hall woman?!

MyKindHiker · 22/04/2026 13:42

I would like for it to be banned for women to police each other on what we eat. It's a poisonous element of diet culture.

PinkyFlamingo · 22/04/2026 13:43

Loomis · 22/04/2026 13:09

Oh look, bingo 🤣

😂

JipJup · 22/04/2026 13:43

Jollyjupiter · 22/04/2026 13:33

Well it's around 1000cals with cheese added.
That food intake for just lunch snd you will def get fat.

Don't be silly.

No-one's getting fat from that unless they eat it every single day and/or have similarly calorie laden foods for other meals.

All the OP has said is she ate one bacon and cheese sandwich.

BagaChips · 22/04/2026 13:44

cheekynamechang3 · 22/04/2026 13:42

Oh lord. Bike in hall woman?!

Yes, and the one who blew out her nephews candles on his birthday cake

JipJup · 22/04/2026 13:44

MasterBeth · 22/04/2026 13:34

A biscuit?

Who eats one biscuit?

Why do you think there are people who don't eat one biscuit??

Idontjetwashthefucker · 22/04/2026 13:45

JipJup · 22/04/2026 13:44

Why do you think there are people who don't eat one biscuit??

Oh unclench ffs

JipJup · 22/04/2026 13:45

BagaChips · 22/04/2026 13:44

Yes, and the one who blew out her nephews candles on his birthday cake

Oh ffs I'm out lol 🤣🙄

FallenNight · 22/04/2026 13:45

randomchap · 22/04/2026 13:42

Cheese does not go on a bacon sandwich.

Although I'm tempted to try it. What cheese did you have?

I am surprised by all the cheese doesn't go on a bacon sandwich comments.

Bacon, Brie, and Cranbury is the queen of Sandwiches. (Even better if this a crunchy baguette)