Anthony writes: My wife loves fresh bananas. When she was pregnant, she wanted only half a banana at a time. Her solution? Take a knife and cut a banana in half while it was still attached to the bunch. She won’t eat the remaining half, so it hangs there, turning brown within hours. She gave birth three weeks ago, and her appetite has returned. But she continues to do this. Please make her stop.
On the one hand, food waste is terrible, baby bananas exist, and I don’t know why your wife would cut the hanging banana with a knife when she could instead use scissors and give that banana bunch a haircut. On the other hand, she grew a baby inside her for months and then gave birth, so: Shut up. Let her tend to her body in the way she needs to. You have a million more messes than this coming up (more than a few of them banana-based!), so start practicing your chaos tolerance (and your smoothie-making skills) now.
John Hodgman is the host of the “Judge John Hodgman” podcast.
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