Jess in Germany: Guest Post #5

Since Jess is in Europe and I used to live in Europe, I don’t think I could be any more qualified to guest post today.

What? That’s not the criteria for a successful guest post?

Fine….

Oh, this is Nicole Antoinette from More is Better by the way.

And the thing about me is that I’m obsessed with cheesecake. Not just “oh, cheesecake is good.” Nope. I’m so obsessed with cheesecake that whenever it comes up in conversation, I have to take a few minutes and convince whoever I’m talking to that I Love Cheesecake More Than They Do And More Than Anyone Ever Has In The History Of The Earth. It goes something like this:

Unsuspecting person: “I had such delicious cheesecake last night.”
Me: “Stop it, I LOVE cheesecake.”
UP: “Me too! It’s the best! Definitely my favorite dessert.”
Me: “No you don’t get it. I LOVE CHEESECAKE. I’m serious, I love it. If you put it in front of me I can’t not eat it. No matter what. No matter how full I am and what time of day it is. I LOVE CHEESECAKE.”
UP: “Right… yeah, it’s really good.” (this is usually when they give me a strange look and try to change the subject.)
Me (not yet satisfied with their level of convincement* regarding me and cheesecake): “One time I ate an entire cheesecake by myself in one night. I just couldn’t stop, I’m that addicted.”
UP: blank stare
Me: I LOVE CHEESECAKE

And yet despite having had many of the above conversations, I’m pretty sure that at some point I’ll get sick of cheesecake and move on. Because that’s what I do, I go through favorites (food, music, color- even people) in phases. And I don’t really know from moderation, I’m either all in or all out. I’m either obsessed or bored and totally over it.

That’s how it went down with the Raisin Squares.

I’m not even sure they make Raisin Squares anymore, but I used to eat them all the time when I was little. Basically, they’re like those mini wheats but with a raisin inside. And I could not get enough of them. My mom would leave them in the milk until they got soggy and soft enough for me to eat. And I loved them. I ate them every single morning for two years and then one day I just wasn’t feeling the Raisin Squares anymore.

And that was that.

Now? I hate raisins and can’t eat anything that has even been in proximity to a raisin. And the moral of the story is that I’m terrified of this happening with cheesecake, which yes, I know, is a pretty ridiculous fear given everything that’s actually going wrong in the world.

But what if I suddenly don’t like cheesecake anymore? What will I replace it with? What are other good obsession foods?! **

Maybe if I have a list of backup What to Do If I Start Hating Cheesecake foods I’ll feel better.

*I know convinement isn't a word. But it totally should be.
**Yes, I’m actually asking.