Dessert side

Dear Bono,

I have always had a sweet tooth.  It goes back to childhood, when I was a very picky eater.  I, as many other have done before me, would have to eat a certain number of bites of dinner prior to getting dessert.  I would try to argue that I was full of dinner and therefore didn't need to eat any more casserole/peas/beans/etc.  Of course, this can backfire when someone, say, a parent, points out that if one is full, one has no room for dessert.  Ah, but my parents could not outwit me.  I pointed out that my stomach had two sides, and obviously my dinner side was full, but my dessert side was not.

This doesn't go over well for young adult women.  I have long been the high end of "normal" weight, which is unacceptable in society.  Of course, this prompted me to take great offense when someone pointed out that I had a "sugar tooth" during medical school.  But it's true. I do.  I could eat chocolate all day.  Actually, I couldn't.  I could when I was a kid.  Now it gives me reflux.

Sincerely,
JP