My position is that it’s a snack and husband tax must be paid. My wife is arguing that it’s a meal or occupies some third food space and it’s entirely hers. Who’s right, court of Lemmy?

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    Its a course served at the end of a meal, typically sweet. If you’re eating outside of that context it’s a snack or a meal depending on how large it is and your specific eating schedule. I think she is probably right that its hers but also maybe wrong if she won’t share a small taste of it with you. Or I would feel wrong not letting my wife at least taste my dessert if she wanted some but I was unwilling to share.

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    Dessert falls under “rule of fork”.

    In that if you try to take any I will stab you with one.

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    A drug.

    Whether it’s an important medicine for health and wellbeing or a hard recreational drug can depend greatly on the context.

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    Quantity, exclusivity, and order of consumption are the determining factors.

    A piece of candy after a meal is a treat.

    Eating an entire chocolate cake and nothing else is a meal.

    Eating a handful of candy is a snack, but could be part of a meal if consumed during, or dessert if consumed after a meal.

    Eating a slice of cake and a steak, going back and forth, is a meal that has cake as a portion which could be considered dessert and may indicate mental health issues.

    Eating a slice of cake after steak and potatoes is dessert.

    Partners have no entitlement to one another’s food being consumed, unless there is no more of it available after. If food is offered in advance and declined, they have no entitlement to it when the food is later present.

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    Are salmon technically dogs or cats? You decide!

    But to answer the question, I recommend your wife start an IRA to be able to make tax deferred investments

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    Dessert is a meal. Snack is a meal.

    Why is this a question, are you guys not having plate fulls of candy, cake and ice cream at 2:30 and 7 everyday?

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    Depends on nutritional value. Snack if empty calories, meal if reasonably nutritious. Cake? Snack. Fruit salad? Meal.

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      I like how preparation is optional in this definition. I could open a few food items, stuff my mouth with shovels of everything and call it a nutritious meal. 🤭