@codells: POV: Italian Father Gives You The Shakedown I don’t think I’ve ever been so scared in my life. I stood there for another three minutes without moving after this happened. I suggested recently that the entire family go on a diet so we can all push each other to be healthy and the best version of ourselves. I guess by doing that it brought out the worst version of Al Dente. To be fair, the whole wheat pasta wasn’t my idea and I didn’t like it either. Now it’s either lie to my mom about why the $500 worth of healthy groceries she bought can’t be used, or I learn to eat through a straw.