Extremes

Our world is such one of extremes. People need to stand out, to shock, to be on one end of the spectrum or the other, or things need to be bigger and better. Let me give two examples of the ones that bother me.

Supersize meals - Everything has to be bigger, better, have more on it; extra bacon, extra cheese. Buying in bulk is even cheaper than buying food for one. And buying food that is bad for you is cheaper than buying food that has health benefits. How can anyone be expected to be healthy and eat right when it is so easy to do the opposite? Temptation is everywhere out there in the food realm. Fast food is quick and easy and (for the most part) cheap, so why not just swing by the drive-thru on your way home and save an hour cooking dinner.

Teenage and post-menopause pregnancy - I understand that a lot of people do have babies during their 20s and 30s, but even more teen girls are getting pregnant. And sometimes, it's not an accident. They want to feel the unconditional love that having a baby brings. Now, on the opposite spectrum of that, more and more women are having in-vitro fertilization in order to have babies after menopause. Some of these women even already have children that are grown, so it's not like they have never known baby love. I don't understand why you would want to be 30 years old when your child enters high school, or why you would want to be 75 when your child enters high school.

Enough ranting for now.