I have lived with a secret.

I have lived in a dark cloud of shame for a very long time.

I am married to a man who has judged me for the secret I'm about to tell you.

But you know, you need your people and you need your friends.

Because without even realizing it, Max said something very casually that lifted the weight of oppression and shame off my heart. We always have an odd one in the crowd, though. It's kind of odd. I just sighted me odd. Isn't that strike you is a little bit odd? No, it doesn't strike me as a little bit odd. It's the Bob and Sherry Oddcast, with stuff we wouldn't,

couldn't, or shouldn't do on the regular show. Now, here's the odd cast. So many people like grapes, you know, green grapes, purple grapes, those big black, juicy Concord grapes, muscadine

grapes, chardonnay grapes, wine grapes, grapes made into juice, grapes

made into jam, grapes made into wine. People are like, I like grapes. Grapes are a popular snack to

give your toddler. Oh, sure, you have to cut them in half so the kid doesn't choke to death, but still,

that's not that much effort. Grapes, you go to places and like it'll be a fancy party that was done by a caterer.

And somewhere on that buffet table is going to be a big old platter of fruit and grapes are

loud and proud and nobody judges you if you reach for a big old juicy handful of grapes. I saw this crazy-ass-biotch

diet lady a long time ago on the internet who said that she dealt with her cravings for

chocolate by eating frozen green grapes that she kept in her freezer. And of course, I knew she was

lying because absolutely no one has dealt with a craving for

chocolate with a damn frozen green grape. But I saluted her attempt to delude herself. And I'm fine with

grapes. I like wine. Why not like grapes? I got no fight with grapes. But buddy, you tell somebody you like

raisins and you need to get ready to be judged. Why? I like raisins.

I like raisins.

And we were just, like in the middle of doing something else that had nothing to do with anything,

Max said, do you want to talk about raisin bread?

I was like, well, yes, I do.

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