Are you really a sushi lover?
Today, I had a discussion with a colleague: who really is a sushi lover? We both agreed that it is not someone who only eats California rolls – that’s like a person claiming to love Chinese food who only orders shrimp fried rice, or worse, the chicken wings with mambo sauce. No, the true sushi lover has experienced cravings, withdrawal symptoms, and yes, even destructive behavior akin to a true drug addict. See if you recognize yourself in any of these scenarios:
1. You’ve experienced such a craving for sushi that you break down and buy the cheap grocery store/food court/skanky restaurant sushi against your better judgment, knowing you will be severely disappointed (and maybe even a little sick) but not caring because you just need a quick fix until you can get to “the real stuff.”
2. You barely have enough money to meet this paycheck’s bills, but you go out and spend $10/$20/$30 on a sushi meal because “you can’t take the money with you when you die, so you might as well enjoy life while you can.”
3. You consistently come up with justifications for that sushi “reward meal” regardless of whether you have earned it or not.
4. TGIF means “Thank God It’s Finally” time for that next sushi meal.
5. Payday definitely means sushi day.
6. You cajole your friends/family into going with you to get sushi because it’s always easier to spend the money when others are doing it too (i.e., you must keep up with the Joneses).
7. But if no one will go with you, you’ll go by yourself anyway because you’ve just gotta have it.
8. You’ve eaten too much at the all-you-can eat or Happy Hour sushi and you swear you’ll never eat that much again, but you do it again the next time anyway.
9. Sushi has its own line item in your personal or household budget – separate from the budget for groceries and dining out.
10. Anytime longer than a week between sushi meals and you start to get cranky/feel sad/become emotional.
If you’ve experienced four of the above, then you’re a true sushi lover. Six, and you’re on the path to addiction. Seven or more and you’re a bonafide sushi addict.
Which are you?
