Is her food choice the only thing Cathy fakes?

Cathy has what we in the field of "don't know much about psychiatry" (but dug when Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis danced to that song in Witness) call "issues." Serious image and self esteem problems. I mean, God! How exhausting must it be to act like someone you aren't around the person you LIVE WITH! Shouldn't he love her for who she is, not the food she eats? Gah! (If this is how it starts, no wonder the state of comic marriages is so crappy.)

When we first date someone, do we put on certain airs, make an effort to dress up, look nice, and act witty? Yes. Can we keep that up 24/7 when we live with someone? I, for one, can't.

I first noticed this particular issue with Cathy when she wouldn't let Irving carry her across the threshold, for fear he'd find out how much she weighed. What's a time-honored tradition in the face of blinding insecurity? Besides, do they not have sex? Does he not see her naked? Did he not marry her anyway? Why would you marry someone you were so physcially uncomfortable with? So many questions, but moving on . . .

Now we find that she has been stocking her fridge with healthy, low fat, and low carb foods. Because she likes this stuff? NO. Because she wants to have a low fat, low carb diet (which are two different things, CATHY)? NO. Because she wants Irving to THINK she likes healthy eating! How lame is that? Why do young women have eating disorders? (ooops sorry. Off track . . . or am I?). How low must her self esteem be to hide her true eating habits from her HUSBAND? The man she plans to live the REST OF HER LIFE with? Not that this sort of thing doesn't happen, I just object to it being the punchline to a joke.

Or is this just me? Am I some sort of image-enhanced cyborg with a self esteem of steel? You wouldn't think so if you heard me babble my way through attempting to ask my boss for a raise, but . . . I like full-fat fresh mozzarella and other cheeses, so . . . I buy them from time to time. I do NOT like rice cakes, so don't buy them! The fact that Cathy censors her food purchases simply to create a facade for her husband is . . . sad.

Do men think that women who only eat low fat or low carb are sexy? (Cathy, Irving KNOWS WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. Your food isn't fooling him).

Turns out, Irving is happy that Cathy is going to upgrade their fridge food. Which leads to another question. If Irving hated this stuff so much, why didn't he say something about it? Why didn't he do something about it (like buy something he liked at the grocery store)? Why is Cathy in charge of what's in the fridge? Don't they both live there?

These two deserve each other.