Jenn McKinlay: I remember the exact day it happened four years ago. It was early morning. I was running on no sleep and feeling rather sad as my father had just passed away. I couldn't manage to get it together to eat breakfast before I needed to go do the things I needed to do that day so I grabbed a fistful of red, white, and blue peanut M&Ms and decided that was breakfast. As a joke, I snapped a pic and posted it to my social media account with the hashtag #badbreakfastchoices.
Little did I know that the post would become so relatable! Turns out a lot of people make #badbreakfastchoices or IMHO very good breakfast choices and they love to share them in the comments, which cracks me up!
Naturally, #badbreakfastchoices became a thing. So much so that a few years ago a friend sent me this very apropos mug. Yes, it's my fave!
I have also pulled my fam into my love of inappropriate dessert shenanigans. My nephew Austin scouted a place in Massachusetts with donuts as big as our heads. Amazing! Of course, donuts are perfectly acceptable for breakfast, but do you see the size of this thing? It is clearly meant to share. Spoiler: I did not share and ate the whole thing!
Yes, I'm quite sure literary historians in the future will clamor to discuss the meaning of my hardcore breakfast-dessert eating just as they opine about Sylvia Plath being a bee keeper, Emily Dickinson a baker, and Flannery O'Connor an aviculturist (she was partial to pea hens and peacocks).
In looking up the hobbies of famous authors, I have to admit I was disappointed that we didn't have social media back in the day. I really wanted to see Sylvia Plath in beekeeper's garb and Emily Dickinson covered in flour. Ah, well...
So, what about you, Reds and Readers, what are your go to #badbreakfastchoices?
