The Midnight Binge | Flash Post 298

THE MIDNIGHT BINGE

Button, last night, at around twelve, I heard Dost silently walking out of our bedroom on tip toes because, it was obvious that, he didn’t want to wake me up. This is something he’s never done before and I guessed he was either going out to fetch some medicine or get a bottle of water for himself.

Did you wake up?

Not really. These days, I sleep like a baby but I just about woke up for a split second before dozing off again but woke up a second time when he returned.

Did you ask why he’d gone out?

I did. I found him creeping back into our room and heard him munching on something.

What was he munching on?

Marie biscuit!

Are you serious?

One hundred percent. He even announced that he just felt like eating some Marie biscuit.

Marie biscuit to be precise? That too at midnight?

When I showed alarm, he offered me one which I accepted and the two of us munched on them before falling asleep again.

That is so cute. Why did he choose the Marie biscuit and not any other biscuit?

Because the other biscuit kept on the kitchen table every night, together with the Marie for next morning’s tea, are cream cracker biscuits which he hates!

14 Comments

Bianca Gomes May 20, 2018 at 6:41 pm

I don’t think there’s a single person this planet who hasn’t binged at midnight! It’s the most amazing thing but they say it shouldn’t be a habit..i guess because eating that late doesn’t give the system too much time to digest.

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- author May 22, 2018 at 12:53 pm
  
  Dear Bianca,
  
  I doubt that too. Everybody has midnight-binged at some stage or the other. Bingeing without anybody knowing is even better. And I have indulged not only once but a number of times. Have you?
  
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  - Bianca Gomes May 27, 2018 at 12:13 pm
    
    Of course author…I have! and still continue to…my favourite? khakra!!!
    
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    - author June 3, 2018 at 1:05 pm
      
      Dear Bianca,
      
      Bingeing can be infectious. I’ve noticed that when one of us binge, slowly but steadily, the entire family starts bingeing on something or the other. Including our pets because when we start bingeing, they sit and stare at us and we don’t have an option but to feed them what we are eating!
      
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disha salgaonkar May 20, 2018 at 6:43 pm

Ma’am, have you ever had a midnight binge? If yes, then what have you eaten? I would love to know.

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- author May 22, 2018 at 12:55 pm
  
  My dear Disha,
  
  I have binged not once but many times. I have binged on wafers, chocolates, farsan, Marie biscuits, gummy bears…there’s your answer.
  
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Harsh May 20, 2018 at 6:46 pm

Midnight binges are for all those who starve themselves. They feel like they can go all night and all day without eating but they are the first to binge because one can never go to sleep on an empty stomach. It will keep you awake through the night…I eat 4 small meals a day so I really haven’t binged binged on anything apart from icecream and that too out of greed.

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- author May 22, 2018 at 12:58 pm
  
  Dear Harsh,
  
  Not absolutely correct because I’ve binged even after eating a sumptuous meal. I think I did it because I saw other family members bingeing and I felt greedy.
  
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farhad walia May 20, 2018 at 6:50 pm

This is like a detective hounding his suspect! But a detective joining hands with the suspect is unheard of! Glad you and Dost have such a remarkably fun and entertaining relationship post so many years of marriage! A partner in life and in a midnight binge just makes it double the fun and that much more tolerable!

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- author May 22, 2018 at 1:11 pm
  
  My dear Farhad,
  
  My daughters say that the two of us share a delightful relationship even after 40 years. I can’t think of myself eating Marie biscuits post midnight but when Button’s Dost offered it to me, I gladly joined him.
  
  Are you in the habit of bingeing? Doesn’t it bring along with it that unsure feeling of whether you should binge or not and, once you have, give you a feeling of “so what”, I will brush my teeth again or use a mouthwash!
  
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  - farhad walia May 27, 2018 at 12:12 pm
    
    i don’t even bother brushing again…who’s going to do that in the middle of the night author!?? Not me! I’m the laziest person you will meet!
    
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    - author June 3, 2018 at 1:07 pm
      
      Dear Farhad,
      
      I don’t brush a second time either but I use a mouthwash to gargle before going to sleep. I don’t like food particles sticking in-between my teeth.
      
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k vishwanath May 27, 2018 at 12:10 pm

I just ordered a packet of Bourbon biscuits! What a terrible thing to do to us author! Here we are trying to control and you are reminding us of bingeing on all the yummy leftovers in the fridge?

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- author June 3, 2018 at 1:10 pm
  
  My dear Vishwanath,
  
  Life is short. Live it the way you want. If you want to binge on leftovers in the fridge, go right ahead and do so. Tomorrow’s another new day.
  
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