The great Jello debate

I love Jello.

Especially sugar free jello when I'm trying to lose a few pounds (which, let's be honest, is all the time).  You can eat, like, four boxes of the stuff and still have a ton of calories left over for the day.  What a deal, huh?

Now, you may wonder why I picked this as the first topic of my brand new blog, and I'm going to explain.  I find that the world is pretty much divided over the Jello issue.  There are those of us who love it, who recognize the value of a cool, fruity snack that you can chew, swallow whole, let melt in your mouth into a liquid, or squish between your teeth before you swallow it.  All that fun, not to mention the fruityliciousness, for about seventy-five cents a box.  That works out to only about twenty cents a serving.  In these tough economic times, I'd call that a bargain.

Then, there are those who hate Jello.  Of the Jello haters I have known, I find that most of them have some traumatic Jello episode buried deep in their past that has forever scarred their psyche.  A trip to the hospital when they were a child, an evil grandmother who forced them to eat Jello instead of ice cream when they spent the night with her, or perhaps an ill-fated food fight in an elementary school cafeteria that ended in an unpleasant trip to the principal's office back in the day when going to the principal's office meant not sitting comfortably for some time to come.  But, whatever the reason, Jello haters seem to be as adamant about their stand as we Jello lovers are about ours.

That is why, right off the bat, I felt it necessary to let everyone know where I stand in the great Jello debate.  I don't want any Jello haters reading this blog and later finding out I'm a Jello lover.  I can't imagine the emotional scars that could leave on a person and frankly, I just don't want to be responsible for that.  I also want to make it perfectly clear that all Jello haters, those who are new to the Jello hating process and those who have hated for decades, are welcome here.  I may love my Jello, but I realize that not everyone shares my views on this particular topic, and I'm okay with that.  It is my goal to create an atmosphere of mutual support and understanding between the two groups and perhaps build a forum where lovers and haters alike can bond together as one.

What a beautiful world that would be.