"One day at lunchtime, my dad was driving home from playing tennis with some friends and felt an unusual sensation - hunger. A McDonald's just north of our town had opened up several years before, but no one in our family had ever stopped there. Now, as he saw the restaurant's giant yellow M glinting in the sun ahead of him, Daddy felt a strangely powerful urge to stop."
"Daddy drove home slowly, his meal open in the passenger seat, savoring the extravagant taste of this new food. "Ready for lunch?" Mom asked when he arrived. "I picked something up on the way," Daddy told her, and, imagining his typical granola bar or pack of peanut butter crackers, she sighed. Two days later, Daddy did it again. Sitting at McDonald's, sunlight spilling in through the window, he worked through McNuggets, French fries and the New York Times headlines on his phone."
A daughter prepared calorie-dense stews and casseroles for her underweight father but found delivering meals unsustainable amid work and childcare demands. The father unexpectedly discovered McDonald's and experienced strong, new hunger, prompting him to buy Chicken McNuggets and fries. He began eating these takeout meals regularly, savoring them and returning home in better spirits. The convenience and palatability of the fast food provided a steady source of calories and improved mood, reducing immediate family pressure to manage his weight through labor-intensive home-cooked deliveries.
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