I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.
Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.
I don't want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies.