It's My Cake and I'll Eat It Too!!

I like cake. If you know me, that’s not a newsflash. Something else that’s not a newsflash- if I have cake, I expect to be able to eat it. That’s a natural response isn’t it? Then why when we think people are expecting too much, do we say “they just want to have their cake and eat it too”? OF COURSE THEY DO. I guarantee you that if I go to a party and someone hands me a slice of cake, I’m not going to just sit and look at it and think, “Well, I have my cake, that’s enough. I really don’t need to eat it too.” If I have the cake, I’m eating the cake! We really should rethink some of the things we say. (Now I’m hungry.)