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It's remarkable (or maybe not?) how much of a similar experience I've had with my own diet, in relation to my wife. It's the exact same narrative between us -- she needs breakfast every morning, whereas for me I'm used to just skipping it.

When I join my wife on a daily breakfast schedule, I feel like I'm just needlessly eating food when I know I don't have to. But for her, her mood palpably worsens within an hour or so of not having a bite in the morning.

On weekend mornings and vacations, I'll indulge in nice hearty breakfasts, but for my average workweek, no need!

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I'm on the opposite side of this with my wife. She can go 5-6 hours after waking up without food. I can... but it feels miserable and like my brain doesn't really start working until I eat.

On the flipside, I can eat my last meal of the day and go 7-8 hours without food until I sleep. She can't, though; she'll get severe hunger pangs or be light-headed.

So it seems like I should have breakfast + lunch, while she should have lunch + dinner. But being out of sync like that is unbelievably annoying in a relationship where you share / eat the same foods.

I'm with you and OP!

But as I mention in a comment elsewhere here, if I indulge in a breakfast I will get hunger pangs the next morning (or two). Which leads me onto "needing breakfast". If I push through and just do my coffee and cream, I can get back to not feeling hungry in the morning (no hunger pangs) and back to [my] "normal".

My philosophy is: I eat if/when I'm hungry, not because "someone" tells me I should. "Someone" might be society. Also "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" is marketing BS started by Kelloggs(?I think?) to sell cereal.