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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If this isn't a troll post OP, are you working with a therapist on your food issues? [/quote]

No - there's really nothing to work with. I don't have a phobia. I just dislike certain tastes, and my body seems to be allergic to anything hot (temp wise) or spicy because my mouth and tongue swell (you know when people say they burned their tongue? That's what happens to me and it lasts 2-3 days). The funny thing is, I've become SO MUCH MORE open to new foods than I was when I was younger. What I eat now is a very wide variety compared to what I used to eat. [/quote]

Well, that's good progress. But you still can't give the host a list of acceptable menus. Either go and do your best to eat (or pretend to eat), or tell your host that you decline the invitation because you have food issues.[/quote]

She KNOWS I like plain food. She's the type who pays very careful attention to what each person orders when we go out to eat in restaurants. She's even commented that I'm such a boring eater she'll have to have me over to her home for dinner to introduce me to new foods (which is why I've had her to MY house or gone to restaurants). I've been to a few parties at her house - once, it was all goat cheese and raw mozzarella with tomatoes and vinegar and dips (I drank water and ate crackers). Once, it was an Indian buffet (I drank water and ate plain naan. Once it was Mexican food (I drank water and ate plain tortilla chips). I have no problem not eating when there's nothing I like - the problem is I don't want to offend someone by not eating the food they've prepped and are serving. And she's TOTALLY the type not only to notice, but to comment. "Oh, you're not eating? You've only taken two bites. Don't you like it?" Then I feel stuck.

A party is better because there are too many people for her to notice what I'm eating. But this dinner will only be her immediate family and mine. When we've gone out as couples she's OBSESSED with what each person gets (it's honestly the only thing I don't like about her because she comments so much about it). Just to clarify: I would never dream of dictating the menu at someone else's house - I just gave a list of what other people have served when I've been a guest that I've enjoyed and been able to eat happily without giving it a second thought. [/quote]

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