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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Geez, what is up with people calling OP unrefined, immature and the like? [b]If OP genuinely can't eat even mildly spicy food or else have a reaction, how is that OP's fault??[/b] And unrefined? As if eating certain foods makes you refined? What a joke.

OP, if you were my good friend, I would like to know your restrictions and would try to serve a few items that you could eat. [/quote]

I have to agree with this.  When you grow up with undiagnosed food intolerances / allergies, it tends to make you a VERY picky eater.  I know so many people like this, myself included.  As a kid, the only words you have are "I don't like it".  That gets you labels like "picky", "high maintenance", "immature".  I felt so much shame but no one really understood that I wasn't just trying to be a pain in the ass.   It is not an easy way to live, as the OP knows.  Nobody relishes being "picky".

OP, if you haven't ever worked with a nutritionist or had allergy testing, I would highly recommend it.

But as for the dinner party-- I would just go ahead and decline.  If the host is going to be constantly monitoring and commenting on your food choices, that just sounds stressful for everyone involved.[/quote]

What's her reaction to spice -- her mouth doesn't like the heat? Isn't that most people's reaction to spice until they get used to it? I am not hearing that there are food allergies or intolerances, as much as I'm hearing her saying "ew" to food that is new to her because it is mushy or brown or the gravy has stuff in it or looks like $hit. That's not a food intolerance as much as a -- I don't eat this and I'm not going to. That's totally fine, but if it bothers you so much to go someplace where the water may have a wedge of lemon -- then don't eat anywhere but home. It's not like she ate the Mexican or Indian food at the last party and had some kind of problem with it, she ate the plain tortillas and naan and refused to even try it -- I don't see how that is the same as "that paneer sauce looks like it's tomato based which will aggravate my ulcer," it's more akin to "ew cubes of cheese with veggies, that's gross -- I'll stick to my ice water."[/quote]

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