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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]

You know, I can see how it would be easier to just say you don't like something instead of getting into the whole food intolerance and yeah, unfortunately others will assume you are very picky.

Sorry OP. [/quote]

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