ugh I used to cater lunches for my team at work and out of 20, 10 of them had very specific dietary needs and I just grew exhausted by it. that seems to have continued with joint food/parties with the children. I just opt out of both.

If you can't eat something 90% of the rest of the population is fine with bring whatever you need yourself.

A blood test will show if you are sensitive to gluten. My son's test showed a specific type of antibodies that your body produce when you eat gluten, very high. After going on gluten free, I saw major changes.

For myself, my blood test shows a low number of antibodies when I eat gluten.
But, I get it. It's hard to accommodate to everyone's food restrictions. Gluten does not cause anaphylactic response like peanuts but it does cause a reaction in the body that may not show immediately. Reactions could be hours of discomfort, tiredness and lethargic. For some, it would show within an hour, for others, it's slow brewing inside that ends up to be a full week of gut discomfort, tiredness, diarrhea, vomiting and fever (that was the case for my son).

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Anonymous wrote:My kid’s best friend’s family is ethically vegan. They eat vegan at home and pack vegan lunches for him. I always have a vegan option for him when he comes over and he always picks the non-vegan ones! I don’t want to police this child or tell his parents because I don’t know what their rules are, but I’m like…why spend money on vegan snacks when this kid prefers pizza and goldfish?

You don't understand what the would "ethically" means, do you?

Next time he comes over, have fun shooting neighbors pets with him. It's fun!

NP- uh no, it's not up to the host of this kid playdate to police this kid unless the parents specifically request it. And if they do, they should pack vegan snacks for their kid and tell them that's all they get. Sheesh.

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s best friend’s family is ethically vegan. They eat vegan at home and pack vegan lunches for him. I always have a vegan option for him when he comes over and he always picks the non-vegan ones! I don’t want to police this child or tell his parents because I don’t know what their rules are, but I’m like…why spend money on vegan snacks when this kid prefers pizza and goldfish?

You don't understand what the would "ethically" means, do you?

Next time he comes over, have fun shooting neighbors pets with him. It's fun!

If you're in a position to hire TWO chefs for a party, you don't need sympathy for anything.

^^ People demanding you accommodate their GF status are not in danger of contamination or they don't care. They are just PITAs.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow--you all know some crazy people...my DH has celiac and if he could eat gluten without suffering awful cramps and explosive diarrhea he would (he wasn't diagnosed until his late 20s)....who would not eat gluten just because??? Crazy.

Op here. I have a friend with celiac and another with hashimoto. I know they have this. They do not burden host with their dietary restrictions and make it about them when we go out to eat. These are not the people I am venting about. They quietly order what they can eat. The kids who have true life threatening allergies bring own food or won’t trust what is on the table often.

It is the fake GF who annoy me. They are NOT allergic. They just make it inconvenient for the host.

One mom decided it is healthier to be GF and makes school parents suffer through this GF for every school meal. She is so annoying.

Yes they just do not eat when they go out. It is so fun!

So, yes that is more fun than being sick all night. I tried to accommodate a celiac friend at a party and she was like-- nope don't even try-- she was super nice about it. Everything I could think of would be cross-contaminated and she's the expert, not me. She even brought her own wine. True celiacs are serious. They are not demanding of their hosts because they know the food will still be dangerous. They truly do take care of themselves even if we try to offer or think of options for them!

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Anonymous wrote:Wow--you all know some crazy people...my DH has celiac and if he could eat gluten without suffering awful cramps and explosive diarrhea he would (he wasn't diagnosed until his late 20s)....who would not eat gluten just because??? Crazy.

Op here. I have a friend with celiac and another with hashimoto. I know they have this. They do not burden host with their dietary restrictions and make it about them when we go out to eat. These are not the people I am venting about. They quietly order what they can eat. The kids who have true life threatening allergies bring own food or won’t trust what is on the table often.

It is the fake GF who annoy me. They are NOT allergic. They just make it inconvenient for the host.

One mom decided it is healthier to be GF and makes school parents suffer through this GF for every school meal. She is so annoying.

Definitely agree that people with real allergies actually tend to be the most likely to not make a big deal about it. That said, they are also often very grateful if you do, of your own initiative, make sure they can eat as well as everyone else.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow--you all know some crazy people...my DH has celiac and if he could eat gluten without suffering awful cramps and explosive diarrhea he would (he wasn't diagnosed until his late 20s)....who would not eat gluten just because??? Crazy.

Op here. I have a friend with celiac and another with hashimoto. I know they have this. They do not burden host with their dietary restrictions and make it about them when we go out to eat. These are not the people I am venting about. They quietly order what they can eat. The kids who have true life threatening allergies bring own food or won’t trust what is on the table often.

It is the fake GF who annoy me. They are NOT allergic. They just make it inconvenient for the host.

One mom decided it is healthier to be GF and makes school parents suffer through this GF for every school meal. She is so annoying.

Yes they just do not eat when they go out. It is so fun!

Anonymous wrote:I once had a guest at a large party I hosted tell me she was vegetarian. So I made vegetarian options for her. Then she ate the chicken I made. I was like WTF (politely) and she said she always tells hosts she is vegetarian in case she doesn’t like the non-veg that is served.

Omg, what did you say to her? I think I would have let her know that she’s a real piece of work.

A lot of people are sensitive to the flour in the US but not in other countries. There are specific additives like niacin to commercially milled flour here and the wheat is higher in gluten content in the US. I have GF friends who are perfectly fine in Italy or with made in Italy products but have serious digestive issues with US made products.

And I’m thinking of the one mom who decided her kid should be GF even though he tested negative. At birthday parties, she won’t let the kid have a cupcake or pizza. Then she huffs and puffs and acts like the host is rude for not accommodating her child when her kid is whining because he is hungry.

These are the people I think are annoying.

She came to one of our parties once and she kept pointing out how her kid can only eat the fruit I have out. She asked if I could make him something that wasn’t gluten free. I think I had to get cake ready and didn’t get back to her. She left after cake.

Anonymous wrote:Wow--you all know some crazy people...my DH has celiac and if he could eat gluten without suffering awful cramps and explosive diarrhea he would (he wasn't diagnosed until his late 20s)....who would not eat gluten just because??? Crazy.

Op here. I have a friend with celiac and another with hashimoto. I know they have this. They do not burden host with their dietary restrictions and make it about them when we go out to eat. These are not the people I am venting about. They quietly order what they can eat. The kids who have true life threatening allergies bring own food or won’t trust what is on the table often.

It is the fake GF who annoy me. They are NOT allergic. They just make it inconvenient for the host.

One mom decided it is healthier to be GF and makes school parents suffer through this GF for every school meal. She is so annoying.

Anonymous wrote:Wow--you all know some crazy people...my DH has celiac and if he could eat gluten without suffering awful cramps and explosive diarrhea he would (he wasn't diagnosed until his late 20s)....who would not eat gluten just because??? Crazy.

Fake GF is an eating disorder.

Just to add the fake GF people also make life harder for real celiacs because restaurants/friends understandably get sick of the lies and expose people, wittingly or not.