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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't match with someone with food restrictions, period.  And I'd be super annoyed about not disclosing the lactose allergy...there's literally a section in the au pair application for the 3 agencies we've used that asks this directly.  I mean, maybe if AP had an allergy to one food that we could avoid...fine.  But a bunch of food restrictions seems high maintenance.  I won't pretend my kids are always adventurous eaters and we lead super busy lives so we normally provide pasta or rice along side whatever else we are having and I don't even like doing that...much less creating whole separate meals without certain ingredients. [/quote]
There is a difference between allergies and intolerance. With allergies, the reaction is pretty strong and it might kill you, and you need something like an Epi pen available, DD has tree nuts allergy. With intolerance you get a mild discomfort but are ok. I have lactose intolerance  and it sounds like this is what OP’s AP has. I would never think about disclosing that because it is pretty easy to avoid lactose , at the same time I wouldn’t never expect someone to adjust their food to me. My husband is European and use milk when he cooks and sometimes I eat it and deal with the discomfort or sometimes I skip it. In other words the AP is overreacting expecting HF to not use milk at all. Just take out her portion before adding milk and if it is something like lasagna, warn her in advance so she can make other plans.[/quote]

+1 This precisely![/quote]

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