Maybe it's too early to be thinking about this, but...
Will you go somewhere away from home for Thanksgiving?
If so, how will you handle the food stuff?
I am pondering what to do this year. We are always invited to the ILs for Thanksgiving, but this will be my first Thanksgiving since finding out about all my food allergies/intolerances. My standard practice for all family gatherings this year has been to just bring all my own meal. But I worry about Thanksgiving because there is just so much damn food, and because I have become so much more sensitive the more I avoid, and because some of my worst reactions are to airborne stuff -- especially the onion family. (I am picturing myself sitting at the ILs table holding my breath as they pass around a heaping bowl of stuffing full of onion and garlic. And then not being able to sleep that night due to the inevitable reactions, because eventually I will have to breathe.)
Then there is all the corny/chemical stuff that I will undoubtedly encounter: people's perfumes and colognes and shampoos and hairspray and scented candles and air fresheners and ??????
And the frustration of everyone just.not.getting.it.
And the questions: "You can have this, right? Well how about this? What could possibly be wrong with this? Just a little bit won't hurt you, will it?"
And the guilt: "I bought these special crackers just for you. You can have rice crackers, right? What? You mean 'maltodextrin from corn' on the ingredient list means it really has corn in it? But they're rice crackers, how can they have corn in them? You mean you have to read all the ingredients? On everything? But see, the label says rice crackers. And I bought them just for you. You can't even have a couple of them? Well what are you going to eat then?"
Sigh.
It seems easier to just tell DH to take the kids and go without me. I could stay home and watch old movies all day, and cook safe foods for myself.
Will you go somewhere away from home for Thanksgiving?
If so, how will you handle the food stuff?
I am pondering what to do this year. We are always invited to the ILs for Thanksgiving, but this will be my first Thanksgiving since finding out about all my food allergies/intolerances. My standard practice for all family gatherings this year has been to just bring all my own meal. But I worry about Thanksgiving because there is just so much damn food, and because I have become so much more sensitive the more I avoid, and because some of my worst reactions are to airborne stuff -- especially the onion family. (I am picturing myself sitting at the ILs table holding my breath as they pass around a heaping bowl of stuffing full of onion and garlic. And then not being able to sleep that night due to the inevitable reactions, because eventually I will have to breathe.)
Then there is all the corny/chemical stuff that I will undoubtedly encounter: people's perfumes and colognes and shampoos and hairspray and scented candles and air fresheners and ??????
And the frustration of everyone just.not.getting.it.
And the questions: "You can have this, right? Well how about this? What could possibly be wrong with this? Just a little bit won't hurt you, will it?"
And the guilt: "I bought these special crackers just for you. You can have rice crackers, right? What? You mean 'maltodextrin from corn' on the ingredient list means it really has corn in it? But they're rice crackers, how can they have corn in them? You mean you have to read all the ingredients? On everything? But see, the label says rice crackers. And I bought them just for you. You can't even have a couple of them? Well what are you going to eat then?"
Sigh.
It seems easier to just tell DH to take the kids and go without me. I could stay home and watch old movies all day, and cook safe foods for myself.
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: I am thrilled that what I wrote was inspiring to others.
