"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:47:04 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>>
>> *shrug* The friend I am referring to wouldn't insist on anything and if I
>> didn't bother, he would just eat around what there was. He is thrilled
>> though when I do make the effort.
>
> That's the way considerate guests conduct themselves and I think the
> majority fall into that category. Those who have strict dietary
> guidelines (Celiac, Orthodox Jew, Muslim) are different than those who
> want us to cater to their often temporary whims (vegan/vegetarian) -
> and would rather not put us through the bother. I don't know how
> Celiacs do it without constantly playing the host, because my
> non-Celiac DD is so sensitive to gluten that she can be "glutened" (a
> new term to me) by trace amounts and feel terrible for days afterward.

I guess I am very lucky. I don't have any friends like that ... but who
knows ... one day ... )


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