Anyway, while listening to the radio on the work today, they were discussing the topic of diets and dating. All of these new allergies (and I say "new," because they didn't exist or weren't as prevalent when I was growing up), such as gluten and natural flavorings. Say what?! Yeah, natural flavoring.....I heard this one today. Wow! If you want my take on this whole thing, I think it's all the crap that's in our food these days that are causing these new allergies.
RIGHT?!?!
The discussion was about how dating has become even more difficult because of people's food allergies. Guys can't just take a girl out for pizza and a beer or get popcorn at the movies, because of all the crap that's in our food.
The argument was about the difference between food allergies and being a picky eater. This stemmed from the question about vegans and vegetarians.
It's easier to date someone who has the same eating habits as you, whether they are a vegan or total junk food pig.
For many women, just the concept of eating in front of a guy on a date was embarrassing. We don't want to slop all over ourselves, so that's why you won't find many women ordering a full slab of BBQ ribs on a date. "I'll have a salad, please." WHAT?! A girl has to EAT! My mama taught me table manners. I think I am fully capable of using a napkin and not totally inhaling my spaghetti at dinner. I WILL order a steak and eat it like a champ.
Luckily, I don't have any food allergies, so I've never had to worry about that with dating. I do however, have low blood sugar. Basically this means, if I don't eat regularly, my blood sugar drops, I get the shakes, get dizzy, and sometimes can't see straight. This makes it difficult to function, especially when driving. I have chowed down a snickers bar, almonds, a granola bar, an apple......anything just to bring me back to reality.
So, before dates I would be sure to stash some snacks in my purse just in case I had to excuse myself to the bathroom to stuff my face. As I've gotten older, I just roll with it. I still pack snacks. After getting sick, nearly tossing my cookies and passing out last Friday in Chicago on a segway tour with Matt, I think he takes this whole hypoglycemic thing more seriously.
This whole special diet thing can really make dating more challenging and awkward. Dating is already awkward, so to have to explain to a complete stranger during your first meeting why you have a milky way, a banana, a granola bar, nutter-butters, trail mix, and other misc snacks stashed away in your small suitcase of a purse, is just weird. Or to have to walk that person through your flow chart of foods you cannot eat and why is probably even worse.
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I've actually heard that vaccines are the culprit behind all these "new" allergies. We've become so advanced in some forms of science that we're basically doing our immune system's work for it, so it has nothing better to do than invent strange reactions to things like peanuts or wheat. Not sure how much truth there is to that assertion, but on a basic level it makes sense!
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