my confession is I hate thanksgiving food. We are going to dinner at the inlaws today and I'm bringing sides to make my own meal since I will not eat any of their thanksgiving food. My son also has food allergies so any food event adds so much anxiety. We travel on actual holidays to avoid large food gatherings due to his severe allergies he will have panic attacks being around that many people and food
Commiserating. We totally brought our severely food allergic DS McDonalds to the big family potluck dinner. Lots of comments about it, I'm sure there was some judging, but it's just not worth the risk for him. I always try and bring a dessert and a side dish that he can have but I never let him have anything else.
What I DON'T miss is traveling to my ex-ILs. My MIL was a nice person but a terrible cook. SIL #1 rescued us after 1 Thanksgiving by cooking the turkey. We all cooked the sides after that to "let my MIL rest on Thanksgiving" since she "gives so much the rest of the year to her kids." BIL's like to cause drama with me & ex-H, and ex-H would not stand up for me AT ALL. I sat in the car sometimes for HOURS before going to the hotel (ILs at this point lived in a tiny town 45 minutes outside a big city-no cabs or Ubers). Keep in mind that it could be 25 degrees or colder out--I came prepared with warm clothes and blankets in the car. More than once I refused to leave the hotel the next morning to go over there again. ex-H would pick me up to "go out" with BILs and SILs...where they couldn't scream at me in public.
I may be alone, but my holidays are now calm and not stressful.
my confession is I hate thanksgiving food. We are going to dinner at the inlaws today and I'm bringing sides to make my own meal since I will not eat any of their thanksgiving food. My son also has food allergies so any food event adds so much anxiety. We travel on actual holidays to avoid large food gatherings due to his severe allergies he will have panic attacks being around that many people and food
Commiserating. We totally brought our severely food allergic DS McDonalds to the big family potluck dinner. Lots of comments about it, I'm sure there was some judging, but it's just not worth the risk for him. I always try and bring a dessert and a side dish that he can have but I never let him have anything else.
we traveled this week (NYC) and ate way more McD than I'd like. But he will eat it and knows its safe