One of the situations that pops up around the holidays when we’re navigating parties and functions that involve food, is encountering items we don’t want to eat.\u00a0 I’m not talking about coming across a food item that you’re allergic to and therefore can’t eat.\u00a0 I’m talking about food items we don’t like or have no desire to eat.<\/p>\n
Auntie Andie is here to tell you that if you don’t want to eat it, don’t eat it.\u00a0 Period. Full stop.\u00a0 Sometimes we worry about how the person who made the dish is going to react and are they going to be offended if we don’t eat something.<\/p>\n
I’ve been defending my eating habits my entire life.\u00a0 No, seriously.\u00a0 There are lots of things I don’t eat, but one thing that seems to baffle people the most is my dislike of sweets.\u00a0 For instance, I don’t eat cake.\u00a0 If you want me to be completely honest, I hate cake.\u00a0 I think it’s gross.\u00a0 It’s dry and then to cover up that dryness, an overly sugary thick layer of icing is put on top and sometimes in the middle for layer cakes.\u00a0 I may have just gagged a little bit even typing that out.\u00a0 My entire life I have never liked cake.\u00a0 I will eat a cupcake because they tend to be a little bit more moist and it’s easier for me to scrape off the icing.\u00a0 Growing up my mom made me cupcakes for my birthday.\u00a0 At other kids’ parties, I just ate some ice cream.\u00a0 The day the ice cream cake was invented and became common at Dairy Queen there was much rejoicing on my end.\u00a0 A cake that is all ice cream?\u00a0 I am totally all over that!\u00a0 But my point, try explaining to someone you don’t like cake.<\/p>\n
Exactly.<\/p>\n
Most people don’t believe me.<\/p>\n
To take it a step further, I also don’t like pie. Cooked fruit is something I’m very picky about and only like in certain situations.\u00a0 Cooked fruit in pie that is sitting in some sort of very sugary and gelatinous substance? I will pass on that, thank you.\u00a0 Again, I find that gross.<\/p>\n
Cookies, pastries, and other sweets I will pass up as well.\u00a0 Unless I know where they came from, how they were made, and how much sugar is in them, I won’t eat it.\u00a0 Maybe that’s snobby?\u00a0 But I know what I like and most sweets do not fit the bill.\u00a0 Therefore I don’t eat them.<\/p>\n
Most times people really push the sweets and when I don’t take it, I get questioned.\u00a0 When trying to explain that sweets aren’t really my thing, I usually get dismissed.\u00a0 Oh people are polite but you can tell that they think perhaps I’m trying to “stick to my diet” or “showing great moderation”.\u00a0 Sorry peeps, I for real have no desire for sweets.<\/p>\n
I have loads of other examples but this is already a bit lengthy. 
\u00a0 What I have learned over my several years of having to explain myself, is that the people who get offended, it’s all on them.\u00a0 That’s a feeling that they own and it’s their problem, not mine.\u00a0 And this is what I’m passing on to you.<\/p>\n
If you don’t want to eat something this holiday season, DON’T EAT IT.\u00a0 Be true to yourself and what you like, those that matter won’t care.\u00a0 Those who get upset, remember that is their issue, not yours.<\/p>\n
Have a happy holiday season this year and don’t stress the parties. 
\u00a0 If you need to chat, I’ll be the one standing by the cheese plate while everyone else is over at the cake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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