Feeling A Bit Disconnected

[LuvMoosic4life]

So I'm not worried at all about thanksgiving and what I can or cannot eat as I wil be happy to just eat something! It is just going to be me, my mom and brother. We are having it at my brothers house which is about 30 mins from where my mom lives. I am still in the town where I go to school, which is about an hour from my mom.

We planned out what foods to make and i gave my mom a couple gluten recipes that I always made, like the rolls that my brother pretty much dies for lol...

but my mom still doesnt understand that I do not want and cannot be around when she is baking with flour. She agreed to prepare anything with gluten at her place before going to my brothers, that way it will already be done and in pans/trays to help prevent CC. I was planning on going to my brothers house tomarrow (day before thanksgiving) but am stopping at my moms since it is on the way.

Normally I would pick my mom up and we would go together, but since she is baking with flour I don't want to be there when she starts, so I am going to my brothers alone, which is also an empty house b/c it is for sale and he is currently living with his girlfriend. My mom can't make the gluten stuff any other day b/c of her work schedule. I am making a few gluten-free alternatives like stuffing for the turkey and a pumpkin pie, but my family just cannot live without the gluten stuff, and I dont expect them to give it up for me....I just feel so alone because it would be nice to spend more time with my mom who I rarely see....

I suppose I could hide myself in a separate room while she mixes flour, but thats just rediculous. I just feel like the whole situation is rediculous I'm not stressing out over it, but its just one of those little things that bug me.

[msmini14]

I am happy to hear that your family works with you on this. My mom pretty much told me it is to much of a hassle for me to cook my steak there (not having turkey, have chicken all the time). Then she complains to me that the only people who are coming for dinner now is my bro and grandma. So I tell her again that I am pre cooking everything I have but my steak, she has to think about it. So I am staying home to eat then will go there later to visit.

I really do understand how you feel, this is my first gluten-free holiday. My family knows what I can and cannot eat, they just dont understand cc.

How long will you be alone? Can you do some cooking there while you are waiting? gluten-free food is just as good as gluten, just most people dont want to accept it. I have been inlcuding my roomie on gluten-free food and he loves it. He wants to go gluten-free on 1/1/09 for a better diet lol.

I hope you have a good holiday, wish the best to you =)

[LuvMoosic4life]

thanks. I'll be there for wednesday night into late thursday morning. I was planning on toasting gluten free bread for stuffing and making some other things.. dont know wat yet. It's just a bumber that I can't cook with my mom there. plus there is no internet/cable or phones out there since my brother had it all shut off. which isnt such a bad thing, I''ll just play music or something.

Holidays for me are about family, not food. But unfortunatley with my italian family, everything is about FOOD. Every social even t is around food and people take food to heart.

[GFinDC]

Maybe you could be in the kitchen with her if you wore a breathing mask and took a change of clothes? You know, like the masks you see people wearing to prevent infection sometimes. They sell paper masks like that at Home Deport and such places for painters to use when spray painting, and they aren't expensive. Hmmm, I can see you now, standing way over in a corner giving mom some pointers on how to make noodles right. Anyway, just a thought. Have a good Thanksgiving anyhow!