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On 6/26/2019 at 11:51 AM, Guest CeliacDiagnosis2009 said:

I'm so sad for JD.  It's no fun to be invited to an event with friends and/or loved ones only to be set apart to another area where you possibly can't even SEE interactions amongst them much less participate in them!  Unfortunately, that is the life I've been dealt and the sooner I accept it, the better off I will be.  So … I generally turn down invitations to events like that unless I can eat a full meal before I arrive so that it is easier for me to sit with my friends and enjoy their company while they are eating OR I try to hold events in my home that will only provide food that are safe for me while being completely delicious for those who don't have to be so careful!  But … I don't want to burden others because of my lot.  Making food establishments accommodate my disease only causes insurance premiums to go up, cost of goods to go up and end user prices to go up.  It is not fair for everyone to be forced to pay extra for me.  Celiac was given to ME, not them.

I hear what you are saying, but I do not totally agree with it.  Sure, costs could go up, but honestly,  there are way more people in your boat than you think. It is people like JD that are PAVING THE WAY for celiacs. You think it's unfair for people to pay for you. Ok, but it is also unfair that a person with celiac disease has almost zero options for eating out. They have just as much right to eat out as a non Celiac person does. Just because it's always been this way does NOT mean it should stay this way. In the words of Maya Angelou, "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." These are the wisest most honest words I have heard and this world would be a way better place if people lived by them.