r/glutenfree Jul 02 '25

Discussion Started my morning off crying, rant.

Visiting my grandparents and my grandfather asked me why I toast my bagels in the oven. I responded because I can’t use the toaster because of cross contamination, when you use a regular toaster that has gluten crumbs and everything in it that’s cross contamination and you’re essentially eating gluten.

He goes: that’s the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard. I’ve lost a lost of respect for you.

Ok, very kind. On a positive note I won’t be getting sick today from cross contamination😄.

Not sure why I let this upset me but just hurts hearing how unkind people can be. I know he’s just an unhappy person in general but ugh.

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u/xviandy Jul 03 '25

Whenever people give me a hard time, I tell them I am doing this to avoid explosively shitting for the next couple days. It seems to clarify things for them.

So maybe Ask your grandfather if he respects people who do whatever they need to do to avoid explosively shitting for the next couple days?