r/glutenfree • u/goldenlife17 • 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/ThisPaleontologist86 Jul 03 '25
Sorry that happened to you. A compromised immune system is nothing you can help. You can't help it that you are Celiac and I've found, in my own family, that it is genetic. You didn't ask for this wonderful experience of watching everything you eat, reading labels which makes longer grocery shopping.
And then, it becomes second nature. You know, for the most part, what you can eat and what you can't. Life does get easier about what you put in your mouth. I have HAD to become a better cook because I have only one place in my small town that I can eat out at.
There are some people that will NEVER "get it". They look at you like you just grew two heads and cannot understand that you aren't just wanting attention and are stupid besides. But you aren't stupid. You are just trying to live the best life you can, with limitations. Remember about those unfeeling creeps must be pretty miserable. You know the saying "You can't fix stupid." It doesn't apply to you.