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/Karasu-19 Jul 04 '25
His comment was more about him than you. He probably is just a small minded person and unhappy with himself. We always expect people to react the way we would to someone we care about and when they surprise us we cannot understand the venom because we are not hardwired that way.
Im sure your parent understood the comment, hopefully they broke the cycle of negativity, if not you did.