Neil Milton on Create Me Free

I am much more good-humoured about it these days - especially with a partner who is vegan and oddly enough now, of the two of us, tends to be the more complex when it comes to dinner :D You give me a burger and fries and I'm as happy as my dog with a new toy. And yes, absolutely - as toxic as the internet can be, my goodness can it be a place to find others as odd or esoteric as ourselves whether in the art we enjoy or in the disorders or differences we face? If I'm around a dinner table with nothing but a drink as others are tucking in, I'm generally fine. If, however, someone keeps pressing me... "Oh, you must have something to eat". Then my embarrassment grows exponentially. Most friends and family now know just to let me get on with it. They know I'll either have eaten earlier or have plans to eat later. It's the newbies who don't know that can be exhausting. I remember one guest at a wedding going through the entire menu trying to find me something. She meant well, but it was obnoxious and horrendous. Still, it's much better nowadays, now that I understand it's barely notable, rather than the weirdest thing people may have experienced :)