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Other people remembering your food habits

I hate when people comment in what I'm eating, which Im sure most of us in here can relate, but have you ever had people bring up what you ate literal decades ago or something equally crazy? I was at a wedding and my aunt was there, I dont see her too often but I've definitely seen her since being in my 20s. It was time for the food to be served and as we were waiting, she said "did you finally grow out of your pickiness or do you still only eat bagels & cream cheese? I dont think ive ever met someone as picky as you " I genuinely think she meant no harm and was trying to poke fun at me in an annoying boomer mom way (not knowing I have ARFID), but to me that is just wild. I dont think about other people's eating habits ever, especially not how they ate when they were a CHILD. Even one of my best friends used to always comment on how I eat around vegetables and I'm going to get scurvy but thankfully we talked and they were very receptive and understanding as to why that bothered me and I cant recall them making a comment since, though occasionally we will go out to eat and when picking the restaurant she will say "dont worry about me, Im not a picky eater!" and I want to assume shes just being nice and letting me pick where to go bc she knows I have arfid but phrasing it like that still makes me feel judged.

Posted Sep 30, 2026, 3:32 AM UTC

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