Every time we are invited to eat to someone's house I have the same struggles. And I'm not talking about family or best friend's where I can bring my own food and they don't mind. I'm talking about acquaintances or friends that are not so close and they invite you for a special occasion. I feel awful because I don't know how to act. If I don't say anything they may go out of their way to prepare a wonderful meal and it would be so rude to say "no thank you, I'm on a special diet" or something like that. I know it would upset me if I would cook for hours and my guests don't eat. When we get invited I usually say (and please let me know if you have a better suggestion, this is why I'm writing this post): "please don't go out of your way to cook anything special... we are on a special diet and can't eat a lot of things... we just love to come for the company.."
Yesterday it didn't work very well. My friend mentioned she is also watching what she eats and if I would be able to eat this wonderful cheesecake made with "lowfat this, lowfat that and lowfat graham crackers crust". So then you have to explain why you can't eat that, and it really sounds very rude when they are calling to invite you and you say no, I can't eat this, I can't eat that. I kept on repeating "we just love to come for the company, don't worry, we don't need to eat dessert..." but I believe that this could get old and we may not get invited very often.
I really like getting together with people and making new friends. Is this WOE going to affect my social life?
Does anybody else had this problem?
Thanks!