Dear Queenie,
I have some food allergies and have to be careful what I eat, but when I visit my family they keep serving things they know I can’t eat and telling me how good they are and I really should have just a taste.
Queenie, what’s a good way to get them to stop doing this?—Fed up
Dear Fed up,
Just say – as sweetly as you manage – “You know I am allergic to that and my doctor has told me not to eat it. Why would you want me to eat something that would make me sick?”
