To tell my homeopathic woo friend to bring her own food

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I have a lovley but scatty and very into her woo friend that has a complicated ever changing diet. It's given to her by a homeopath who charges 60 for a consultation and then a fortune for sugar pills.

She's given me a list of things she can't eat for a meal I'm making on Sunday. I'm tempted to just say bring your own food. Espically as all the foods she can't eat she will just ignore herself if she fancies something like a slice of cake or something.

Tell her what you're cooking and let her know it's fine if she wants to bring her own food.

YANBU. that's so rude of her!

Don't invite her for dinner again.

She sounds a bit of a waste of food. Help the species and dont feed her.

The answer to a long list of things she can't eat is 'fine, invite withdrawn'. Rude cow.

I think it's fine to ask her to bring her own food. I automatically bring my own food if I'm on a self-imposed, (not allergies / intolerance etc - I am lucky enough not to have any), diet. Rude of her to send you a list I think.

Tell her what you are cooking, and if its not suitable, invite her to bring her own food.

Tell her what you're cooking, she then has the choice to not turn up, bring her own food, or stay hungry. You shouldn't pander to her latest fads, it's your home so you decide what to cook. It's incredibly rude and selfish of her to expect everyone else to descend to her level.

Just give her a glass of water and tell her it's the homeopathic version of all the stuff she said she could eat.

Mega LOL!

Give her a plate of sliced tomatoes and onions

Tada!
Did I solve your dilemma?
If sugar pills are like tic tacks maybe you could serve them for pudding.

Ha if I gave her water it would be the wrong kind, doesn't like tap or water from a plastic bottle.

She doesn't eat tomato's, onion or garlic....unless of course she wants to.

Thanks all, I'm often in a self imposed diet and I would always tell a host not to worry as I'll bring my own as to not cause any trouble.

I think it's quite rude to tell someone to bring their own food and as a host you should try to cater for them really.

Just give her a plate, it contains the memories of previous meals which is just as good as the real thing.

I follow a Low Fodmap diet because of IBS/IBD. I always take my own stuff to family gathering, or at least offer on other occasions. It's hard to explain to people the consequences, and I don't expect people to cater to my illness. I'm not a dick about it either.

I'm on the fence. I agree with Shoxfordian that it's rude to tell a guest to bring their own food, and I would feel really unwelcome if someone invited me for dinner then wouldn't make the effort to make something I could eat.

On the other hand, this woman has no actual need to avoid these foods so is creating unnecessary hassle for her host. That's also rude.

How extensive is this list, OP? If it's just tomatoes, onion, and garlic, then it won't be hard at all to cater for her. If it has 20 more items then I think you're being more reasonable than her.

Don't let her eat any of the food on her list. If she goes for the cake make a big show of "saving" her from accidentally eating something she shouldn't!

Depends... do you like her and want to continue to be her friend, then flex a little and feel generous, if not, then sure, tell her bug off, her diet is a fad and she is a fool, problem solved.

Why have you invited her over for a home cooked meal knowing she's a PITA about what she eats?

If you like her company but you clash over food then surely it would be best to keep home made food out of your friendship. Eat out together where you're both happy or do something else.

I have a homeopathic woo friend, she invited a bunch of us over for lunch and served boiled mashed courgettes. Just that - not even a hunk of bread to go with it. We were offered tabasco as a condiment.

So she'd probably be fine with that (And it's very easy to make - although it seemed to take my friend about an hour and a half to boil up a few courgettes God knows why.)

If she doesn't drink tap or bottled water wtf does she drink ?!

I had a friend like this. She once cancelled last minute on a long planned ski holiday because some woo doctor had told her not to do any psychical activity that weekend.

Every time she turned up she'd have a list of shit she'd couldn't eat (an ever changing list) but we live on an island with one small store so it'd be a nightmare.