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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 1700573" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>To answer the original question, I think that it is sometimes hard for partners to accept that their loved ones have a 'disease', usually because there are no real outward signs and the person looks 'normal'. She needs to understand though that it could easily become much worse if you throw caution to the wind with food. Maybe she is in denial (on your behalf) and therefore took your refusal to join her in the dessert personally. All illogical but I would buy her a book to read or online articles. Tell her you know she means well and that she wants you to 'enjoy' yourself food wise BUT to do so would make you very ill in the long run. Would she ask a peanut allergy sufferer to eat peanut butter or throw a tantrum because a person with a dairy problem wouldn't drink a latte? To me it's the same, you don't eat something you know you are 'allergic' to and as someone with diabetes, you ARE allergic to an overdose of carbs. As I say, it might be that she is hurting at your diagnosis and is trying to 'normalise' things by ignoring the obvious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 1700573, member: 451727"] To answer the original question, I think that it is sometimes hard for partners to accept that their loved ones have a 'disease', usually because there are no real outward signs and the person looks 'normal'. She needs to understand though that it could easily become much worse if you throw caution to the wind with food. Maybe she is in denial (on your behalf) and therefore took your refusal to join her in the dessert personally. All illogical but I would buy her a book to read or online articles. Tell her you know she means well and that she wants you to 'enjoy' yourself food wise BUT to do so would make you very ill in the long run. Would she ask a peanut allergy sufferer to eat peanut butter or throw a tantrum because a person with a dairy problem wouldn't drink a latte? To me it's the same, you don't eat something you know you are 'allergic' to and as someone with diabetes, you ARE allergic to an overdose of carbs. As I say, it might be that she is hurting at your diagnosis and is trying to 'normalise' things by ignoring the obvious. [/QUOTE]
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