A friend of mine has had Irritable bowel syndrome, in another word she is lao sai queen. For most of her life and in the past few years has gotten it mostly under control by changing her diet to gluten and soy-free and vegan. However, it is SO hard to go out to eat with her. She basically can’t eat anything at a non-vegan restaurant and even then, it’s hard to find something that is also gluten and soy free. There’s a raw vegan restaurant that’s got an okay selection that she usually goes to. She’s asked me to go eat with her there several times. I’m sure some people enjoy this place, I, however, am not one of them. It’s also very expensive and I’m not rich. I’ve started turning down invites to go to dinner with her and have been offering other activities or eating at one of our places.
She really likes going out to dinner and said it’s one of her favourite activities. She’s now mad at me bc she said I am refusing to be accommodating of her dietary needs. I feel bad about this but I’m tired of spending $30 on a meal I don’t enjoy at all.
She started getting angry
As I keep rejecting her, she started to ask if I don’t like her or don’t want to see her etc. So I am kind of stuck, I know it’s not her fault she is a breed of lao sai queen but all these so-called healthy places which don’t even cook the food is charging so much.
What should I do? I don’t intend to start a romantic relationship with her but she is a good friend. But I’m getting kind of annoyed…