Dating with ARFID sucks
ARFID sucks, we all know this, but dating when you have ARFID is awful.
Food or eating is such a social activity, especially when it comes to relationships/dating. If someone wants to cook for me? I can’t eat it. If someone wants to take me out to a restaurant? If it’s not a place I’ve been to before/is a place with safe foods, I can’t eat it.
It’s the same reason why I feel I could never be a parent. I can’t make food or eat food unless it’s a safe one and that’s such a small list. I can’t eat food made by others because it terrifies me. I feel so so bad about it because then my partner has to deal with that. I feel like less of a person for it.
I can’t even cook myself. I don’t know how to make dinner for other people. I’m terrified of getting it wrong and having to experience the consequences.