#locked in a cycle of “can we get some me-safe protein and snacks”

[whumpfish]

Conversely, what happened to me during a recent trip with my dad, whose attitude toward my need for plant-based food to keep my gut from murdering me is "I think your diet is stupid so I'm going to ignore it:"

Whumpee has an inflammatory condition, Crohn's, leaky gut, fibro, ME/CFS, pretty much anything myalgic, and/or a severe nut allergy. They need food quickly, and they need food that will stay in them long enough to get nutritional value from it. But the people they've ended up with think not eating meat and dairy is dumb, so there are no alternatives available, and when whumpee asks, they're told no, and also they shouldn't "make a scene" by asking about their food or food allergies.

Whumpee ends up eating expired-by-two-years cans of beans out of the back of the pantry because their "caretakers"/"hosts" don't get that plant based doesn't mean only fruits and vegetables, and assume they'll be fine on celery and berries for infinity with no significant source of protein. And allergies means no peanut or almond butter, so the multiple jars of those in the house are no help.

Too weak to go get their own, and with no courier service in their area (or universe!), whumpee has to resign themselves to what they're given, whatever they're given, and quietly sit through the consequences later. Hellish cramps, in the bathroom for hours, nausea, pain spikes, maybe an allergic reaction (which means induced nausea because all epi-pens do is keep your airways open).

Whump scenario I just thought of-

Something happens where someone needs food quickly. Maybe they haven't eaten in too long, maybe there's something dangerously wrong with their blood sugar, maybe they puked up all their food, maybe they fainted.

But it happens in the house of some vegan Karen in her 40s- all the food in house is sugar free, dairy free, unprocessed, zero calories. So the karen looks at her teenage kids and goes, "If any of you have some kind of secret snack stash, now would be the time."

They end up with three different opened packs of chips, a pack of oreos, three chocolate eclairs and a full liter bottle of cherry cola.