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Dear Listmates:
I just have to tell someone this who can understand the frustrations
of being a celiac, so here goes. I had to mail a certified letter today
and the postal clerk asked ME to lick the sticker for certified mail to
be placed on the letter! I told her I couldn't but if she had a moist
sponge (as most postal clerks might have in the nearby vicinity...one
might think), I could. Then she started interrogating me about WHY I
couldn't just lick it and stick it on the envelope. This was at a small
post office annex and there were about seven people behind me, all
wondering what the brouhaha was all about. I tried to succinctly
explain that I have a disease and when I contact anything with gluten in
it, which is what is on that certified mail sticker, I would become
extremely ill. She laughed like, "That's a new one!" and said, "Well,
all right, I'll use the sponge on it, then."
Then just tonight when I just wanted to vent to my husband (a
non-celiac), he just started to interrupt me and tell me what I should
have told her. *sigh* Then asked me if I would accompany him to a
restaurant. He knew I had already taken care of my dinner and just
wanted some company. Does anyone else just abhor that ritual? I would
just sit there, drooling over his hamburger, seeing everything that I
can't have. Soooo, I declined. Aaah, that feels better. Thanks for
*reading*.
Cecilia
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