What do you do in situations like this?

[longgone]

Well I think most of you hate eating out and especially at unknown
places. I do too. But sometimes things happen and you are forced to go
somewhere, like during birthdays, work meetings and so on. Tonight I
must go to some restaurant with my bf's family because it's his
grandmother's birthday[img]smileys/smilies_06.gif[/img] I am scared
already. Anyway, I want to ask you guys, what do you do in the
situations like this? What should I do? We are going to some unknown
restaurant, it's so far away, in the nature and it's already almost
winter, so I am sure people go there very rarely which makes the
restaurant unpopular so I am scared that the food might be bad or
something. I would like to be there but not to eat somehow. Should I
lie that I have no appetite? I know this is crazy but I always feel
fear of lying that I am sick because I think then I really might become
sick..that's so silly. What else the reason for only drinking tea
during the birthday might be? What lies do you tell if you do?



Thanks

[chemicalemotion]

I've been in a situation like this before. We went into this strange restaurant where I got an uncomfortable feelingfrom it. I didn't feign loss of appetite, because I didn't want to seem rude, so instead I ordered the most plainest thing on the menu which at the time was a salad. I asked for no tomatoes, cucumber, nothing, just got a bowl of lettuce. Even went as far as to not use their salad dressing since it felt warm so I gave that wide berth and just shoveled the greens in my mouth completely dry. Other than the blank stares from everyone around the table, no one questioned.


That's what I usually do when feeling uneasy about a restaurant.


Hope things work out. [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[tcsarah]

I used to get so panicky and nervous about eating a meal out I literally could not eat. Every morsel had to be forced down. I have used excuses for not eating much or at all before, usually saying I have an upset stomach so don't want to make it worse by eating too much.


I rarely get panicky about eating out now (thank goodness), but if I'm not feeling too sure I'll stick to bland or foods I think will be safest to eat. I'm a vegetarian but if I did eat meat I'd probably not choose that if I was unsure of the restaurant, and would probably stick to something like a veggie pasta, salad, potato dish or sandwiches.


I'm sure you will be just fine - try and enjoy yourself!

[mitch04133]

If I'm not sure of a place, I order something that I know no one had to touch it with there hands. Fries, onion rings...mostly deep fried things. They are dumped into a frier, and its not like they reach there hand in there to get it out...I am not a fan of the whole salad thing, my sister got fp from a salad but it had chicken on it, but I still refuse to eat a salad. Also, I think soup is a safe food, Lemon rice usually something w/out meat. And even though they gotta touch it, you can't go wrong with a grilled cheese. You wont get sick from bread and cheese!!