She Refused To Go Out To Dinner With Her Nephew, Who Has ASD, Because He Insists On Putting Ranch Dressing On Every Single Thing He Eats
Have you ever gone out to dinner with someone who needed a bunch of special requests to the point where you could tell it was inconveniencing people?
One woman recently upset her sister after refusing to go out to eat with her nephew joining them because he has to put ranch dressing on everything he eats.
She’s 27-years-old and has a 34-year-old cousin, whom she refers to as her cousin. Her cousin has two kids, a 10-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl, whom she calls her niece and nephew. Her cousin, niece, and nephew will visit her for four days next month.
“My nephew is autistic and has some food troubles, she explained.
“He eats a very balanced diet and is willing to try most things if he’s given ample time to mentally prepare. That being said, he won’t eat anything without ranch dressing. He puts it on everything, including sushi and soups. If it does not have ranch, he won’t touch it and has a full-blown meltdown if you try to force him.”
Her cousin often packs a thermos full of ranch dressing for her son to take everywhere with him. Recently, her cousin expressed that there were a few certain foods she wanted to eat at different restaurants during her family’s visit, including Thai and Indian food.
While she’d love to go out to eat with her cousin and the kids, she had a strong feeling those restaurants didn’t serve ranch dressing, and she was right.
“I called around to the restaurants to see if they would allow me to bring outside ranch into the restaurant due to my nephew’s disability, but they said they can’t make any exceptions for outside food,” she recalled.
“I told my cousin as such, and she insisted we could just sneak some ranch into the restaurants, and it would be fine since she apparently does it all the time at home. I refused.”
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The idea of sneaking food into a restaurant against their rules made her really uncomfortable, and she didn’t want to risk getting banned from them. She told her cousin they could simply order the food for takeout, or she’d watch the kids for her while she went out to eat by herself. Her cousin shut down both ideas and became really offended by them.
Her cousin then accused her of being an ableist, trying to prevent her from having a nice vacation with her kids.
“She’s been threatening not to come visit me and just go stay with her parents, who live two hours away in the opposite direction,” she added.
Was she out of place for not wanting to go to those restaurants with her nephew?
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