For as rational as I seem on this blog, I am irrational 23093402398423 times more than that.
You see, the great thing about blogging/writing/journaling is that people can’t actually see your reactions to real life situations. You’re lucky because my reactions usually aren’t that pretty.
I’ve tried counting to ten before I speak. I’ve tried praying for my patience to increase with age. I’ve even tried just taping my mouth shut (okay maybe not). It doesn’t work.
One thing I have never been rational about is my food. You mess with my food, and you can pretty much write yourself off in my book. Okay — not really, but please don’t mess with my food.
I don’t even want to talk about the time when I accidentally used Worcestershire sauce when I first went gluten free.
There will be blood tears.
I planned ahead for dinner today.
As you can see, my vegetable drawer is on its last leg. I don’t even remember the last time it was this empty, and it’s making me sad.
However, since I am leaving the Husband tomorrow, I figured I shouldn’t go grocery shopping tonight.
No, I’m not reeeally leaving him, I’m just going to St. Louis for a bridal shower. I scared you, didn’t I?
It was also 5:33 — no way I was cooking dinner.
Which is why I enlisted the help of the Husband. It was his night to cook.
Mexican takeout — his specialty.
Yes, I’m Irish. No, I don’t eat corned beef. Yes, I know I should have eaten something green today.
Does lettuce count? Guacamole? I thought so.
I was so looking forward to my fajita chicken salad (sans chicken) that I thought my little heart was going to burst with excitement all afternoon. Until, the unspeakable happened.
Yes, that would be all the chicken I picked off of my “chickenless” salad.
No, that would not be the Husband’s fault. I trust him with my food (it must be love).
Enter in the water works. Yes, I totally cried about the chicken in my salad. Remember when I went screaming outside about our water being turned off?
Enter in a new conversation:
Me: Joooohhhnnn (sobs) they put chicken on my salad!
John: What??!! No, they didn’t! No THEY DIDN’T!
Me: Yes they did! I can’t eat it, and I’m hungry! It’s already 6:05 and we eat at 6:00!
John: Can’t you pick the chicken off?
Me: (gasps for air followed by another sob) Pick it off? It has chicken juice cooked into it! I can’t beliiieeeeeve thisss!!!
John: It’s okay, I’ll go down the street to the other place (the restaurant he picked it up from is 20 minutes away) and get a different salad.
Me: That place is not good, and no, it’s fine. It’s fine… It’s fiiiine (sob) — I’ll just eat it.
John: No you won’t — I’m leaving.
Me: No, no, no… err.. okay. Can you get more guacamole? (dries tears)
John exits for new salad while I pick up my phone to start to dial him and tell him to come back home. I’ll eat the other salad — it’s not a big deal. A little chicken juice won’t kill me. Wait, I don’t want chicken juice. Am I being rational? Am I being irrational? I don’t know what to do. ::Puts phone down instead::
Super Husband to the rescue!
You see, one of the reasons why I love the Husband is he understands my irrationalness. Okay, maybe he doesn’t understand it, but he doesn’t make me look crazy for it.
And crazy I am…
Question: Are you a rational or irrational person? Do you think I’m crazy? 
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Sorry that happened to you m’dear! But having worked in a restaurant, I’ll say chances are 90% of the time they just pick the chicken off for you behind the scenes…with ungloved hands. Have fun at the bridal shower!
Mexican Take Out to the rescue!!! We just did this last night. Always a FABULOUS stand in when cooking goes out the window.
What an awesome husband you have! I think I am a pretty rational person.
You husband is so amazing!!!! Haha, I love Guacamole!
xoxo
Kathleen
I would’ve done the sameee thing - No shame
Ha! You are too much!
I think we each have things that we are particular about and if food is one of them, that’s cool. Especially if you are paying for a meal from a restaurant; it’s justified that you would want it served a certain way.
This happens to me ALL THE TIME. Such a bummer!!!
Thankfully you have such a sweet husband!
Hahaha, I am slightly irrational too…. but I don’t admit to to many
Have fun-I am from St. Louis, so kiss it hello from me!!
No shame girl and your husband loves you for you , and knows how you eat , and that is pure love that he appreciates and respects you for that! Mike does the same for me, we eat totally different but he respects and caters to the way I eat! Glad you got a new salad! xoxo
Aw, what a good guy you have
Woman, I can’t even begin to describe how irrational I am….it is ridiculous. Ask Billy….he thinks I am crazy and I would have done the exact same thing!! Love you!!!
I knew you would understand me. You always do.
What a sweet husband! No, you’re not crazy.
I think you and I might be exactly alike in the rational/irrational department. I would have reacted the same way…and probably HAVE reacted that way numerous times. My husband gets me and that’s part of the reason I love him.
Sorry about your salad!
I saw this on my local news this morning, and I immediately thought of your grocery shopping challenge in February. I wanted to be sure to send you this link about grocery prices rising, so you’ll stop being so hard on yourself about your grocery budget. Let’s ignore the fact that I’m thinking about your food blog at 5am, okay? Thanks.
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=594052
I kind of love that you were thinking of my food blog at 5 AM.
You have a nice husband ha.
No i don’t think you are crazy! this one restaurant I go to I always tell them NO rice (because I hate white rice) but one time they left rice on and it was all stuck to my tortilla and beans so I couldn’t just pick it off and I got grumpy and piiiisssed off. hah
Haha, all I’m gonna say is that if that makes you crazy, I am DEFINITELY crazy!
Let’s all be crazy togetherrr!!!
I have to say, I don’t have a strict diet when it coms to such things, but you gotta appreciate a dude who will go above and beyond the call of duty!
I hate it when that happens! And sometimes I’m rational and sometimes I’m irrational…there’s really no rhyme or reason to it! It keeps my bf on his toes! Juuust kidding!!!
Love that your husband gets you. Mine does too and I sometimes wonder how I got so lucky. We all deserve some irrationality in our lives!
Haha there is no shame in that at all, because I recently just did the same thing! Usually, I can approach a situation calmly (well calm for me), but when it’s between me and my food…OH NO YOU DIDN’T! I’m not a pretty person when hungry.
oh i DEFINITELY have my irrational moments. i probably would have freaked out as well, so don’t feel bad! your husband is a wonderful man, I need me one of those… in good time.
Best Husband Ever award? My boyfriend would have told me I was crazy and to shut up. But I definitely get irrational, especially after a long day. I freaked out because people were still at our house at 8pm tonight…and I WANTED TO GO TO BED. hahah I’m so lame
haha Clare, we are certainly very alike!
No you didn’t fool me one bit! I was like “Where’s she going?”
I relate to this…I feel like you/we are not entiely irrational because we/you have both voices arguing in our head…so that counts! Plus…you were hungry and you warned us how you get.
I have shed tears, yes. I remember over 1o years ago after a bowl of soup I SWORE had meat and the chef and the waitress said..no. Then the owner said yes afterward as we were leaving…I was like crying and laughing at myself at the same time.
You know what? It’s all good. You’re fine. You just don’t want chicken juice and that’s fine. Your husband is amazing. But you knew that.
I am glad you got to enjoy your dinner rather than gag it down and thinking about it all night.
I love this post…I hate that you had your moment, though, but YES! we understand. You ain’t crazy.
Your husband is so sweet! I am totally picky when it comes to my food, so I totally understand and don’t think its irrational at all
Wait, you’re rational on this blog?
I agree with Allie - I am sure most restaurants just pick the chicken out. which is why I don’t eat out. Contamination with gluten and dairy are EVERYWHERE.
There is a brand of gluten free worchestershire - I have some in my fridge. Its Annie’s brand, maybe? I’ve also heard that regular old Lea and Perrins is too.
Oh I need to get my hands on that! Thanks!
That little scenario there you just described is something that would totally occur between my boyfriend and I. I absolutely have my irrational moments as well!
aw, what a sweet guy, I want one!
You’re so cute and no that’s not crazy, I wouldn’t have wanted to eat that either. It’s awesome that he respects that.
Oh, and I’m pretty irrational. Like really irrational…
Haha this is such an awesome post. Kinda makes me feel less crazy lol I am totally irrational on all things food. I hate when people mess with my food and when I’m hungry I do not believe in anyone. Your hubby rocks! Seriously though I can’t have anyone make my food because I like things a certain way. I won’t even eat chicken my dad cooks for me because Idk how much oil he uses O_O
I just found your blog 2 days ago and I love it!! This post made me laugh out loud…. that is sooo something I would do!! First of all I have to eat before 6 or I get in the worst mood ever. I have cried over tiny things like that before, for instance: my boyfriend and I always make nachos on wednesday! He always buys all the stuff, and one wednesday I made my nachos and I sat down to eat them and went to get the salsa out of the fridge and there was NONE! I freaked out and said nachos arent even good without salsa….. it was a bit ridiculous I guesss but at the time It was such a big deal to me! Now he NEVER forgets the salsa!!! hah
That boy is a keeper!
No worries, I’m a little anxious stress ball nearly 95% of the time. Not to say that you are, but it’s completely acceptable
So sweet of your husband! My mom is the one person who gets (got) my irrationalities! When I was overly obsessed with calories, she would such an effort in weighing everything to the last gram: 7g peanut butter, 38g rice, and would cook my portion in a separate pan withoutoil…man what a nutcase I was…
bahhh, rationality is over-rated anyways. i’m usually “okay” with people messing with my food AS LONG as it isn’t something like I was planning/had my heart set on something I knew I had, only to come home and find it gone, lol. I wasn’t sure if I was being irrational when I got those HFCS & oil blueberries, if you remember
I’d have been a bit skeeved out, too. I mean, if it’s a little chicken? Fine. I’ll pick it out. But dang, that was the whole salad! And something like that, you know the veg was probably cooked in with the chicken :
That was so sweet of the husband, though. Glad it all worked out in the end
That’s exactly what it was! And I’m sure the veggies were cooked with the chicken. What kind of vegetarian wants that?
Um…i am so irrational when it comes to food and eating times and things like that. I think i drive my family crazy at times! But they have actually adujusted quite well, and before we leave the house or plan something they always ask when and what i need to eat. haha…oh yes
I don’t think you were being irrational at all. I think it’s irrational that 15% of the population in the U.S. is vegetarian, yet restaurants have no clue how to cater to these diners. If you order something a specific way, the restaurant (which is in the business of serving customers) should know how and be prepared to handle it accordingly. That said, I have a more flexible eating policy when dining out because I know that there’s likely to be meat juice or stock somewhere that I can’t see it. Until restaurants figure out that that things can be tasty AND meatless, I’m afriad it’s better not to ask too many questions when going out to dinner.
Weee I like the way you think Jen!
Aw, that story reminded me of myself. I have been known to cry over little things (which apparently I think are big things, at the time), and my boyfriend will go out of his way to fix it. I think he just wants the tears to stop
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Oh yes - and last night I asked the Husband if he still loved me even though I was crazy. He said “yes, because if you weren’t, you wouldn’t put up with me!”
I’d have freaked out to. Last weekend we went to a family dinner with seafood paella…and there was chicken, sausage and ham cooked in as well. It was really hard not for me to get worked up about it, but I ate it and I’m still alive. I’m super irrational about my food too!!
HA, great story, you are totally rational. I almost cried once at a restaurant because I asked for a salad with the dressing on the side and I got dressing with some lettuce and anther time ordered a no-cheese pizza and got extra cheese. I’m very irrational if I’m starving and my ability to stuff my face immediately is interfered with.
You never fail at making me laugh! The commentary between you and your husband was hilarious
I am going to stick with the logic that foodies are always rational! It’s food, our holy grail! It has to be RIGHT
I am right there with you! I act SO irrational and emotional over the simplest things. I can be level headed with big stuff but FREAK over others. i can relate. And food is definitley a trigger for the crazy too.
hahaha oh my gosh - I just had to send you a message about this because I am dying laughing. I am so irrational about silly things too. Big stuff - meh.
If you are crazy, then so am I!!! +10 points to the husband!
x100!!!
I always suck it up when things like that go wrong*. I would have just eaten the other salad. And I would have been angry, and not enjoyed it, and been resentful that my husband got the food he wanted. I think sometimes that reacting the way you do is healthier, mentally. Get it out, let your feelings show, make sure things work out in the end. Instead of just suffering.
* Then again if I were a vegetarian and I got chicken in my salad, I would absolutely not pick it out and eat it. Vegetarians don’t eat chicken or chicken juice. Simple. That’s not the same thing as just being disappointed.
Sometimes I let it build up though!! You’re right - it’s not healthy. I feel like I’m going to explode when I do that!
That was so sweet of him to go get you another salad. My boyfriend has finally accepted my vegetarianism and decided it won’t keep us from sharing food like nachos- so he now makes sure people know I’m a vegetarian. Which is monumental for him since at first he thought lots of vegetarians just wanted attention and were rude to think people were going to accomodate them. Yes, he was being stubborn at first to try and deter me from being a veggie, he isn’t actually that insensitive. But now he totally understands the stupidity when I go to dinner and people are confused why I can’t eat pot roast vegetables…. because the vegetables marinated in meat juice for about 6 hours people!
I think it takes a while for people on the “other side” to really “get it”. Thankfully my Husband is a rock star.
I am the SAME way!!! I remember once my boyfriend and I ordered a pizza, and he got half sausage. They put it all over the pizza. I used to get very upset over this and not eat the contaminated food because it would still TASTE like sausage juice/meat juice even if I picked it off. However, I was starving, and he was more upset than I was about it and vowed to never order sausage for fear of me eating sausage juice again lol. I think us veggie folks completely know where you are coming from.
This reminds me of when I was growing up. My mom has always been a vegetarian since as long as I can remember (I thought it was weird that other moms ate hamburgers) and when we would go out for pizza, I would always share the “veggie side” with her because I liked it better. She would never eat the slices that were “on the edge of the half” because my dad would get sausage.
Umm no you’re not crazy because I would have done the same damn thing. I do not think clearly when I’m hungry. And when I’m really hungry suddenly nothing sounds good enough. It’s at these times that Joey knows to just force feed me ha ha.
Heheheh, I lovedd this post. I dont think you are abnormal - I think tons of women would do the exact same thing. I feel like I have the opposite problem: I am rational to extremes. I will go AGAINST my emotions and gut just because my rational mind tells me to. Not good.
Out of all this, I am just impressed you eat at 6. When you said it was 5:33 and there was no way you were cooking dinner.. I seriously thought, “Yep, way too early!” haha. I get home from work at 5, work out and then start making dinner around 6:30!
Your husband is the man.
Making dinner at 6:30 is way too laaate for me. I’m a beast when I’m hungry!
Just discovered your blog while randomly looking up sweet quinoa recipes (can’t wait to try the granola one!). Anywho, not only would I have done that, I have done that! I get really excited about eating something and if it is not the way I pictured it, look out! Esp when I am tired, it’s waterworks. My fiance is super duper awesome and this is just one of the wierd/annoying quirks he accepts about me. He has def gone back to a place for a new order (esp if they added onions or mayo - those two flavors just make me gag and i cannot handle it. Scraping doesn’t make it go away!). I’m pretty easy most of the time, so I think he just chalks it up to one of my crazy moments. I’m crazy lucky to have found him b/c I think “you’re nuts, relax” is also a valid boyfriend/fiance/hubby response
I have to admit I laughed while reading the conversation between you and the husband, only because I have been there!!! When I was pregnant, I had mad aversions to any sort of tomato sauce. One night all I wanted was a pizza with light sauce (so I couldn’t see it) and cheese. We had to wait forever for it and I sobbed hyesterically when we finally opened the box and there were giant gobs of sauce on it. I promptly threw up.
best. comment. ever.
I’m usually more on the irrational side:) I don’t think it’s normal for me to think rationally..but that’s why I was blessed with such an understanding rational MAN!:)
Aww John is such a sweetie for getting you a new salad! I hope I one day find a guy who understands all my little quirks and irrational ways lol.
Although I think you were totally rational in wanting a new salad. I’m the same way about my food!
You crack me up! I totally wouldn’t eat the salad either-but I’d probably blame it all on Sam! haha
Been there, done that, girlfrann!! If I’m hungry and there is even a slight hiccup in the food plans, you can almost guarantee that I’ll shed tears.
BAHAHAH as much as that must have sucked at the time- it makes for a pretty food story! im with ya! i would have cried too.. how hard is it to make chicken fajitas without the chicken?? you’d tthink that would be EASIER for them. geez
Hahaha, love it. My husband is the same way - he knows that I’m just not a happy camper when I have a bad meal. I would just pick at that salad and then mope around for the rest of the night. Better get something else - everyone involved would be much happier in the end.
PS - guac totally counts in celebration of St. Patrick’s day. I had green muffins and wore a green shirt. Done and done
I’ve definnitely had these moments!! I get anxiety when we are out ot eat and my food doesn’t come as I ordered it!!
My husband understands my irrational-ness too. Thank God for that!
It’s reassuring to know I’m not the only one! I won’t even begin to list my irrational reactions, however tears are a prevalent thing in our house.
Bless the Husband; what a lovely he is! and no, you’re not crazy
Hon, you are NOT crazy by any means. I am just as crazykins as you if not moreso. Hahaha I think we are soulmates.
Slash I am so irrational. Crazykins says it all!
Ha! I laughed so hard reading your dialogue! I love it so much because I feel like it’s me. I’m totally and completely irrational about almost everything. I recognize it at least, but my fiance has had to rescue me countless time, and the ring is still on my finger, so I’ll guess he’s planning on living with it!
Thank goodness for takeout… sometimes it’s just needed. Like tonight…
weeewwwh wee! that is definitely one EMPTY lil’ veggie drawer:) Glad you found takeout though; sometimes it’s just all too necessary, right!?! Guess what though! I just updated my blogroll and guess who’s on it…
One time my husband stuck his fork (that he just used to cut up chicken with) into my veggie stirfry and I totally lost it! I cried like it was the end of the world and he made me a new stir fry… so I totally understand you. You are not crazy. He probably watches more closely when I do when we go to friends or family for dinner to make sure no meat utensils contaminate any of my veggie dishes. So sweet!
LOL!! I wouldn’t have ate it either!
You aren’t crazy at all! I’m the same way with my food. It has to be a certain way and I get annoyed if it is disappointing or not the way I planned. Chicken juice just sounds so gross haha!
You are not crazy. Chicken juice belongs in chickens.
Girl, i’m pretty sure Ryan and I have had exchanges similar to this… on multiple occasions! He is truly an angel to deal with me. Sometimes I don’t quite get how he can stand me… but we seem to balance each other out quite well!
dude, i get the same way abou tmy food. wheni specifically ask for NO BUTTER on something or NO mayo and it comes out with a slathered on layer….no worries, babe. not crazy. well. maybe we both are
love to you!
xo.
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