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Aymen

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Absolutely! Having ones own family and just a few close friends is more than enough. Neither need nor want to share things in common with the sheep. And spend as little time as possible in their company, i.e go to work to get paid, not socialize.
that's exactly the best mindset in my opinion , wife and children and some close friends are enough .
 

Arnold Grape

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Being health conscious and following a lifestyle based on Ray Peat's ideas seems to make it a bit difficult for me to interact and connect with people on a deeper level. There are those who would follow the mainstream health gurus and consider me being misguided..or people unaware about the principles of health, thinking that I'm health obsessed. I either have to pretend to be someone who I'm not to be able to socialize (eating out in restaurants where food is loaded with PUFAs-why would I want to do that!?) or isolate myself and learn to become content solely in my own company.
I was recently in a situation where I had to go to an Applebee's Restaurant and there was not much on that menu that I was going to consume, which made the people I was with cast tacit, judgmental glares in my direction. The key is probably trying to minimize the damage within your template or worldview. However, if you choose your restaurants carefully (e.g. farm-to-table type places), it's not really a concern. It has always struck me as a funny display of human behavior how what one is or is not eating can create large, nearly moral conflict among one's present company in the right setting without much else being said.
 
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dreamcatcher

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If you have a boyfriend and he respects your food patterns, then I see no isolation or such a big problem, but I don't require a lot of socialization, just working (which I do surrounded by people that doesn't share but neither does need to share my feeding habits) and having a girlfriend or something similar works for me.
I'm not gonna waste years of trying to get rid of PUFA and healthier for sharing a piece of poison together while we could share a good food, that's even more expensive. I mean, you have to choose, and I made my decision a long time ago...if you really think that PUFA is poison or are experimenting to feel better and you exchange that for your boyfriend, fine, I guess that's more important, but at least now I'm not gonna stand someone telling me what to eat
I feel exactly the same way! We should love ourselves enough to be able to say 'no'.
I wouldn't choose a controlling partner, there should be mutual respect in a relationship.
 
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I was recently in a situation where I had to go to an Applebee's Restaurant and there was not much on that menu that I was going to consume, which made the people I was with cast tacit, judgmental glares in my direction. The key is probably trying to minimize the damage within your template or worldview. However, if you choose your restaurants carefully (e.g. farm-to-table type places), it's not really a concern. It has always struck me as a funny display of human behavior how what one is or is not eating can create large, nearly moral conflict among one's present company in the right setting without much else being said.
Yes, people are quite sensitive when it comes to food choices and what one eats. I would rather be authentic to myself. Of course food is also about pleasure and it helps to connect people through sharing..you know what I mean.
 

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I was recently in a situation where I had to go to an Applebee's Restaurant and there was not much on that menu that I was going to consume, which made the people I was with cast tacit, judgmental glares in my direction. The key is probably trying to minimize the damage within your template or worldview. However, if you choose your restaurants carefully (e.g. farm-to-table type places), it's not really a concern. It has always struck me as a funny display of human behavior how what one is or is not eating can create large, nearly moral conflict among one's present company in the right setting without much else being said.
I heard a libertarian once saying that he didn’t believe in social classes as stated by Marx neither poor or rich, but he believed people tend to make a relevant distinction when deciding who they would eat with. You surely wouldn’t sit to enjoy your food with people you find unpleasant or enemies
 

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