What is behind the spread of a mysterious allergy to meat?

Meltdown99 said:

PJ_Soul said:

cincybearcat said:

PJ_Soul said:

Meltdown99 said:

PJ_Soul said:

Meltdown99 said:

PJ_Soul said:

Lol. My coworker who basically lives on meat alone and is practically obsessed with meat, she loves it so much (she apparently has some kind of taste disorder when all greens taste really bitter and sour to her, so she only eats meats and carbs) is absolutely terrified of this tick. I think if she got this, she'd die of devastating malnutrition, lol.

If she is eating meat all the time, she must have a big grocery bill.  Ticks are bad where I live. 

This is the 35+ year old co-worker who still lives at home with her parents rent and bill free so she can just spend her whole salary on clothes, cosmetics, travel, and being a meat-centric foodie. She doesn't have to worry about her grocery bill at all.

That's nice if you want to live with your parents.  Myself, I prefer being on my own.  

Living with her parents isn't the bad part. It's the leaching off of her parents that I have no respect for. She makes more money than I do, but is unwilling to provide for herself because she just wants to pamper herself until she finds a husband who will support her and shower her in luxury instead of her parents. It's pathetic IMHO.

Hmmmmm woman that loves to eat meat looking for a husband...what is taking her so long?

Hilarious!

She is actually dating someone - he seems to be providing her with enough material goods to please her, lol. He took her on a trip to Asia last month, with first class flights, so that got him in her good books. She told me she required a really expensive ring from him if he proposes, or else she'll decline ..... It took all my willpower not to call her out on that little attitudinal atrocity, but I managed, lol.

The first sign of trouble after marriage and she'll divorce.  You should warn her boyfriend.

Haha, yeah, no, not my business (not directly - gossiping about it is as close as I'm willing to get to the situation )

People who think and have a heart, don't need an allergy to not eat meat.

Spiritual_Chaos said:

People who think and have a heart, don't need an allergy to not eat meat.

HughFreakingDillon said:

hedonist said:

Thank goodness many women aren't willing to be fuckdolls - or thought of as such - in exchange for expensive jewelry, trips and other monetary gains.  Sounds fucked up on both sides.

And guys, I know you're good people, but those last two comments about "she better put out" rubbed me the wrong way.

(not that it really matters anyway)

it was honestly just a joke. I don't think of any woman that way in reality, hedo. the point I was trying to make is that she expects him to "put out". 

yeah, my point as well when I agreed.  But I can see what ya mean Hedo.  Thank goodness most guys aren't willing to pay for everything and buy expensive gifts in exchange for sex.....ummmm......hmmmmm....are they?  

cincybearcat said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

hedonist said:

Thank goodness many women aren't willing to be fuckdolls - or thought of as such - in exchange for expensive jewelry, trips and other monetary gains.  Sounds fucked up on both sides.

And guys, I know you're good people, but those last two comments about "she better put out" rubbed me the wrong way.

(not that it really matters anyway)

it was honestly just a joke. I don't think of any woman that way in reality, hedo. the point I was trying to make is that she expects him to "put out". 

yeah, my point as well when I agreed.  But I can see what ya mean Hedo.  Thank goodness most guys aren't willing to pay for everything and buy expensive gifts in exchange for sex.....ummmm......hmmmmm....are they?  

Well, there are plenty of willing sugar daddies out there, and plenty of willing sugar babies. I'm not sure "most" would be the correct term. But surely a big majority.... because the big majority of men don't have enough money for this kind of shit anyhow, lol.

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

cincybearcat said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

hedonist said:

Thank goodness many women aren't willing to be fuckdolls - or thought of as such - in exchange for expensive jewelry, trips and other monetary gains.  Sounds fucked up on both sides.

And guys, I know you're good people, but those last two comments about "she better put out" rubbed me the wrong way.

(not that it really matters anyway)

it was honestly just a joke. I don't think of any woman that way in reality, hedo. the point I was trying to make is that she expects him to "put out". 

yeah, my point as well when I agreed.  But I can see what ya mean Hedo.  Thank goodness most guys aren't willing to pay for everything and buy expensive gifts in exchange for sex.....ummmm......hmmmmm....are they?  

Well, there are plenty of willing sugar daddies out there, and plenty of willing sugar babies. I'm not sure "most" would be the correct term. But surely a big majority.... because the big majority of men don't have enough money for this kind of shit anyhow, lol.

I simply could not imagine being with someone who only wants to be with me for my money. or any other superficial reason. 

I know, it's messed up. That's why it always shocks me that so many people seem okay with it. I think it's safe to say that these are the people we should all avoid at any cost, in any context.

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

cincybearcat said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

hedonist said:

Thank goodness many women aren't willing to be fuckdolls - or thought of as such - in exchange for expensive jewelry, trips and other monetary gains.  Sounds fucked up on both sides.

And guys, I know you're good people, but those last two comments about "she better put out" rubbed me the wrong way.

(not that it really matters anyway)

it was honestly just a joke. I don't think of any woman that way in reality, hedo. the point I was trying to make is that she expects him to "put out". 

yeah, my point as well when I agreed.  But I can see what ya mean Hedo.  Thank goodness most guys aren't willing to pay for everything and buy expensive gifts in exchange for sex.....ummmm......hmmmmm....are they?  

Well, there are plenty of willing sugar daddies out there, and plenty of willing sugar babies. I'm not sure "most" would be the correct term. But surely a big majority.... because the big majority of men don't have enough money for this kind of shit anyhow, lol.

I simply could not imagine being with someone who only wants to be with me for my money. or any other superficial reason. 

I know, it's messed up. That's why it always shocks me that so many people seem okay with it. I think it's safe to say that these are the people we should all avoid at any cost, in any context.

a guy I used to hang out with a lot was like that. and the women he attracted were too. we'd go to clubs (which I hated), he'd be dressed to the nines, i was dressed to the fives at best, so all the women hanging on him getting him to buy them drinks paid me zero attention (and honestly, besides being hot, I had no interest in them either-give me a girl in jeans and a baseball cap holding a beer all day long over a short skirt and a martini). they knew what was up. My buddy was paying me in drinks to be his sidekick. he would drive 30 minutes to pick me up in his jaguar to drive back to his area of town to whatever bar and then drive me home again. it was absurd. he'd beg me to go and eventually i would agree if I had nothing else to do. 

he was Mr Roarke and I was Tattoo. But whatever. I used to ask him why he wanted to hang out with brainless dolts that just like him for his clothes and his car all the time instead of having an actual relationship, and his response was just "because it's fun!". 

I was friends with a guy like this too (every photo he posts on FB is of him in a suit, with his arms around two or more hot chicks in tight dresses at some fancy club), and I kind of tolerated that crap because he could be fun to hang out with, and he wasn't doing that stuff in front of me usually. But then, surprise surprise, he became a fucking avid Trump fan. He really went bananas with it. And he's Canadian too, which somehow makes it even worse. And his Trumpmania actually turned him crazy. So this new feature, on top of the rest of it, was the straw that broke my back. I couldn't take it all anymore. I eventually had to block him on Facebook. I do still have to see him at rare group events though (he's best friends with my best friend's brother); I am cordial but keep my distance as much as possible while not causing tension as far as possible - occasionally he does shit I have to call him out on because it's just fucking scummy or inappropriate in the moment; he drinks and is a coke head (like, the Wall Street brand of coke head), so, you know... he can start behaving badly sometimes, lol. Also, I suspect he's really really deep in the closet, which makes it all much more odd, lol.

Those little ticks that cause meat allergies do scare the crap out of me (all ticks really due to Lyme disease and such).  I’ve had a tick on me a couple times after being out in the woods hunting, but was lucky it was never a “bad” one.

I had Lyme s disease last summer.  It sucked bad.  Took antibiotics for six weeks and thankfully it went away.