10 things gluten-free people are tired of hearing

August 18, 2017, 2:00 am

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Contrary to popular belief, being gluten-free isn’t all about fad diets and celebrity bandwagons.

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Some of us have no choice in being gluten-free or not. A celebrity didn’t tell me to go gluten-free, my doctor did.

So that makes it all the more frustrating when (often well-intentioned) people drop some of the most ridiculous things you’ve ever heard.

I’ve heard them all and here’s a few of the greatest hits.

1. I went gluten-free once, it was awful.

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August 18, 2017, 2:03 am

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Social media is hard work.

We’re encouraged to share the most vivid details of our lives to an audience that ranges from our grandma to that person we fancied down at the pub two years ago — and then we wait for people to measure how exciting our memories are by clicking ‘like’.

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The jury’s out on whether we’re chronically insecure or simply sadists, but we humans always did love a tough crowd.

And if the likes of Instagram and Facebook didn’t give us enough to worry about, there’s yet another downside to social media.

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August 18, 2017, 2:53 am

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If you’re into vanilla (no, not that kind) and you’ve been stressing over the shortage this year, then there is finally some good news.

Nope, sorry, the shortage is still real.

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But if you can’t get your usual fix of Madagascar vanilla ice cream, you can now indulge in some new vanilla-flavoured marshmallow gin instead.

Yep, marshmallow gin is now a thing.

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When I was eighteen I worked in a pub. 

As teenage jobs go, it was pretty bearable. The money was okay, and the company wasn’t terrible. The only part that I really hated was my boss.

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He was, to use an old fashioned phrase, a lech. He told me to dress to ‘show off’ my ‘curves.’ He looked down my top when I bent over. And his most frustrating habit was that whenever we were both behind the bar and he wanted to move… Read the full story

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August 18, 2017, 3:36 am

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Whenever I write about mental health medication on the internet, I can guarantee I’ll get at least comment, message, or email telling me how the pills I’m putting in my body will ruin every part of my life.

‘Pills are not the answer, except for Big Pharma’s balance sheet,’ wrote one commenter on my article about finally realising I need to get help. ‘This is the mistake of the almost ‘shamanic’ imaginary magic bullet for very real and very human issues of suffering, trauma and deep emotional pain.’

‘Drugs are merely escape, a postponement of the inevitable,’ wrote another.

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‘The brain needing extra serotonin complete rubbish there has never been any proof that depression is caused by lack of chemicals.’

I’ve received messages from mates from secondary school and great aunts, advising me to turn down the Fluoxetine and try running, talking, and ‘natural Chinese herbs’.

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I wish I could wear my hair however I like. But the fact is I can’t.

Most of my friends work in corporate FTSE100 companies and they all say that there is an invisible pressure to wear their hair in a European way, i.e. extensions/weaves/wigs that are straight or are a kind of wavy that moves with the wind.

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Lip plumpers, which have been popularized by pouty stars like Kylie Jenner, could be really bad for your teeth. 

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When Ellen Scott brought a load of lip plumping suction cups to the Metro.co.uk Lifestyle desk, obviously we all wanted to have a go. So we spent an afternoon writing away with red cups stuck to our lips, trying to see if we could get super-pouts.

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You’re either a fringe person or you’re not.

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I finally realised I wasn’t after spending the majority of my life blocking the sight from my right eye with a sweeping side fringe.

If you’re lucky enough to be a fringe person, you might have been able to enjoy such faddy trends as rainbow and heart-shaped fringes.

Of course, most of us have probably tried hacking at our own fringes at some point in our lives, and let’s be real – some do it better than others.

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August 18, 2017, 5:17 am

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If you’ve been on parenting forums, beauty blogs, and, well, the general internet in the last few weeks, you’ve probably spotted people singing the praises of Lush’s Sleepy body lotion.

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Exhausted mums have been shouting all over the internet about how Sleepy has finally fixed all their sleeping problems, sending both babies and grownups into peaceful slumbers.

The product’s been so popular, it’s sold out twice, thanks in no small part to being labelled a miracle insomnia-curing product.

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August 18, 2017, 5:21 am

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There are two types of ‘crazy cat lady’.

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You’ve got the genuine ones who live with 1,000 felines or do stuff like cover their house in cat memorabilia.

And then you’ve got the ones who joke about it, but actually, they’re pretty balanced people and just own a couple of sassy little cats.

The sort of person who would wear a chic little feline-collared blouse to give a gentle nod to her obsession.

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August 18, 2017, 6:06 am

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Scots have got a lot to be proud of.

If they’re not bringing a world-renowned arts festival to the UK is the shape of the Edinburgh Fringe, they’re spreading the love through tartan, kilts, James McAvoy and deep fried battered mars bars.

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That’s why in a global survey, it warmed our hearts to hear that the Scot’s most popular beverage is something a little bit different.

While the rest of the globe — and we mean the entire globe — vouched that their favourite drink was something from the Coca Cola company, Scots proudly declared that their favourite drink is the one and only… well,… Read the full story

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August 18, 2017, 6:23 am

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Cats have always been the most independent of household pets.

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In an ideal world, they roam free, staking out the house and coming and going through a cat flap as they please.

But this isn’t an ideal world, and many felines are living more of a dog’s life, stuck in city flats or houses without cat flaps, bored indoors, twiddling their claws and contemplating whether or not to sh*t on the carpet or scratch open some cushions.

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Going to university can be such a confusing time, you have to pack up your entire life and transfer it to a small bedroom, often in an entirely new city.

Having some common sense when it comes to packing for University is essential, it will make your life so much easier and give you the extra time you need to stress about what you’re going to wear for your first day (I can tell you, it won’t matter).

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August 18, 2017, 7:22 am

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When you get engaged, people will start asking you if you’re planning on losing weight for the wedding. 

It sounds unlikely, but I promise. It happens. A ‘friend’ of mine asked me if I’d like her to give me some personal training so I could be ‘wedding ready.’

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You do not need to lose weight for your wedding.

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August 18, 2017, 7:47 am

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Woman wears dress.

That shouldn’t be a big deal, but in a society in which we’re bashed for our bodies, criticised for any hint of flab, and basically told to wear a giant burlap sack if we’re above a size 8, it is.

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Portraits are a wonderful window into a person’s soul.

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Like this photographer’s striking portraits of homeless people, these shots celebrating the beauty of freckles, and, er, this artist’s visual depiction of Donald Trump created using her menstrual blood.

And then you’ve the classic sit down portrait, like these great new ones from the National Portrait Gallery’s upcoming exhibition of successful black celebrities in the UK.

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As someone whose large butt prohibits me from wearing jeans crafted from actual denim (they’ll either stop midway up my thighs or hang off my waist. There is no happy medium), Topshop Joni jeans are essential.

They’re super stretchy, have a high rise to hold in my muffin top, and cling just tight enough to my calves.

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But Jonis do come with their own issues.

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44% of pet owning millennials see their pets as ‘starter children’ says a study by business solutions agency Gale. 

21% of adults between 20 and 36 said that when they brought a pet home, it was a deliberate attempt to practice having a family.

A further 23% said that even though it wasn’t the whole reason they’d got a pet, it was part of it.

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News flash: relationships are tricky. Like, super tricky.

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People often tell me I’m brave when I tell them I’m transgender. I smile awkwardly and mumble thanks. But in truth, I’m embarrassed by their praise.

Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of days when I feel I deserve all the praise going. I am, after all, a limited edition and that’s pretty special.

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At least, that’s what I tell myself on the days when my self-esteem is closer to my pre-transition days than they are normally now.

But am I brave?

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