Mom calls potluck participant at 10 PM demanding gluten-free options for her daughter, gets annoyed when they don't have any: 'I didn't want to risk it'

Dietary restrictions require a lot of thinking ahead.

Living with a food intolerance or caring for somebody who does can get tiring pretty quickly. For the sake of their health, they have to avoid certain things that half the time seem to pop up in the most unexpected of places. If the issue is severe, there really is no room for error. Responsibility must be taken for the diet.

Considering how many people's social lives revolve around food, this can make many events a fraught experience. The risk of consuming something that contains an ingredient that they can't tolerate constantly hovers over the entire affair unless they choose to bring along food that they have made themselves.

While friends and family often want to be accommodating in these situations, they often need to be briefed well in advance. Not only that, but they need to be trusted to prepare food in the right kind of environment. For those living with the worst kind of issues, there is no room for error. This is not the kind of thing that can be put together last minute without there being some big element of risk.