I'm recently single and I know that I'm going to start dating again fairly soon. My ex-boyfriend knew everything about my surgery and understood the fact that I couldn't eat like a "normal" person, but I'm worried about how to justify my lack of food consumption to someone new. I know that I can push for non-food-related dates, but food is such a big part of our culture, I feel like I'm going to have to sit down for a meal sooner or later!

How are others dealing with this? I'd much rather keep my sleeve and weight loss private.

Thank you!

You can say you're trying to lose weight or watch your weight or watch your girlish figure etc. I dated a lot with the sleeve.

I said I had late lunch, or a little bit of an upset stomach too.

After I got to know someone, I told them the truth. I've never had a negative response and my current bf tells me I am a cheap date. We share food a lot!

I've also gotten the response that I'm a "cheap date" now.

I've had a hard time being comfortable to tell anyone I date. It's so awkward. And I feel like Im an alien when they can eat a pizza and a half and I eat three bites. :/