What am I likely to do that will irritate my diabetic girlfriend most?
Remember the Paul Simon song, "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover?" Well, there must be 150 ways to irritate your diabetic. In fact, if that diabetic takes insulin and you catch her when she has low blood sugar, anything you do, including trying to get her to eat something to raise her blood sugar, can irritate or even enrage her. (Some diabetics in that state have even been known to hurl food into the face of the person trying to help.) All diabetics, even when their blood sugar is normal and even if they don't take insulin, have their pet peeves. You'll just have to find out with experience what they are. We can start you off with a few tips, though. A diabetic hates to hear the same phrase over and over from you. For example: "Is that on your diet?" "Did you remember to take your injection?" "Did you bring along a snack?" "Are you spilling sugar?" anything you keep repeating begins to grate after a while. June, for some reaso...