What’s a time you ignored your gut — and paid for it?

Before I got formal allergy testing in a doctor’s office, I had a feeling that pine nuts made me sick. However, in nineteen-ninety-something, we were at a backyard party and my husband convinced me to try a bit of his friend’s delicious homemade pesto—made with homegrown basil and pine nuts. I ignored my gut and tried it. Let’s just say, my gut took revenge on me and I paid.

Thinking back, that pesto-making friend Lee was the only “no show” at our wedding reception. Didn’t call or explain. Just didn’t show up. I remember being pretty annoyed about it. After all the time we spent on the seating plan, the seats for him and his wife sat empty.