32-year-old bachelor finds container of nuts that don’t belong to him in his pantry: ‘I live alone, have a mild nut allergy, and don’t own any Tupperware like this.’

Whose nuts are these? If you have a partner, kids, or roommates, you might just assume that a mystery object in your house is theirs, but that’s not always the case. A copy of Hillbilly Elegy appeared on my roommate’s and my bookshelf over a year ago, and to this day, none of us know where …
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Parent Criticizes YMCA For Banning Nuts From Their Facility: ‘There is Something Deeply Troubled With The World.’

What’s so wrong with keeping people safe?  A sizable portion of the population thinks their personal liberties are more important than other people’s safety, and that’s not right. They don’t care if someone could pass away from breathing in peanuts on an airplane: they think their right to eat peanuts wherever they please is more …
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15-year-old made cilantro rice for family dinner, despite her 16-year-old sister being severely allergic to cilantro: ‘Everyone else in the family likes cilantro. I don’t see why you can’t just eat something else if you don’t want to at least try it’

She’s either stupid or malicious, and I’d bet my hat on the latter. Allergies are not to be messed with, especially severe ones. One time when I was working as a cashier at a Chinese restaurant, a dude called in to order for pickup and said his wife was highly allergic to soy. He asked …
Seguir leyendo 15-year-old made cilantro rice for family dinner, despite her 16-year-old sister being severely allergic to cilantro: ‘Everyone else in the family likes cilantro. I don’t see why you can’t just eat something else if you don’t want to at least try it’

Mom refuses custody of her 8 and 9-year-old sons because they eat foods that her stepdaughter is allergic to: ‘She can’t eat peanut butter, eggs, cheese, strawberries, and chocolate’

Allergies are no fun. One of my best friends can’t eat mangos without her face totally swelling up, and I’d venture to say that’s one of the worst fruits you can be allergic to. Not because it’s in everything, but because it’s so darn delicious! My best friend from high school couldn’t eat strawberries, and …
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24-year-old adds bone broth to meat-allergic friend’s meal, claims he ‘didn’t think she was really vegetarian’ after she immediately gets sick: ‘The group chat is in shambles’

Cooking for other people can be stressful. When I’m cooking for myself, I don’t have a care in the world. If it’s gross, who cares? I’m the one who has to eat it, so I’m only disappointing myself. Plus, if I’m the tiniest bit lax with food safety (aka using yogurt that’s a couple of …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old adds bone broth to meat-allergic friend’s meal, claims he ‘didn’t think she was really vegetarian’ after she immediately gets sick: ‘The group chat is in shambles’

‘As a mother of a child with celiac disease, I am shocked’: Parents drops off 9-year-old with gluten allergy at an acquaintance’s house with no food instructions, won’t reimburse them for food cost

Allergies are not a simple matter. If you don’t have experience dealing with one, you might not know just how much goes into making sure your food is safe. You might think it’s as simple as avoiding the allergen, but it’s more complicated than that. You have to make sure that wherever you go there …
Seguir leyendo ‘As a mother of a child with celiac disease, I am shocked’: Parents drops off 9-year-old with gluten allergy at an acquaintance’s house with no food instructions, won’t reimburse them for food cost

Aunt refuses to accommodate 3-year-old’s allergies for monthly family dinner, tells sister-in-law to ‘put the kid in a plastic bubble’: ‘You seem to have a bone to pick with a 3-year-old’

Family dinners can bring out all kinds of clashes within a family unit. Think of the show Gilmore Girls. The whole inciting incident of that program is that Lorelai’s rich parents will pay for Rory’s expensive private school as long as they all attend Friday night dinners at their house. And that causes enough drama …
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‘Your mom doesn’t like your wife’: Backhanded mom refuses to make allergy-safe meal for daughter-in-law, gets upset when she brings her own meals

Allergies are no joke. People who suffer from them know how serious they can be, and take every precaution to keep themselves safe. It’s a whole skill you have to develop, not only knowing what foods might secretly contain your allergen but also informing everyone around you how to keep you safe. You have to …
Seguir leyendo ‘Your mom doesn’t like your wife’: Backhanded mom refuses to make allergy-safe meal for daughter-in-law, gets upset when she brings her own meals

25+ Gluten Free Memes for Celiac Cuties

Having a dietary restriction or an allergy is neither fun nor games. It’s serious biz, and people can be weirdly annoying about it especially when it comes to having a gluten allergy. Somewhere along the line, gluten-free became shorthand for high maintenance, so people treat it with a weird amount of disdain.  But celiac disease …
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‘She is a bad mom’: Woman fakes her son’s gluten allergy in an attempt to get 50% off at a sandwich shop, 17-year-old employee calls out her bad parenting

If you’re allergic to a certain food, the price of that food item isn’t going to make you any less allergic. For example, if you need an EpiPen just from looking at shellfish, you’re not likely to cash in on that coupon for Red Lobster anytime soon. But the mom in this next story wielded …
Seguir leyendo ‘She is a bad mom’: Woman fakes her son’s gluten allergy in an attempt to get 50% off at a sandwich shop, 17-year-old employee calls out her bad parenting