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 that’s inconceivable to me. Heck, the most common allergy for children, peanut allergies, would’ve completely derailed my life in Elementary school because peanut butter sandwiches were the only things I ate for lunch. Not to mention, if you had a peanut allergy, you were quite literally segregated from the rest of the lunch table at a paltry «nut-free» table. I wouldn’t wish that fate on my worst enemy.

Although it’s essential to accommodate people’s allergies, you can’t completely control someone’s diet just because someone they interact with on a regular basis is allergic to something.