Today, it was my 17th birthday. I didn't want my family to spend money on a cake, so my dad made this delicious apple ring. At least, it was great until my mouth began to itch and my throat closed. I have been allergic to nuts since birth, and my dad put walnuts in my birthday cake. FML
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On 11/02/2009 at 1:12am - health - by UnluckyJulie (woman) - United States (Massachusetts)
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A simple mistake. Well, a pretty big one, but not everyone cares enough to remember your problems.
#3 - On 11/02/2009 at 6:15am by giganticbrain
You'd think her own dad would care enough to remember her allergy to nuts. =_=
#7 - On 11/02/2009 at 6:36am by mutant_tomato
Well...considering it was her FATHER who should've been living in the same house with her for the last 17 YEARS...yeah, what kind of an idiot forgets something like that. It's like forgetting you have skin cancer.
Ew. That sucks. You think your dad would remember something as simple as you're allergic to nuts.
#4 - On 11/02/2009 at 6:19am by BelaLugosisdead
Thats a great money saving program. He figures that next year you are 18 which usually means some big sort of birthday gift. He thought if he could top you off on your 17th birthday then that would save him the money from any subsequent birthdays.. or at least make you so wary of anything that he gives you in future that if he gave you something like a car that you would not want it fearing he had cut the brakes or something. ;)
Sounds like something my dad would do... dads are even worse than boyfriends about remembering that stuff. Trouble is you can't dump your dad.
Aw man, good thing you're ok now. Did he actually not remember the allergy or was he just trying really hard to make a nice cake for you and didn't realize that the walnuts might harm you? I can totally see my dad trying to exactly follow the recipe and just forgetting about the allergy. FYL :(
I don't see how OP's dad could forget that. She's 17! (I'm assuming OP is a she, I'm on the FML app on my iPhone, you can't see any of that info.) A nut allergy is too serious for even a male to forget /: But if he did just forget,
#16 - On 11/02/2009 at 7:35am by BellaMuerte
You said it yourself; it was delicious. Let him slide this time around or have him make one without them afterward. I'm not saying it wasn't a serious mistake, but its not something to have a grudge against your dad for too long.
I think I like your comment the best :) . Yeah, of course I forgive him. Although with the EpiPen and the trip to the ER, it probably would have been cheaper to just buy the damn cake.
#43 - On 11/02/2009 at 6:43pm by UnluckyJulie
If I were you OP i would make sure daddy didn't take out any new life insurance policies on you recently. O.o
Considering he made the cake for you, he probably feels more bad about this than you do...
#22 - On 11/02/2009 at 8:09am by BoboMatrix
I'm thinking that after 17 years of investing in the project, Dad finally decided that you were never going to pay off for him and just wanted to cut his losses.
Don't take it personally, it was just a business decision.
Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
To bad you're allergic to nuts. That must be hard on your boyfriends=(
#28 - On 11/02/2009 at 11:08am by McBadAss
I don't like nuts and my husband has no problems remembering, so I don't see how it'd be a big deal for boyfriends to remember an actual ALLERGY.
Proof that it's definitely MORE than the thought that counts.
And by the way... technically they still spent money on the cake, they paid for the ingredients and not only that, they also had to make the damn thing as well. Just saying.
Anyway, Happy 17th!
Oh my, yesderday was my 17th birthday x]
But that does suck though.
#32 - On 11/02/2009 at 2:10pm by desireenicole
A very similar situation happened on last weeks episode of Accidently on Purpose CBS 830/730c.. pretty hilarious!
#39 - On 11/02/2009 at 4:32pm by RingoManDingo
that would depend where you live and how much your local baker charges.
Plus you can bake your own cake for just a few dollars.
Sounds like someone was trying to "get rid of" a certain someone.
#44 - On 11/02/2009 at 8:09pm by DeathShad0
That sucks.. you'd think after all these years he'd know.. Happy Birthday !
#50 - On 11/03/2009 at 12:53pm by ohmyword08
it was also my 17th!!! unlike you i had a brilliant night though.............
#52 - On 11/03/2009 at 5:43pm by bigwillydurkan
Yeah if I was allergic to something, my father would definitely forget about it, all the time. People tend to remember a lot of things but sometimes they forget some small stuff.
#53 - On 11/03/2009 at 11:57pm by oooTiffyooo
well i'm glad you're ok. maybe your dad was secretly trying to kill you . . .
#56 - On 11/07/2009 at 1:17am by suzsmith
Both my parents have done that. My mum brought me a chili twister on my 17th, and im allergic. I had to start cooking dinner when i moved in with my dad after my parents split, because 3 times a week he would make curry or something with chili in it, they have known the last 19 years i have been allergic, my dad still does it whenever i visit.
