Liah12
Holt, United States
Today, my family picked a place for my birthday dinner. They chose a seafood restaurant. I'm allergic. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Birthday Boy
Happy Birthday
Today, my family asked where I wanted to go for my birthday dinner. They shot down my every suggestion and decided on sushi. I'm allergic, so the only thing I could eat was a veggie appetizer. Dad said I need to "expand my palate." FML
pinchy
United States
Today, my boyfriend told me he was taking me out to eat to his favorite restaurant. He said I could order whatever I wanted and he'd pay for it. He took me to Red Lobster, knowing full well that I'm allergic to seafood. FML
Anonymous
Today, for the third time this month, my family ridiculed me for being picky for ordering a burger without lettuce. They know I'm allergic. FML
Telley21
Rexburg, United States
He had to find out eventually!
Today, I made my boyfriend a beautiful dinner of seafood and rice. This was the first time I could afford lobster, and thought it would be a great treat for us both. I learned that this was the first time he has eaten lobster, and he learned that he is allergic. FML
George
Sounds like a win, somehow
Today, I found out that I'm allergic to shrimp, when I went out for a lunch with my long-term crush after I finally got the courage to ask her out. She's really into seafood. A little while into the afternoon I started to feel itchy. She ended up scratching my back all night. FML
amilia
Today, I went on a blind date with a guy at a seafood restaurant. I explained to him that I am deathly allergic to shrimp. When the waiter took my order, he interrupted me and said, “She’ll have the shrimp," while looking me dead in the eye. FML
why
Beachwood, United States
People suck
Today, the family I was serving had ordered calamari and when I brought out the food, they started yelling at me because apparently their daughter was allergic to it. Just why would you order it then? FML
Ugh
Today, at my work in a self-service chinese restaurant, a lady came up to me, pointed to the plate she loaded with honey king prawns, and yelled at me because she was allergic to seafood. She demanded a refund and another plate. Everything is clearly labeled. FML
Weirdo
United States
Today, my family took me to a steak house. I went for an eight minute bathroom break, coming back to an empty table. They ordered dessert, and left me the bill. I'm a vegetarian, and it's my birthday. FML
Anonymous
Switzerland
Today, my family went out to dinner at a seafood restaurant. While we were eating our food, my grandma demanded to see the manager, and loudly complained that her fish was "too fishy". FML
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hardcorefan16 22
Are your parents stupid? On your birthday they pick something you can't eat? It's your birthday, should you pick the place?
A07 48
When you blow out the candles, look them in the eye and wish "to have better parents next year" out loud.
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Comments (35)
diego92 13
Wrong family, right? Welcome to the club!
TADspace 30
Hopefully they had something you could eat there. (Although the staff was probably confused as they sanitized literally everything.) Even better, I hope your parents took you someplace else after realizing how dumb they were.
Steve97 32
Hope you like salad
_ravens_ 11
This has to be so fake. No family is stupid enough to not know your allergies
Deathly52 18
Not really, if OP lived away from their parents or developed the allergy recently, then it can be easily forgotten. Or at least that's my parent's excuse.
Enkeria 30
This doesn't sound fake to me! My parents did that to me one year when I was 12. I had just won a horse show and they picked a place to go celebrate for me and it was a place that serves pretty much nothing but spicy foods with peppers in the food. I'm severely allergic to peppers.
dirty_dan_ 15
Take their keys snd drive away
ragnarok1540 39
That is terrible ... Let your parents know you will put in just as much thought when choosing their retirement home.
PotatoesAndCake 26
Maybe ask them if you can do a redo Birthday Dinner? That's what happened with my sister. We had chicken on her birthday and went out for pizza the next night.
dunicha 20
My mom did the exact same thing to me once. She wanted to take me somewhere nice on the beach since we were on vacation and she'd heard good things about this one place. She thought there would be more non-seafood options, but there was only one thing on the menu I could eat. It was a pretty good steak though.
teentee401 37
I wouldn't say it's the exact same since your mom seemed to actually care about your diet and just made a small mistake.
soulreaper12296 28
Not even the same thing. Your mother at least thought they had non-seafood options, where as OP's parents seems like they didn't give a shit.
birthdayforgot 14
Op you should pick were YOU want to go.
sophi147 6
Almost the same thing happened to me! I don't eat meat and I have some really bad problems with dairy, so I requested a vegan place for my birthday. The tool to me to a steakhouse. I was a little upset, but they had steamed broccoli on the menu so I ordered that. When it got to the table, it was covered in cheese. I was told it would take 30 minutes and there was literally nothing else on the menu. I went hungry.
soulreaper12296 28
To be fair though, just because you don't eat meat doesn't mean they should have to go somewhere that doesn't serve any. Granted they should have picked a better place. You at least choose not to eat meat, OP literally can't eat seafood.