Today, my grandmother was sent to the ER. My family blamed it on her being allergic to my cats, making me feel guilty. She just called me to tell me the test results informed her that she is actually allergic to the carrot cake they got her. I gave my cats away 15 minutes ago to a little girl. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out my cat is allergic to ME. No kidding. FML
Today, my mom baked a cake for the whole family. One spent EpiPen later, I found out there were nuts in it, which I'm severely allergic to. My mom's defense was that she thought I'd have "gotten over" my allergy by now. FML
Today, while at the dinner table, my grandmother told me she backed over a cat. FML
Today, I went to the doctor to find out why I've been feeling so sick the past several weeks. Turns out, I'm severely allergic to the cat of my girlfriend of two years. I told her "It's me or the cat." She chose the cat. FML
Today, my aunt asked me to babysit my cousin. She gave me a warning that he says he's allergic to foods to get out of eating them. When I brought out my homemade cooking, he told me he was allergic, so I made him eat it anyway. Turns out he WAS allergic. FML
Today, I went to the doctor for allergy testing. Apparently, one of my worst allergies is cats. I'm a "crazy cat lady" who loves anything cat-related and has 3 cats. Allergy shots, here I come. FML
Today, I went to visit my grandmother. My grandfather recently died, so I had gotten her a cat for comfort. Turns out in her sadness, she had forgotten about the cat. I found its remains being eaten by ants and birds. FML
Today, after repeatedly telling my partner's family that our daughter is allergic to peanuts, his grandfather decided to feed her one, to "see if she really is allergic." FML
Today, I went to meet my boyfriend's parents for the first time. While I was there, I started to get really itchy. Turns out they have 5 cats. Guess what I'm allergic to? FML
Today, I told my mom I'm severely allergic to my cat and that the doctor told me it would be best to get rid of the cat. Somewhat jokingly, I told her it was either me or the cat. She chose the cat. She was serious too. FML
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TheTruth1428 0
YDI. You shouldn't have given the cats away until you were sure that was the cause.
XOfiestypixie 0
Aw, well you can't exactly go back to the little girl and ask for your cats back. I would suggest maybe getting a new kitten? I know it won't be the same as your other ones, but at least it's something.
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Comments (92)
musigreg 0
OMG AWW. haha im a cat person lmfao
luvdatglitter 0
ydi, so shulda kept the xata
kyliebear 15
Aww, but don't worry, you can get new cats. I know it won't be the same, but it's something. I wish I was that little girl - I want moar kittehs!
XOfiestypixie 0
Aw, well you can't exactly go back to the little girl and ask for your cats back. I would suggest maybe getting a new kitten? I know it won't be the same as your other ones, but at least it's something.
firecopy 6
actually you can... it's called bribing with money.
shepaintsmusic 6
or bribing with kittens
deadly55 0
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it's it possible to be that allergic to cats? but eggs oon the other hand ouch. fyl.
deadly55 0
is it* and on not oon..
Finnboghi 0
In theory you can be allergic to nearly anything that isn't already in your body. An allergy is simply your immune system attacking something it thinks is dangerous, but actually isn't. The most common cause is not encountering something before one's immune system fully develops. Although I would bet that it was the carrots OP's aunt was allergic to, not the eggs.
lexiBRo 0
I don't think the OP's aunt was allergic to anything.... but as for Grandma, there are tons of ingredients in carrot cake, like nuts and stuff that Grandma could be allergic to..
SlightlyGPirate 0
where does it say eggs in that entire FML?
TheTruth1428 0
YDI. You shouldn't have given the cats away until you were sure that was the cause.
null_fml 11
Indeed. YDI for giving the cats away. Even if they WERE the cause, it's still not worth it. Grandma presumably doesn't live at your house, so it'd make more sense to just visit her from now on.
spiffles 0
agreed-why on earth would you give them away??? clearly they must not mean that much to you.
the_stereotype 0
i think the family was probably bitching at her and guilted her into giving it away but hey, at least now you know it wasn't your fault, right? killing your grandma or giving your cat away to nice people? i'd pick the second
Holybatman 16
#44, she gave her cats away AFTER her grandmother went to the ER, and she got the results of the allergy test before her grandmother came back again, so that was never a choice she had to make. I think it's a partial YDI, because the OP shouldn't have been so hasty to be guilted by her family. I wouldn't even consider giving away a pet because of rumors in my family about allergies. And even if the allergy tests proved that it was a cat allergy, the OP could have decided to visit her grandmother instead of inviting her over. The family deserves most of the blame for this, because it was extremely bitchy of them to demand that the cats be removed. It's not unreasonable to expect that a person over 60 knows their own allergies and informs the people around him/her, or at least avoids things that cause the allergies. Sorry for the rant, I really should have better things to do on St Patricks day.
playfuldesk 0
Cats suck they have the same smell as old people
CrystaltheFail 2
You also smell like old people.
clemagh 7
why would you say that, ON THE INTERNET?!
poopchute 0
Dude, you can still get your cats back, your happiness is more important than some little girls', and the cats are barely settled in/the girls are barely attached to them. Go, before it's too late! I'm sure their parents would understand if you explained the situation.
omgyoukilledkeny 0
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YDI for having cats
clemagh 7
another person saying that, ON THE INTERNET?!
Catto-Golden 23
You better beg the cat overlords for forgiveness
allmidnighteyes 11
Get a lion >:3
sublime93 0
No.
Intoxicunt 6
Kangaraffe, anyone?
allmidnighteyes 11
Ligerist? Kangaraffe? I feel as if we're talking about some crazy ****** up Pokemon for some reason...
darkmis1 18
you couldn't wait until you heard the result? fycl(**** your cats life).
18legalawesome 0
Ouch... well... look on the bright side... you gave a little girl years worth of happiness.