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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, it was my birthday. My only birthday present was a cake that my dad bought from Walmart. Well, it sure looked tasty. The only problem: it had nuts on it. Guess what I'm highly allergic too? At least my dad told me he'd "tell me how it tastes." FML
Today, my boyfriend’s mom fed me a new dish containing peanuts, knowing full well I’m severely allergic. According to her, her ancestors “cured” allergies by exposing the person to the allergen. I went into anaphylactic shock. FML
Today, I had to go to the ER because of a terrible allergic reaction I had to the cookies my "friend" made for me. She assured me several times that there were no nuts in them. Turns out, she put nuts in them on purpose, to see whether or not I was really allergic. FML
Today, my mother in-law made dessert. It was a beautiful chocolate cake, chocolate cookies, and every other thing had chocolate in it. I'm deathly allergic to chocolate and she knows this. FML
Today, I found out that I'm not actually allergic to chocolate, when my mom freely admitted to me that she made it up when I was a child because she didn't want to share any cookies with me. FML
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
Today, I came home from living in Spain for 2 years. My mom made dinner for me, and she had forgotten about my allergy to citrus, because she made lemon chicken. After using my EpiPen, and calling 911 for myself, I heard my mom say to my dad, "She always did have to be the center of attention." FML
Today, I had an asthma attack. I grabbed my inhaler and found peanut butter on it. I'm extremely allergic to peanuts. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with severe nut allergies. My dad decided to buy jars of Nutella, write "You know you want this" on them, and stick them around the house. 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
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NoShit_Sherly 11
That's nut very nice..
thehumanlyhuman 7
She acts like a nut allergy is an illness, like a cold..
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Comments (126)
andrealovvve 17
Your mom is a ******* moron. Allergies aren't like a cold and just go away after awhile.
skitzymew 19
It's possible. But severe ones can take way longer, or you may never get rid of them.
zomgbies 17
I feel bad for you op.
beautifulbeats26 6
I'm no doctor but I'm fairly certain you can't "get over" an allergy. Actually, I'm positive. Still I wonder what made her think a good amount of time had passed for you to be over your allergy..
beautifulbeats26 6
Just googled it. "There is a 20% chance of outgrowing allergies to peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish and a 75% chance of outgrowing allergies to milk, eggs, soy, fish, and wheat."
skitzymew 19
You're "positive", but wrong. You can out grow nearly any allergy. Severe ones are obviously the harder ones to out grow, and nearly impossible.
Obryn 9
Yup. My daughter outgrew her severe peanut allergy after 10 years of us keeping her away from peanuts and working with an allergist. Now she just doesn't like peanuts... :(
Sparx1_1 16
It's possible to outgrow an allergy but the more serious the allergy the less likely that is. Nuts, shellfish and bees are the worst.
sanecatlady 13
I once hoped my mother would get over her allergy to cats as a kid, but nope...
Shrocko 5
All these nut puns sure are cheesy...
ViviMage 40
What the @%£# was she thinking?! *Some* people get over nut allergies like milk, but most do not and it just gets worse each time. I am allergic to latex and my airway tries to close off. Also insect venoms. These I expect to get worse as life goes on, not better! You can try a desensitizing program, or just tell your mother to GTFO.
Curlytwirly22 17
Cook her Brussels sprouts
Alexzandriah 9
Your mum is literally just stupid. Sorry.
blueknight1st 26
I agree with your mom. At your age you need to quit holing on to childish things like allergies and toys.