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
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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, 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, my mom made my favorite dessert, a pudding. For some reason, she decided to put strawberries in it. She knows I’m allergic to strawberries. She said, “Stop bitching. If you don’t like it, don’t eat it then. Problem solved.” FML
Today, a coworker left a chocolate cake on the "free food" table in the office. I had a slice. She's just called to ask if she left her grandmother's birthday cake at work. She made it from scratch. Now I'm baking a new cake in the office kitchen. FML
Today, I went to the doctor, only to find out I can no longer eat chocolate, my favorite food. When I got home, my boyfriend took the chocolate cake I'd been eating from the fridge, sat down in front of me, and ate the whole thing without breaking eye contact. FML
Today, my mother turned up drunk at my house with a chocolate cake for my 14th birthday. I'm 27, I haven’t seen her in 6 years, I'm allergic to chocolate, and when she saw that I had 2 kids, she wanted to know why I'd bothered, since kids are always "such a disappointment". FML
Today, my mom told me she is serving lasagna and Italian cream cake at my bridal shower. I'm severely lactose intolerant, which I have been telling her for years. She responded by telling me, and I quote, "The food is for the guests." FML
Today, after telling my mother-in-law about my recent miscarriage, she cheerfully made a cake to celebrate. FML
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, I got my mom (who is a diabetic) a set of sugar-free chocolates for Mother's Day. Everything was fine on that day, and my mom decided to share them since I bought a good sized box. I was perfectly fine, but my mom had explosive diarrhea for the rest of the day. I'll never buy THOSE again. FML
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sarahperez_fml 12
She must hate you a lot.
JasonUMN 15
Every desert was chocolate? I'll be right back, I have a trip to the Sahara scheduled.
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Nvjds 12
At least you arent your spouse, they were RAISED by that bitch
ashtic 20
... At least the cakes looked nice :O
Bibliovore 26
"Because the needs of the one... outweigh the needs of the many." - Captain Kirk, Star Trek, explaining why he came back for Spock. The "needs" of the many to have every single dessert include chocolate do not outweigh the need of the one to be included at a family gathering rather than spited with a bounty of luscious desserts that OP cannot eat and survive. There are tons of wonderful non-chocolate desserts out there.
skyeyez9 25
When my friend and I went to a restaurant, I wanted to order a shrimp pasta dish. She told me she is severely allergic to shrimp, so I ordered another dish with chicken instead. Its common decency to not purposely eat something with an allergen that can kill your friend or family member sitting next to you. I can eat shrimp another day. OPs mom can do the same with the chocolate. Or at the very least, provided a chocolate free dessert as well.
Raesin 21
Unless I misunderstood, if you're the one eating it, it won't affect her at all. I would've ordered it anyway, if she would actually get offended by you not being allergic to something she would just have to get over it.
cryssycakesx3 23
my thoughts exactly 98. of you're out to eat and that's what you want have it that day. it's not your problem she's allergic. those are the ones I can't stand.
love_me_electric 20
99/98 - You realize that some allergies all you have to do is TOUCH the food and you get a reaction so sever it can kill you? Obviously they aren't going to be sticking their hands in your food, but what if you get some sauce on your hand and then touch them? There was a story about a girl who killed her boyfriend because she ate peanuts then kissed him several hours later.
glitterkuro 18
Exactly, #115. If you're severely allergic to a food, they don't even necessarily have to touch you, just being near to that food can set it off. #99, you can't stand somebody because they're trying to stop themselves having a possibly fatal allergic reaction?
KorinoTsubasa23 9
115 has it right. My husband is allergic to walnuts. Not deathly, but he feels like death by the time his immune system has had enough. He doesn't even have to eat the walnut itself. He ate something that merely *touched* something that had walnuts in it and was in the bathroom throwing up all night and having stomach cramps. Food allergies, severe or not, are not something to take lightly. Clearly you guys don't understand food allergies if you don't think that there is something a little bit wrong with this situation.
skyeyez9 25
She is very sensitive and even smelling the steam from the dish can set off her allergies.
blackvyper 8
Sucks to be you! Sorry.
missy806 11
My "mother-in-law" spent the day avoiding looking at me/speaking to me. I'd rather have her make food that could kill me instead of being passive-aggressive.
glitterkuro 18
I think deliberately making all the food be something that somebody can't eat is pretty passive aggressive. Sorry your 'mother-in-law' has also been nasty to you though.
cryssycakesx3 23
it's not all the food though, just des(s)ert. it's not that big of a deal.
ahippienamedrae 10
It's usually the mother-in-law and the wife that generally don't get along.
ahippienamedrae 10
Find out what she's allergic to, and "accidentally" make her a dish with that ingredient. Obviously, don't make enough to kill her.
Epikouros 32
Would you survive a chocolate food fight?
ImaginaryPerson 21
Sounds like a bitch -. - Hey maybe she'll have death by chocolate :P