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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my family picked a place for my birthday dinner. They chose a seafood restaurant. I'm allergic. FML
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
Today, my family are refusing to go out to eat with me anymore. Apparently, me liking my food cooked a certain way infuriates them because it delays our order, and makes the wait staff hate us. FML
Today, I ordered some burgers at a fast food joint. When I said, "No lettuce," the cashier looked dumbfounded and asked, "What's that?" I literally had to say, "The green stuff" before she got it. I'm losing hope. FML
Today, after years of my very poor diet finally resulted in a long overdue health scare, I declared I must try to live healthier. Also today, I was reminded of my hypersensitive gag reflex (I'm autistic), which causes my body to vehemently protest the consumption of a variety of healthy foods. This sucks. FML
Today, after a really bad day, I just wanted to order DoorDash. When my food came, I saw my burger had tomatoes in it, despite requesting no tomatoes. I’m deathly allergic. FML
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
Today, despite begging my parents to get food other than diet and weight loss stuff, they refused. I'm bullied for being skinny on a daily basis. FML
Today, I found out that I'm allergic to bacon. FML
Today, my family dragged me to a steakhouse, knowing full well I'm vegan. I sat there, with my sad little salad, watching as they stuffed themselves with burned animal flesh and laughed at me. They wonder why I hate them all. FML
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MidnaLink 35
Do they expect you to WANT to eat foods that give you allergies?
Shawnie Gallant 24
You can literally be allergic to anything.
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MidnaLink 35
Do they expect you to WANT to eat foods that give you allergies?
RichardPencil 32
They’re making fun because they don’t believe there’s such a thing as a lettuce allergy. I’m not buying it. Just get the burger with lettuce and discreetly slip the lettuce to your dog, assuming your dog is not also a ridiculous hypochondriac.
Shawnie Gallant 24
You can literally be allergic to anything.
Callyn 47
That only works if OP is only mildly allergic. If the mere touch of lettuce on her food could set her off, it does nothing. OP, your family shouldn't be making fun of you even if you weren't allergic. You're allowed to like what you like and not like what you don't. The fact that you are allergic just makes it extra shitty.
adjwejaelwkdc 21
It's a real thing. You've got the entire Internet at your fingertips. You can Google it for yourself. One result you'll get is a medical research paper entitled, "Lettuce Allergy Is a Lipid Transfer Syndrome-Related Food Allergy With a High Risk of Severe Reactions."
adjwejaelwkdc 21
You can try educating them on what would happen to you if you ate it. But don't expect that to change anything. People can be really stupid about other people's food allergies,. The most common mistake is that they think saying "I'm allergic to that food" is just another way of saying "I just don't like that food." My own sister occasionally compares my food allergy to her personal distaste for musicals. Every time she does this, I point out that the difference is that if someone made her watch a musical, she wouldn't actually throw up or die. She really and truly does know that it's not an accurate comparison, but, for some reason, she thinks it's funny to equate her personal preferences to my involuntary physical reaction to certain foods.
MidnaLink 35
Wow, that not even comparing apples to oranges, that’s more like comparing a brick to an orange.
alicelouise66 5
you're allergic to lettuce?
Nhayaa 21
It's odd to be allergic to lettuce... Do you know what exactly causes it? Because you might be allergic to one specific component and so be allergic to other food with it since lettuce is composed at 94% of water...
weazle 13
Since lettuce is almost 95% water. I’d be amazed if you were actually allergic to lettuce. You’re most likely allergic to whatever pesticides they use than actual lettuce but whatever. Either leave it on and see what happens or take it off and listen to them complain. Your only two choices here