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AITA for Confronting Neighbor Who Gave My Celiac Son Wheat? My 9-year-old son went to a sleepover, and because he has celiac disease, I packed his own snacks and breakfast. When I dropped him off, his friend’s granddad heard about the allergy and started grumbling about how these “new” allergies weren’t a thing when he was young.
The next morning, I came by to find my son throwing up and looking very ill. The mom told me that the granddad had deliberately switched his breakfast with something that contained wheat. Normally, I’m pretty calm, but I lost my cool and yelled, using some strong language. The mom kept apologizing, and I spent the rest of the day taking care of my son.
Update: After talking with the mom, she agreed that pressing charges was the right move. It seems she’s also had enough of the granddad’s behavior, and this was the breaking point for her as well.
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A concerned parent sent their 9-year-old son with celiac disease to a sleepover, packing his own snacks and breakfast to ensure his safety. Upon arrival, the friend’s granddad voiced skepticism about modern allergies, insisting they were nonexistent in his day.
The next morning, the parent found their son visibly unwell, with symptoms of severe illness. The friend’s mother revealed that the granddad had deliberately swapped the safe breakfast with one containing wheat. Despite the parent’s usual calm demeanor, they lost their temper and used strong language in response. The mother repeatedly apologized, and the parent spent the rest of the day caring for their son.
Update: After discussing the situation with the mother, they both agreed that pressing charges against the granddad was necessary, marking a breaking point for both of them due to the granddad’s persistent problematic behavior.
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There’s a guy I know from the gym. Saw him in there every single day, and then all of a sudden he disappeared, and me and some others were like, “hey… what happened to that dude?” No one knew. A few of us work out at multiple gyms, too, so we knew he didn’t just switch. Like 2 months later, I finally see him again and he has lost about 40lbs of muscle. Dude went from 200lbs and pretty lean, muscular build to 160lbs and not much definition. Just atrophied like a motherfucker. I’m like, “dude, wtf happened???” He says he has Celiac, and when it flares up, it just ruins him for weeks and weeks. He’s pretty good about avoiding stuff since he almost always eats at home because it’s so bad. But about once a year to every 18 months, he’ll get a flare-up. Every time, it’s like 2 months of not being able to properly digest anything because of some other health shit he has that exacerbates the issues. So, he basically just becomes a hermit and doesn’t leave his house until the symptoms stop because he’s just slowly wasting away in the meantime and doesn’t have any energy.
God yes!! I kept being accused of having anorexia because I was a walking skeleton. No my stomach wasn’t working!! They literally gave up after 6 hours on the gastric emptying study because nothing moved.
Is_Unable Writes:
Grandpa is very lucky no one involved is a Mandated reporter. His ass would not be allowed within 100 feet of a child ever again.
Mom of the kid can and should press charges and report the scenario. What if his allergic response was anaphalaxis instead? That kid cpuld have potentially died. I have mt own food allergies but i am very close to a few with ceiliac and its like having the flu for weeks. They purposely fed that child his allergen. Thats dangerous and should be treated as such.
Thank the other mom for her honesty, shes in a bad spot and chose to do the right thing in telling you.
