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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I goofed. 11DS has a friend allergic to nuts, which I’ve known for years. He’s been to our home and we’ve been out to dinner with them, although it’s been a while. From a young age, he has been diligent about avoiding nuts.

Recently, my teenage DD was diagnosed with her own severe allergy, which has thrown me for a loop. In all the chaos, I totally spaced out when planning DS’s birthday party. I bought a big bag of mixed wrapped candy bars for the boys to eat while watching a movie, not realizing one of the brands has nuts in it.  The allergic kid knew not to eat it, although the other boys ate it, but he didn’t say anything to me or anyone.

The next day I got a nasty text from my friend, wondering why I had served candy with nuts when it was so upsetting to her son. I was mortified, admitted I had been completely preoccupied lately and had simply forgotten his nut allergy since I hadn’t seen him in a while. I apologized profusely and things seem smoothed over for now.

Not only do I feel bad for upsetting her son, I’m also wondering if it was her or her son’s responsibility to remind me of the allergy before the party and not ream me out by text. I’m embarrassed for the slip-up but also feel she went overboard with the nastygram. WWYD?

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I’m sorry. I have a kid with a nut allergy and it is nice when people accommodate it, but ultimately it’s my kid’s responsibility to avoid nuts. If I were you, I would apologize, but I wouldn’t promise that I would never goof again. 100% this mom has made a mistake before as well.

Actually, thinking back, when my kid was also allergic to eggs, I had to rush my kid from his friend’s house because the mom had given him a cookie and she told him it was egg free without checking the ingredients. He was 8 at the time. Even then, I didn’t blame her. She was mortified. Sometimes it takes making a mistake to make you more careful in the future. [/quote]

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