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My son is anaphylactically allergic to peanuts and some tree nuts and my daughter is allergic to shellfish but is fine with fish. Since her allergy is not anaphylactic, she would be OK with a seafood restaurant. They both speak up clearly when there's a risk they could be served their allergen. You need to insert yourself at the correct time in the discussion, OP, if there is a risk you could end up in the hospital from a poor restaurant choice!!!

There is no reason to get offended. Either you speak up to save your own life; or you accept the restaurant choice because your allergy isn't that bad and you know you'll have other choices on the menu.

But this is on you. I have taught my children this from the time their allergies appeared, when they were little. People, even one's nearest and dearest, will forget. That's normal. It's YOUR job to decide whether you are medically fine with the options.

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[b]"Since her allergy is not anaphylactic" is a dangerous thing to believe if you're an allergy mom.[/b] That's not how allergies work.

Op should have said she didn't eat at seafood restaurants due to her allergy when multiple options were thrown out. Then if they chose that restaurant anyway, she'd have reason to be offended.

Our group bends over backwards to accommodate the family with allergies, though. It's a nice thing to do and the goal is to be together.[/quote]

Or anyone, not just moms. My wife was deathly allergic to tree nuts her entire life and then boom, mid 30s it vanished.

And then she became deathly allergic to eggs. We keep epi pens in both cars, her purse and our house. I've administered it to her twice in 15 years. She is destroyed for the rest of the day and part of the next. It is traumatic. People die from this.

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