'He intentionally poisoned your kid': Out-of-pocket Grandpa doubts a 9-year-old's food allergy, swapping his gluten-free snacks for whole wheat as a 'test', Mom presses charges

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jul 22, 2024 6:00 AM EDT

When you think of a serious food allergy, it usually makes you think of that one kid in school who was allergic to peanuts. Although their nut allergy was serious enough to carry around an EpiPen, for some reason, there was always at least one bully who doubted their legitimacy and decided to test a theory, waving a PB&J in the nose of the kid in question. It's all fun and games until the ambulance shows up and angry moms come in to scorch the earth. 

Don't mess with someone's allergies–EVER. 

Then again, in the era of trending diets and nutritionist 'influencers', some allergies start to sound like a load of hoopla–especially to the bygone generations that didn't know any better. But just because nobody was reporting on their tummy issues and the cause of their daily discomforts in the 1960s doesn't mean that gluten and dairy allergies didn't exist… 

Well, for the granddad in our next tale, he decided to put a child to the test after doubting his mother's warnings. The boy showed up to a sleepover at his friend's house with a satchel full of gluten-free snacks but even after Mom fervently insisted he had a gluten allergy, the live-in grandpa decided to do his own research, just like those bullies at recess with the PB&J.

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    Boomer gave my son with celiac food with wheat on purpose. Boomer Story
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    9 year old son went to a sleepover. Because he is celiac I purposefully pack snacks/breakfast for him. His friend lives with his parents and granddad and
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    as soon as the granddad hears about the allergy he starts going on about how these allergies didn't exist when he was a kid bla bla bla.
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    I show up the next morning and my son is throwing up and green. The Mom apologicetically tells me that the Granddad purposefully switched the breakfast to
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    one with wheat. I am normally mild tempered but I did yell at him and he can't let go that I use an F bomb. Anyways, the Mom apologizes a few more times and I spend the rest of the day nursing my son back to health.
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    Glittering Ma... OP 1h ago Update I spoke to the Mom - and she agreed I should press charges (we are pretty good friends). I feel she's pretty sick of his bs too.
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    user_is_sus... 1h ago Thank the other mom for her honesty, shes in a bad spot and chose to do the right thing in telling you.
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    compassionfe... • 1h ago He intentionally poisoned your kid. Report him. He shouldn't be around any children.
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    DCNumber... • 56m ago The mother should have called you immediately once she realized what happened. Yes, I know that a celiac reaction is not the same as an allergic reaction, but this
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    family obviously doesn't understand food intolerances in general, so as soon as your child showed any signs, I'm disappointed the mother didn't immediately reach
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    out. (And yeah, that grandfather is a whole other issue. I doubt he even feels bad - he probably thinks the kid was "overreacting." Sheesh.)
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    CapableCoyo... • 1h ago Gen X Typical. Gets indignant at a word but not their actions.
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    Chadsworth Ro... • 1h ago Make Granddad drink some Ipecac and get a taste of his own medicine. Tell him if he's tough enough he can hold it down and it's all in his head.
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    Commana1 46m ago This infuriates me as someone with Celiac myself. It is hard enough having such a restricted diet that is a flawed solution at best due to how hard it is
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    to avoid even the slightest trace of gluten, people like me do not need to be poisoned by some who does not believe in medical science.
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    Aware_Interes... 40m ago Millennial I'm so sorry that happened to him and you. I have celiac. I've gotten sick from gluten even touching the plate I was eating.
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    You need to put this grandfather on blast with a taste of his own medicine: social media. If you have Nextdoor, Facebook, etc. Post in the local neighborhood forums about how your son got sick and this is how celiac works. Educate.
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    I'm so tired of this happening with the, "allergies aren't real" thing.
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    spank_z_mo... • 4h ago Boundaries to boomers are like red rags to bulls. They see them as a challenge.
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    GM_Nate 4h ago last time i heard of something like this (a grandmother giving a peanut butter cookie to a grandchild with allergies), the parents rightfully went no-contact
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    alexaboyhowdy • 4h ago I know someone who is almost 90 who was diagnosed with celiacs in the '80s. Hardly anyone heard of it back then, even the doctors misdiagnosed her several times.
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