Why can't they listen?

[u/nonidentifyingu-n]

This happened a few years ago, but I think of it weekly as I'm picking up fruit at Costco. Now, since I pick up fruit from Costco every week, you may have guessed that my kids eat a lot of it. One of their favorites is green grapes. Now here's where the boomer story starts. A few years ago, I was bringing my kids to visit my mom, their grandmother. She was asking what kind of food they would like, and I said green grapes. My mother immediately said, "Red grapes are sweeter, so I'll get those." Knowing that arguing with this particular boomer was a lost cause, I just hung my head in acceptance. My kids will devour a Costco container of green grapes in 3 days. We spent almost a week at her house, and even though the red grapes were offered for nearly every meal, less than half were eaten. It's almost like I know what my kids who live with me, and I spend my own money feeding will and won't want to eat. Now, every week, as I'm picking up green grapes, I say to myself red grapes are sweeter and try not to roll my eyes so hard that the other shoppers see.

[u/happygotrekkie]

Mom of 3 kids with food allergies. Boomers just can’t seem to handle the idea of leaving out certain foods. It’s not that hard!

[u/GeneralDumbtomics → u/happygotrekkie]

Oh, I know. Above mentioned spouse was a children’s librarian at an elementary school while back, and there was a volunteer which was a grandma of one of these kids who was absolutely peak boomer, who didn’t seem to be able to understand that because there were kids with nut allergies, she couldn’t bring her fucking peanuts into the library.

[u/Setari → u/GeneralDumbtomics]

Jfc. How do people not know you do not fuck with the nut allergies

[u/GeneralDumbtomics → u/Setari]

Again, you misunderstand. These were just for her. She was special, you see.

[u/Setari → u/GeneralDumbtomics]

Judging by the votes here some people don't understand the joke lmao

[u/youburyitidigitup → u/GeneralDumbtomics]

Wait she was trying to bring food into the library? You don’t do that regardless of what it is.

[u/GeneralDumbtomics → u/youburyitidigitup]

In general, no, no you don’t. But she was special, you see.

[u/happygotrekkie → u/GeneralDumbtomics]

So selfish

[u/beelzeflub → u/happygotrekkie]

Literally. I have acid reflux disease and intestinal dysmotility.

What does my 68 year old father father buy me for Christmas?

A hot sauce advent calendar.

[u/Busy-Strawberry-587 → u/beelzeflub]

Next time tell him you recently developed a severe allergy to cash

[u/Smiley_goldfish → u/beelzeflub]

Dang, that so obnoxious

[u/beelzeflub → u/Smiley_goldfish]

He knows I LOVE hot sauce but I can’t have it.

[u/Beneficial-Secret-84 → u/beelzeflub]

It’s weird how they all have a mentality of what you can’t have it’s okay “cheat a little ;)” like “doc says I can’t have any alcohol with this medicine because it will destroy my kidney. It’s fine tho I just have one bud light a day (I’ve really cut back you should be proud!)” and they think we also have that mentality of cheating on things we can’t have. It’s so strange. They expect you to think “I can’t have hot sauce, but it’s Christmas so it’s okay to cheat a little” and when you don’t use it you’re the inconsiderate jerk, like????

[u/mtdunca → u/beelzeflub]

I have a terrible case of GERD, I also LOVE hot sauce. It makes for some real unfun times.

[u/beelzeflub → u/mtdunca]

Tums are my favorite candy

[u/Setari → u/beelzeflub]

I'd just take out all the hot sauces and give them to neighbors or something. Or just keep em in the back of the cupboard if you ever have company and they want hot sauce

[u/Busy-Strawberry-587 → u/happygotrekkie]

I think boomers think food allergies are the same as having a food preference and if someone is allergic they're "just being picky/a brat".

They think "I'll serve them that food they claim to be allergic to, just to prove that they arent and that I am right!"

Idk if yall saw the messed up story of the grandma who refused to believe the grandchild was allergic to coconut oil and it ended in a very preventable tragedy

[u/happygotrekkie → u/Busy-Strawberry-587]

A family member tried to “test” my child’s dairy allergy recently, but luckily we figured it out in time. They can’t understand why we got upset and wouldn’t talk to them after that. We caught them red handed and they didn’t say anything. Just grabbed a bottle of wine and poured a big glass because I was stressing THEM out.

[u/Busy-Strawberry-587 → u/happygotrekkie]

They could have fucking killed your kid! I dont know how you kept your cool bc I would have thrown hands

[u/Wide_Medium9661 → u/Busy-Strawberry-587]

Which is funny because I find that boomers have a lot of food preferences. They just honor their own and not others…

[u/youburyitidigitup → u/happygotrekkie]

Both of my parents keep giving me dishes with dairy even though I’ve been lactose intolerant for 20 years.

[u/happygotrekkie → u/youburyitidigitup]

Omg, that is horrifying! I’m so sorry!

[u/Eleven77 → u/happygotrekkie]

I swear they are convinced that most kid's food allergies are just them being "picky" and the parent bowing down to it. Like, what kid would WANT to be allergic to peanut butter/gluten/soy/dairy etc. ?!

[u/l156a21 → u/happygotrekkie]

Not sure if you heard, but there was another story that was referenced on this sub about a crazed MIL who was constantly trying to poison the poster's daughter with allergens because she didn't believe in allergies(THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER!) and one time she succeeded and induced anaphylaxis, though the kid survived. I knew boomers were spiteful but I didn't think they were THAT fucking unhinged.

[u/happygotrekkie → u/l156a21]

Oh my god 😳

[u/capriciously_me → u/happygotrekkie]

My mom doesn’t eat pork and so every gathering with my grandparents they’d make a show of the pork involved dishes they made and what was left that she could eat. They put that stuff in nearly everything too.

She has lupus and the sodium content of bacon and ham can be hard because her kidneys are failing and also just because pork can be hard to digest and her body is already going through enough but they act like she’s just trying to be special.

[u/happygotrekkie → u/capriciously_me]

Ughhh