Why is this a thing? We've seen a lot of variations on the theme of relatives willfully sabotaging an allergic person's efforts to avoid food allergens. I just don't get it.
Because Ableism. There's a whole cohort of Ableist people who believe that allergies aren't real, or if they are real, they're not as serious as the allergic person claims. [It's similar to the people who believe that if wheelchair users can walk two steps they don't "REALLY" need their wheelchair.]
To this group, allergies are seen as a sign of being a special snowflake/spoiled/entitled/an attention seeker.
Often they try to trick someone into eating the allergen to "prove" that they are lying about the severity of the allergy.
A friend of mine has a less common food intolerance [the lining in canned/tinned food sets off abdominal pain/nausea/diarrhea, so they can't eat any canned food] and their MIL fed them canned/tinned food during a weeks-long INTERNATIONAL visit at MIL's home while lying about it to "prove" that the intolerance was fake. My friend had severe abdominal symptoms during the whole visit but couldn't work out why since the food was SUPPOSED to be safe.
I do not like people with this ableist belief one bit. *angry face*
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Because Ableism. There's a whole cohort of Ableist people who believe that allergies aren't real, or if they are real, they're not as serious as the allergic person claims. [It's similar to the people who believe that if wheelchair users can walk two steps they don't "REALLY" need their wheelchair.]
To this group, allergies are seen as a sign of being a special snowflake/spoiled/entitled/an attention seeker.
Often they try to trick someone into eating the allergen to "prove" that they are lying about the severity of the allergy.
A friend of mine has a less common food intolerance [the lining in canned/tinned food sets off abdominal pain/nausea/diarrhea, so they can't eat any canned food] and their MIL fed them canned/tinned food during a weeks-long INTERNATIONAL visit at MIL's home while lying about it to "prove" that the intolerance was fake. My friend had severe abdominal symptoms during the whole visit but couldn't work out why since the food was SUPPOSED to be safe.
I do not like people with this ableist belief one bit. *angry face*