Husband Protects His Wife’s ‘Biggest Lie’, Shows What True Love Means
Ilona BoredPanda staff
The problem with even the smallest white lie is that it can sometimes take on a life of its own, multiply and spawn into something much bigger and uglier until it’s out of control.
This is precisely what happened to this woman, Tumblr user rue-by-another-name. After a simple lie about a peanut allergy, to avoid being questioned about her dislike of peanut butter, she found herself faced with the uncomfortable reality of not being able to enjoy her beloved peanut M&M’s in public.
Not all heroes wear capes however. Her husband was there on the scene to save the day, and show what true love is!
This wasn’t the end of the story however. Her post on Tumblr attracted a storm of comments and hate-mail, with many people disgruntled about her blasé attitude toward the serious problem of faking allergies. In these gluten-intolerant times, when real sufferers of celiac disease are sometimes ridiculed because of the fad-following hordes, you can maybe see their point. But the death threats were taking it a little far. Rue issued an apology, and we hope that this is the end of the story!
Scroll down below to check it out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
Image credits: Geoff LMV (not an actual photo)
What seemed like a cute story at first, spiralled into something way more serious in the comments
After 102 messages like that in her inbox, Rue decided to issue an apology
How do you feel about this? Speak up in the comments below
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it's ok that she doesn't like the smell of peanut butter. it's ok that to save her time and having to 'argue' as to why she doesn't (which is fine, you don't have to like everything, really) she says she's allergic, what's not ok is how outraged people get at literally anything. it's like if I decided to spell peenut like this, someone somewhere would eat their computer and throw themselves down the stairs because of my hatred of the english language. here's a thing, try not caring about every little thing you see and hear, it's really ok, nobody will mind. also, peenut.
You Sir. Yes, You. Have a nice day. Seriously. You deserve it. :-)
i will. it will be good and full of donuts and beer.
Totally agreed. In this story two things make me angry - that she has to lie because it's not enough to just say I don't like something. When something makes you feel sick, it should be enough explanation and noone has right to give you attitude about it. And the other thing is that someone gets all righteous about the fact that she lies to save herself this. She does it because people are pretentious and not respectful of her feelings. Offending people with allergies? I have allergies and I am not offended at all. If someone is, they are egoistic idiots. If you're not taken seriously with your allergies, surround yourself with people who will. Or stop caring who takes you seriously and who doesn't.
i gotta agree with you. her claim to have a peanut allergy effects absolutely no one but her. yes she was lying which is bad but it doesnt detract from taking peanut allergies seriously. anyone who claims otherwise better explain how or is just looking to pick a fight.
Agreed, she should be able to express her food preferences and have people take her seriously, and not have to resort to the allergy excuse just to avoid constant arguments with pee-brained individuals.
pisstachio.
This one made be laugh too 😂
Totally agree with you. Unfortunately, most "outraged" people on the internet are stupid, have too much time on their hands and therefore can't relate with this woman, who might not only hate arguing but also have much less free time. I mean, some would disagree, saying that it's not a big deal to chat with a moron for 5 minutes in order to defend your point, but in the meantime you could've had a quality conversation with someone nicer and more tolerant. Also, if you had encounters with 5 hundred, 5 thousand or more suchlike people, and had to explain to each and every single one of them why and how comes you hate peanut smell, you'd loose literally months in total.
WTF WHY DO YOU SPELL IT PEENUT. WHY? DO YOU PEE ON YOUR NUTS AND EAT THEM? NO YOU DON'T. IF I HAD ANY PEENUT BUTTER LEFT I WOULD EAT MY PC FOR YOU! Jokes aside, she doesn't deserve those reactions. But she shouldn't have lied about it either. Why would you be ashamed for not eating something. Jeez, ... I hate it when people lie about things like that. It's the same with gluten. I'm allergic, sort of. I won't die, or anything. And I'm OK with eating spelt, as it's a really old grain. But if I would eat wheat products during summer, when other allergies start kicking in, then I'm really screwed. My eyes become bloody red for weeks at an end. It actually took us 2 years to find out why my hay fever got so much worse. 2nd year now that it's way better, since we found out (thanks to alternative medicine)
Lmao!! I’m cracking up!
You are right! Besides... never heard people with allergies not taken serious, it's al BS. Like Joanna said, have a nice day! :)
I was going to write something on this post but you pretty much said it all! Why do people get so upset by stupid little things? and why do other people feel they should apologise.
Her minor and even logical lie about a peanut allergy is nothing compared the spite oozing out of some of those comments to her.
Right on.
No, what’s NOT ok is that someone thought that their dumb-add “biggest lie” was interesting enough to put on the internet. The most boring day I’ve ever had was more interesting than reading this crap.
Dumb-ass*
You summed it up perfectly
I couldn't have said it better myself....thank you sir for showing me that the world completely overrun with snowflakes and there are still reasonable people out there.
I want to give you two upvotes but the site wont let me.
*peanut
fun fact: a peanut/peenut isn't actually a nut, it's a legume. however, don't tell this fact to someone who is having a reaction on said nut (that's not a nut).
Also to hell with you firefox spelling autocorrector, I meant to spell it peenut. Piss off.
I have rights you know! the right to parrrrrrr-tay! peenut anyone?
Wrong. it's peanut. PEENUT. Are you triggered yet?
no is PEANUT IM TRIGGERED!
That's just nuts.
Exactly! No need to apologize to anyone! This world of PC-ness and feelings is getting crazy.
If she hadn't been harassed about not liking a food she wouldn't have told her fabrication to begin with. I feel for her. I am not allergic, but do have an inability to digest shellfish. Do I go into a big story about how IF I eat it I develop calcium deposits in my intestines and my digestive system shuts down? No, I say I'm allergic. The world is full of jerks and sometimes you just want it to be simple.
I have been instructed by an allergy-adjacent specialist to lie and say I'm allergic to penicillin. The truth is that I was probably one of the people who experienced one of those incredibly-uncommon side-effects (kidney shutdown) and that it's likely enough to happen again that no doctor is willing to contemplate giving me more - even in a controlled environment. But that's long and complicated, and doctors seem to have enough trouble with "I can't have beta lactam antibiotics". So... I'm deathly allergic to penicillin.
If your kidney shut down because of penicillin, that may well be an allergic reaction. An allergic reaction doesn't necessarily only manifest itself as a skin rash.
How was she harassed for not liking peanut butter? You can't actually believe that everyone she talked to pressured her about peanut butter? She just felt that she needed to explain herself to others. She could've also saud "I don't like it" and be done with it. A lot of people don't like peanut butter, it's nothing special.
You obviously have never been harassed by people judging you for your personal likes/dislikes. Believe me, it does happen and is extremely irritating. The worst is when someone comments on how disgusting the food is that you're sitting there eating at that exact moment. It's happened to me, and I would do the same thing if I had to.
Someone commenting your food is disgusting is completely different from someone asking how you can't like their favorite food. Yes, people harass in case of the first. But how many do that in case of the second? When you say you don't like peanut butter, chocolate, icecream, candy, fries, ...?
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Apparently you're one of the jerks too
First world problems
Fantasy world problems.
it's ok that she doesn't like the smell of peanut butter. it's ok that to save her time and having to 'argue' as to why she doesn't (which is fine, you don't have to like everything, really) she says she's allergic, what's not ok is how outraged people get at literally anything. it's like if I decided to spell peenut like this, someone somewhere would eat their computer and throw themselves down the stairs because of my hatred of the english language. here's a thing, try not caring about every little thing you see and hear, it's really ok, nobody will mind. also, peenut.
You Sir. Yes, You. Have a nice day. Seriously. You deserve it. :-)
i will. it will be good and full of donuts and beer.
Totally agreed. In this story two things make me angry - that she has to lie because it's not enough to just say I don't like something. When something makes you feel sick, it should be enough explanation and noone has right to give you attitude about it. And the other thing is that someone gets all righteous about the fact that she lies to save herself this. She does it because people are pretentious and not respectful of her feelings. Offending people with allergies? I have allergies and I am not offended at all. If someone is, they are egoistic idiots. If you're not taken seriously with your allergies, surround yourself with people who will. Or stop caring who takes you seriously and who doesn't.
i gotta agree with you. her claim to have a peanut allergy effects absolutely no one but her. yes she was lying which is bad but it doesnt detract from taking peanut allergies seriously. anyone who claims otherwise better explain how or is just looking to pick a fight.
Agreed, she should be able to express her food preferences and have people take her seriously, and not have to resort to the allergy excuse just to avoid constant arguments with pee-brained individuals.
pisstachio.
This one made be laugh too 😂
Totally agree with you. Unfortunately, most "outraged" people on the internet are stupid, have too much time on their hands and therefore can't relate with this woman, who might not only hate arguing but also have much less free time. I mean, some would disagree, saying that it's not a big deal to chat with a moron for 5 minutes in order to defend your point, but in the meantime you could've had a quality conversation with someone nicer and more tolerant. Also, if you had encounters with 5 hundred, 5 thousand or more suchlike people, and had to explain to each and every single one of them why and how comes you hate peanut smell, you'd loose literally months in total.
WTF WHY DO YOU SPELL IT PEENUT. WHY? DO YOU PEE ON YOUR NUTS AND EAT THEM? NO YOU DON'T. IF I HAD ANY PEENUT BUTTER LEFT I WOULD EAT MY PC FOR YOU! Jokes aside, she doesn't deserve those reactions. But she shouldn't have lied about it either. Why would you be ashamed for not eating something. Jeez, ... I hate it when people lie about things like that. It's the same with gluten. I'm allergic, sort of. I won't die, or anything. And I'm OK with eating spelt, as it's a really old grain. But if I would eat wheat products during summer, when other allergies start kicking in, then I'm really screwed. My eyes become bloody red for weeks at an end. It actually took us 2 years to find out why my hay fever got so much worse. 2nd year now that it's way better, since we found out (thanks to alternative medicine)
Lmao!! I’m cracking up!
You are right! Besides... never heard people with allergies not taken serious, it's al BS. Like Joanna said, have a nice day! :)
I was going to write something on this post but you pretty much said it all! Why do people get so upset by stupid little things? and why do other people feel they should apologise.
Her minor and even logical lie about a peanut allergy is nothing compared the spite oozing out of some of those comments to her.
Right on.
No, what’s NOT ok is that someone thought that their dumb-add “biggest lie” was interesting enough to put on the internet. The most boring day I’ve ever had was more interesting than reading this crap.
Dumb-ass*
You summed it up perfectly
I couldn't have said it better myself....thank you sir for showing me that the world completely overrun with snowflakes and there are still reasonable people out there.
I want to give you two upvotes but the site wont let me.
*peanut
fun fact: a peanut/peenut isn't actually a nut, it's a legume. however, don't tell this fact to someone who is having a reaction on said nut (that's not a nut).
Also to hell with you firefox spelling autocorrector, I meant to spell it peenut. Piss off.
I have rights you know! the right to parrrrrrr-tay! peenut anyone?
Wrong. it's peanut. PEENUT. Are you triggered yet?
no is PEANUT IM TRIGGERED!
That's just nuts.
Exactly! No need to apologize to anyone! This world of PC-ness and feelings is getting crazy.
If she hadn't been harassed about not liking a food she wouldn't have told her fabrication to begin with. I feel for her. I am not allergic, but do have an inability to digest shellfish. Do I go into a big story about how IF I eat it I develop calcium deposits in my intestines and my digestive system shuts down? No, I say I'm allergic. The world is full of jerks and sometimes you just want it to be simple.
I have been instructed by an allergy-adjacent specialist to lie and say I'm allergic to penicillin. The truth is that I was probably one of the people who experienced one of those incredibly-uncommon side-effects (kidney shutdown) and that it's likely enough to happen again that no doctor is willing to contemplate giving me more - even in a controlled environment. But that's long and complicated, and doctors seem to have enough trouble with "I can't have beta lactam antibiotics". So... I'm deathly allergic to penicillin.
If your kidney shut down because of penicillin, that may well be an allergic reaction. An allergic reaction doesn't necessarily only manifest itself as a skin rash.
How was she harassed for not liking peanut butter? You can't actually believe that everyone she talked to pressured her about peanut butter? She just felt that she needed to explain herself to others. She could've also saud "I don't like it" and be done with it. A lot of people don't like peanut butter, it's nothing special.
You obviously have never been harassed by people judging you for your personal likes/dislikes. Believe me, it does happen and is extremely irritating. The worst is when someone comments on how disgusting the food is that you're sitting there eating at that exact moment. It's happened to me, and I would do the same thing if I had to.
Someone commenting your food is disgusting is completely different from someone asking how you can't like their favorite food. Yes, people harass in case of the first. But how many do that in case of the second? When you say you don't like peanut butter, chocolate, icecream, candy, fries, ...?
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Apparently you're one of the jerks too
First world problems
Fantasy world problems.