Husband Takes Twin’s Side After She Disregards His Pregnant Wife’s Severe Peanut Allergy, Wife Livid

We’ve already told you numerous stories about how food allergies, particularly peanut allergies, actually impact people’s lives. And not just from a medical perspective, but also their relationships with relatives and significant others.

For example, the narrator of our story today, the user u/Potential_Piece_776, once experienced not only her sister-in-law blatantly ignoring her food allergy during her pregnancy, but also her own husband’s attitude toward a conflict situation that some might consider a kind of betrayal.

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Food allergy could be a real life-threatening risk, but it becomes even more serious when the allergic person is pregnant

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The author of the post is pregnant, and she’s afraid of any contact with peanuts even more now

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After the COVID-19 pandemic, the author’s sister-in-law lost her job, and her husband offered for her to move in with them for a while

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The problem is that the woman likes peanuts and keeps disregarding the author’s allergy in the most blatant way

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One day, the poster dodged a bullet by catching her sister-in-law touching things in the house after eating a handful of peanuts, and kicked her out

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However, the husband sided with his sis and even suggested that the wife spend the rest of her pregnancy in the hotel

So, the Original Poster (OP) tells us that she’s had a severe peanut allergy since childhood. So severe that several times, even simple skin contact with the allergen resulted in anaphylactic shock. Fortunately, without any serious consequences. It’s possible the allergy has become milder over the years, but the author was pregnant and didn’t want to find out.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, her husband’s twin sister lost her job, and the man suggested she stay with them for a while. Well, after all, she was a close relative… but the problem was that the sister-in-law was quite a sloppy person, and she also loved peanuts.

The OP warned her about her allergy several times, but she encountered some peanut-containing products and packaging over and over at home. One day, after narrowly avoiding yet another allergen, our heroine simply snapped at the sister-in-law and declared that if she couldn’t respect her health conditions, she should get out of the house.

A fight ensued, and the SIL was ready to leave… but the author’s hubby arrived and, despite her disappointment, sided with his sis. Furthermore, the man even suggested that if the wife was so concerned for her health, she could spend the remaining months of her pregnancy in a hotel. After all, according to the guy, “they’ve been together longer” with the sister.

So, it all ended up for the original poster at her parents’ house, in tears, listening to her dad lashing out at the son-in-law on the phone in the next room. Yes, the woman agrees that she’s a bit overreacted, but ultimately, her health and that of her unborn baby are what actually matter, right?

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In fact, even though this woman hasn’t had any peanut-related allergy attacks in a while, pregnancy can be a real aggravating factor for her. Pregnancy brings hormonal shifts that can increase the allergen’s impact on both the pregnant woman and the fetus. Given all this, experts strongly recommend stricter control over potential exposure to the allergen during pregnancy.

For example, this dedicated article on the VinMec website states that during pregnancy, one should be extremely careful about the composition of the food the mother-to-be is being served. “Not only that, the allergic mechanism can also hinder growth and development or directly damage the lungs and bronchi of the fetus, which is extremely dangerous,” the article also claims.

As we’ve discussed many times, the significant problem with peanut allergy lies in the body’s extremely rapid reaction to the allergen, so our heroine is doing everything absolutely right here, simply trying to avoid even the slightest presence of peanuts in her home.

Accordingly, it’s not surprising that most readers of the original post sided with the author, harshly criticizing both her husband and his sis. According to the responders, the sister-in-law simply acted unreasonably, and her brother clearly lacks maturity and responsibility in decision-making. So, what’s your opinion on this case, our dear readers?

People in the comments unanimously supported the mom-to-be, claiming that she was absolutely right and reasonable here

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