We asked the BuzzFeed Community for the worst parts about having a peanut allergy. Here are the all-too-real results.
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First of all, peanut allergies don't just mean issues with food. You also have to be careful with deodorant, soap, and makeup. UGH.
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And you have to read basically every ingredient label from top to bottom, inside and out.
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You feel guilty grilling your waiters wherever you eat, because you have to ensure you don’t come in contact with a peanut.
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If you developed your allergy later in life, you know the pure joy of eating certain candy with nuts... and that you'll never get them again. UGH.
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You always feel so dang awkward when someone brings a peanut butter sandwich to work or school, and you have to tell them they can't eat it.
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And when someone else needs peanuts in their diets, you have to quarantine yourself from the area.
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Some people don’t even take your allergy seriously.
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And some people tell you you'll "grow out of it," like your allergy is a pair of old shorts.
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You roll your eyes all the way back into your head whenever you hear, "You’re missing out,” and, “What happens if you eat peanuts?"
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You have to be so careful when eating dinner at friends' houses, because you never know what possible peanut ingredients lurk in their dishes...
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... And then you have to explain to every single person present why you aren't eating. Like a broken record.
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Growing up, getting Halloween candy you couldn't eat was the worst — because your bag was 90% full of possibly cross-contaminated candy.
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And when you had to eat at the peanut-free table by yourself in elementary school, you felt so lonely.
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Getting stopped by TSA is always fun, because your vital Epi-Pen looks like a weapon in the x-ray machine.
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And having to request that your airplane doesn't serve peanuts because your allergy is airborne is so embarrassing.
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Almost every time someone makes a nice gesture through food, you have to turn them down.
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The possibility of having to jam a big-ass needle into your thigh if you go into anaphylactic shock is a huge cloud over your head.
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Oh, and the cost of EpiPens is actually a nightmare.
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You have to ask someone if they’ve eaten peanuts before you can kiss them.
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Sometimes you worry you're being a burden to everyone around you, even though your health is just as important as everyone else's...
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But no matter how many struggles your allergy brings you, you know that you just gotta do what's best for you.
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