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<p>You think that you&#39;re in-laws are bad? At least they&#39;re not trying to kill you.</p><p>A story going viral and making a bold pitch for the Passive-Aggression Olympics comes courtesy of <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/ask-polly-my-in-laws-are-careless-about-my-food-allergy.html"><em>The Cut</em>&#39;s Ask Polly column.</a> &quot;Disrespected Daughter-in-Law&quot; explained to Polly that her husband&#39;s parents not only refuse to accommodate her deadly allergy to mushrooms, they&#39;ve been finding excuses to incorporate mushroom powder into dishes every since she came on the scene.</p><p>One holiday dinner, the mother-in-law sprinkled mushroom powder into the mashed potatoes. Who needs mushroom powder in mashed potatoes???</p><p>&quot;I have a very severe allergy to mushrooms. I carry an EpiPen, and I have been hospitalized multiple times because of exposure to this food. One time, I began convulsing in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. My husband politely explained this to his parents when we started dating, and I was invited to family meals,&quot; Disrespected Daughter-in-Law wrote.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>According to the woman&#39;s husband, his family was never big on mushrooms before somebody they knew could be killed by them.</p><p>Even when Disrespected Daughter-in-Law was pregnant and there was not one, but two (!) lives at stake, the in-laws wouldn&#39;t quit on fungi. The father-in-law insists that everyone else in the family likes mushrooms, so they won&#39;t change what they eat for one person. The spongy texture of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_bisporus"> Agaricus bisporus</a> text precedence over their son&#39;s wife&#39;s life.</p><p>DDIL explained that Mushroomgate has resulted in a total rift in the family. She no longer goes to her in-laws for holidays, seeing as it may killer, and the in-laws&#39; unwillingness to compromise on shrooms means &quot;they don&rsquo;t get to see their grandkids, even though they live very close by.&quot;</p><p>What&#39;s heartbreaking is that the woman believes it is her fault that the relationship has broken down, when the villain here is so clearly the homicidal in-laws.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The letter has inspired thousands to say &quot;JESUS CHRIST WTF???&quot; and share their own life-threatening allergy stories.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I can tell you right now those crazy in-laws are &quot;testing&quot; her allergy because they don&#39;t think it&#39;s real or serious. I have a family member who tries to sneak coconut into stuff so she can GOTCHA another relative with a moderate allergy. It&#39;s absolutely insane.</p>&mdash; 🌈🦠 rainbow blight | #WearAMask 🌈🦠 (@AshleyEsqueda) <a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyEsqueda/status/1159069918257528833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So, a few things about allergies.<br>1. Allergies can show up at any time<br>2. Allergies can change in severity<br>3. Food allergies have a high correlation with increased anxiety <br><br>If someone tells you they have an allergy, don’t question it, and don’t ever, ever give them an allergen. <a href="https://t.co/KOY4yTiNUG">https://t.co/KOY4yTiNUG</a></p>&mdash; Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama) <a href="https://twitter.com/baddestmamajama/status/1159148212575322112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Plus, the in-laws are getting psychoanalyzed.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It almost feels like this husband is special in the family -- catered to the group, was easily manipulated, was everyone&#39;s favorite -- until now. Of course, that describes every youngest child I&#39;ve ever met, including me.</p>&mdash; Heather Havrilesky (@hhavrilesky) <a href="https://twitter.com/hhavrilesky/status/1159076797008531458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/ebruenig/status/1159518999039922176?s=20</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The parents in this column are either trying to kill their daughter-in-law outright or they have a pathological need to “prove” she has no deadly allergy to mushrooms. The first is grotesque and criminal; the second, pathological and obscene (and ultimately criminal). <a href="https://t.co/qy0lMvuGbf">https://t.co/qy0lMvuGbf</a></p>&mdash; Glenn Fleishman Still Thinks 306EV (@GlennF) <a href="https://twitter.com/GlennF/status/1159145228835536896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Heather Havrilesky, aka Polly, assured the letter writer that her in-laws are objectively insane and it&#39;s not her fault they have a poor relationship:</p><blockquote> <p>The important thing to know about your in-laws is that they&rsquo;re literally trying to kill you. I mean, mushroom powder? Who&rsquo;s even heard of such a thing? How is it possible that they&rsquo;re all engaged in this charade of loving the ever-living hell out of mushrooms out of nowhere, in spite of the fact that they know you could die if you eat one? What on God&rsquo;s green Earth is going on with these people?</p> </blockquote><p>Read Polly&#39;s response and the entire mushroom letter over at <em><a href="https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/ask-polly-my-in-laws-are-careless-about-my-food-allergy.html">The Cut.</a></em></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman seeks advice when in-laws refuse to accommodate her life-threatening mushroom allergy.

You think that you&#39;re in-laws are bad? At least they&#39;re not trying to kill you.A story going viral and making a bold pitch for the Passive-Aggression Olympics comes courtesy of The Cut&#39;s Ask Polly column. &quot;Disrespected Daughter-in-Law&quot; explained to Polly that her husband&#39;s parents not only refuse to accommodate her deadly allergy to mushrooms, they&#39;ve been finding excuses to incorporate mushroom powder into dishes every since she came on the scene.One holiday dinner, the mother-in-law sprinkled mushroom powder into the mashed potatoes. Who needs mushroom powder in mashed potatoes???&quot;I have a very severe allergy to mushrooms. I carry an EpiPen, and I have been hospitalized multiple times because of exposure to this food. One time, I began convulsing in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. My husband politely explained this to his parents when we started dating, and I was invited to family meals,&quot; Disrespected Daughter-in-Law wrote.According to the woman&#39;s husband, his family was never big on mushrooms before somebody they knew could be killed by them.Even when Disrespected Daughter-in-Law was pregnant and there was not one, but two (!) lives at stake, the in-laws wouldn&#39;t quit on fungi. The father-in-law insists that everyone else in the family likes mushrooms, so they won&#39;t change what they eat for one person. The spongy texture of the Agaricus bisporus text precedence over their son&#39;s wife&#39;s life.DDIL explained that Mushroomgate has resulted in a total rift in the family. She no longer goes to her in-laws for holidays, seeing as it may killer, and the in-laws&#39; unwillingness to compromise on shrooms means &quot;they don&rsquo;t get to see their grandkids, even though they live very close by.&quot;What&#39;s heartbreaking is that the woman believes it is her fault that the relationship has broken down, when the villain here is so clearly the homicidal in-laws.The letter has inspired thousands to say &quot;JESUS CHRIST WTF???&quot; and share their own life-threatening allergy stories.I can tell you right now those crazy in-laws are &quot;testing&quot; her allergy because they don&#39;t think it&#39;s real or serious. I have a family member who tries to sneak coconut into stuff so she can GOTCHA another relative with a moderate allergy. It&#39;s absolutely insane.&mdash; 🌈🦠 rainbow blight | #WearAMask 🌈🦠 (@AshleyEsqueda) August 7, 2019 So, a few things about allergies.1. Allergies can show up at any time2. Allergies can change in severity3. Food allergies have a high correlation with increased anxiety If someone tells you they have an allergy, don’t question it, and don’t ever, ever give them an allergen. https://t.co/KOY4yTiNUG&mdash; Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama) August 7, 2019 Plus, the in-laws are getting psychoanalyzed.It almost feels like this husband is special in the family -- catered to the group, was easily manipulated, was everyone&#39;s favorite -- until now. Of course, that describes every youngest child I&#39;ve ever met, including me.&mdash; Heather Havrilesky (@hhavrilesky) August 7, 2019 https://twitter.com/ebruenig/status/1159518999039922176?s=20The parents in this column are either trying to kill their daughter-in-law outright or they have a pathological need to “prove” she has no deadly allergy to mushrooms. The first is grotesque and criminal; the second, pathological and obscene (and ultimately criminal). https://t.co/qy0lMvuGbf&mdash; Glenn Fleishman Still Thinks 306EV (@GlennF) August 7, 2019 Heather Havrilesky, aka Polly, assured the letter writer that her in-laws are objectively insane and it&#39;s not her fault they have a poor relationship: The important thing to know about your in-laws is that they&rsquo;re literally trying to kill you. I mean, mushroom powder? Who&rsquo;s even heard of such a thing? How is it possible that they&rsquo;re all engaged in this charade of loving the ever-living hell out of mushrooms out of nowhere, in spite of the fact that they know you could die if you eat one? What on God&rsquo;s green Earth is going on with these people? Read Polly&#39;s response and the entire mushroom letter over at The Cut.

You think that you&#39;re in-laws are bad? At least they&#39;re not trying to kill you.  A story going viral and making a bold pitch for the Passive-Aggression Olympics comes courtesy of The Cut&#39;s Ask Polly column. &quot;Disrespected...