He lives in Nevada, she lives in Ireland. He’s single and is going to graduate college this summer and do remote work in IT. He’s known for a long time she can’t safely fly due to a nut allergy.
This sounds like the premise of Eurotrip.
Can’t safely fly due to a nut allergy? Excuse me, but what? Those peanuts they serve during the flight are optional…
People are allowed to bring their own food on board. My friend’s allergy is severe enough that if just one person brings nuts on board and starts eating them she’ll have a reaction because the molecules enter the air. It’s happened before to other people with nut allergies.
But people can eat nuts everywhere in public, on the subway, in class, at work etc., does that mean she spends her life in locked up at home? And nothing that can be solved by wearing masks? I’ve been flying quite a bit during covid and was wearing N95 and even N99 masks once (regular ones were sold out), and while not the most comfortable experience, it’s certainly possible to get through the day.
The scenarios you described aren’t the same as being on a plane. The air in a plane is partially recycled and blown around. If someone goes into anaphylaxis on a plane, there’s no hospitals in the sky. Even with an epi-pen, my friend must go to hospital ASAP. As for masks, that wouldn’t help as the molecules are much smaller than viruses and they can also enter the eyes. My friend went into anaphylaxis the first time from only traces of peanut.
Your friend can alert the airline to her allergy and bring wipes to reduce the risk of direct contact with peanut residue. It is unlikely that peanut aroma or airborne dust can trigger allergies.
And yet there’s cases of it happening. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10888965/Girl-14-nut-allergy-nearly-died-aboard-flight-passenger-ate-peanuts-despite-warning.html
The daily mail is not a reliable news source. Your friend should speak to their healthcare specialist for advice on flying if they haven’t already
It was covered by other news sources including the Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/07/girl-nearly-died-flight-man-ignored-requests-stop-eating-nuts/
Not an isolated incident:
https://www.kevinmd.com/2022/07/a-nut-allergy-nightmare-at-35000-feet.html
She did, and her doctor said it’s too dangerous for her to fly due to her allergy. 11-year old studies aren’t infallible.
Tell him you’re shy but you like him and would like to meet him.
Er, I mean, tell your friend to say that.
SHE BETTER BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE NUT WHEN SHE GETS THERE - AYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
But also for real I don’t think planes serve nuts anymore because of allergies.
Just send it.
I really like you. Do you wanna meet? Let’s do it. I’ll come to you.
People are allowed to bring their own food on board even if the airline itself doesn’t serve nuts on flights. My friend’s allergy is severe enough that if just one person brings a bag of nuts on board and starts eating them, she’ll have a reaction.
I’ve been on flights where they have announced to the cabin about someone with a severe nut allergy, and based on anecdotal evidence of a sample size of 3 or 4, nothing bad happened on the flight.
Not everyone is lucky enough that all the passengers are considerate of those warnings. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10888965/Girl-14-nut-allergy-nearly-died-aboard-flight-passenger-ate-peanuts-despite-warning.html
I’m not religious, but I feel when people have such comically awful reactions to common foods that god doesn’t want them to live. I mean, if someone opens a bag of nuts 20m away means you might die, how else do you interpret that?
Person was too powerful so god gave them a debuff to make it fair for everyone else
That is indeed quite severe
Ask him if he would like to take a trip to Ireland to celebrate his graduation. I’m sure he won’t be starting work immediately, but if he already has a job it’s an easy excuse for at least a 2 week vacation. You could offer to show him around where you live and all the cool spots. Introduce him to your friends and do some of the things you all usually do for fun. Then you can take a trip to the touristy spots, which is conveniently a great excuse to get a room for night in the city, ya know, to make sure you have enough time to see everything and not worry about the travel time and such. Then for the end of the trip, just spend the time relaxing, and hanging out together. Give yourselves the time to get comfortable doing the day to day routine, give him a chance to experience what regular life in Ireland might be if he were to stay a bit longer.
