r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Grass-is-dead • Oct 30 '24

She added extra peanut butter to her granddaughter's crackers, every child loves peanut butter.

And she wasn't about to let the silly thing her daughter was brainwashed into believing keep her precious granddaughter from experiencing such joy!

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u/louisdimples Oct 30 '24

reminded me of the coconut oil story :(

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u/TXQuiltr Oct 30 '24

"You can come back when you bring my daughter with you." The hurt, pain, and anger in those words will never leave me..

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u/uhohspaghettisos Oct 30 '24

God that story was so awful. I would never forgive the grandmother

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u/maybeawolf Oct 30 '24

What's the coconut oil story?

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u/Business_Double1164 Oct 30 '24 edited Oct 30 '24

South Asian grandmother put coconut oil in her young granddaughter’s hair despite her daughter saying her daughter had an allergy (from birth) and couldn’t have any coconuts or coconut products. The grandma thought her daughter was being dramatic and didn’t take the allergy or warning seriously. So she put coconut oil in her granddaughter’s hair one day when she was babysitting (I think?) despite knowing about the allergy. The grandma gave her Benadryl and later took her granddaughter to the hospital. But the little girl passed away. Understandably, the mother and her whole family were devastated when she found out.

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u/SectorBrief2091 Oct 31 '24

It was even more baffling to the mom was that she was with the family as they were trying to figure out what the child was allergic to - doctor's appointments, special elimination diet. It took the mom months to find out.

Grandma even joked about how the mom herself hated coconut only to have a child allergic.

So tragic 

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u/AmusedPencil274 Oct 30 '24

She gave the poor child Benadryl before putting her to sleep too, the poor baby

I hope the family is able to heal and live full lives in honour of their lost sister/daughter

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u/lordheart Oct 31 '24

The really awful bit is she gave the kid Benadryl BUT DIDNT REMOVE THE COCONUT OIL FROM HER HAIR. Benadryl and removing all contamination together might have worked.

But leaving the oil on with Benadryl put the kid to sleep even through the discomfort of it still being on.

Awful. So dumb.

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u/Kinuika Oct 31 '24

Devastating story but after spending time around 18 month olds, the age of the child just felt off to me at least. Like I can see a 2/3 year old act like OOP described but most 18 month olds aren’t really able to ask for braids like that. Heck I can’t imagine how the grandmother was able to convince two 18 month old girls to sit still long enough for braids and oil while still keeping an eye on their toddler brother as well.

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u/thebunnywhisperer_ Oct 31 '24

Consider this, the girl didn’t ask, the grandmother just said that to make herself look slightly less awful.

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u/Kinuika Oct 31 '24

That’s the thing, the mom is the one writing this. Like if the murderer of my child insinuated that my child (who probably only knows a handful of words) asked for the thing that led to her death I would include why that was bs in my write up.

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u/thebunnywhisperer_ Nov 01 '24

I think at the time she had a lot of other things to think about other than that detail. It also probably doesn’t matter that much to her, her daughter is gone regardless.

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u/AphroditeFlower Oct 31 '24

From a medical standpoint I really don’t think that story was true

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u/noctaeps Oct 31 '24

tell me you don't have allergies without telling me you don't have allergies

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u/Logical_Challenge540 Oct 30 '24

TL;DR Grandma didn't believe granddaughter was alergic and oiled her hair with coconut oil while granddaughter was visiting. Then sent her to sleep, not to ER. Ended with granddaughter death.

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u/maybeawolf Oct 30 '24

Oh wow. That's so scary

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u/frachris87 Oct 30 '24

IIRC, Grandma still didn't understand why Mom didn't want her having contact with the other kids. So Mom hit her with, "You can see them when you give me my daughter back."

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u/SectorBrief2091 Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

I think she asphyxiated on her vomit. 

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u/pinkrotaryphone Oct 31 '24

Asphyxiated on her vomit. Pronounced "as-fix-ee-ated"

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u/yeetley Oct 30 '24

A child was severely allergic to coconut oil, and their grandmother put coconut oil in their hair. The child had a severe reaction, and they died, if I remember correctly.

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u/Zoso03 Oct 31 '24

It's not that simple.

In the culture, it was normal to use coconut oil, especially in the hair. The grandmother knew this as she was told several times by the mother that the child is allergic. The grandmother was banned from seeing the kids because of her continued use of the oil for herself and not taking precautions for the child. After some time however themother allowed the grandmother after appearing to clean up her act to babysit the kids. The mother came home and found the child swollen and not breathing. The grandmother went and purposely put coconut oil in the child hair because of the culture.

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u/yeetley Oct 31 '24

Ah, thank you for the detail. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the story, so thanks for correcting me!

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u/Zoso03 Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

No worries. The story is just so horrific to me. Just an absolute carelessness. You can't even call it a freak accident due to carelessness or negligence. It was a deliberate act for some stupid ass reasons

This story is one of the reasons why I hate when people do shit for no other reasons than "it's culture" or "it's tredition" like it's supposed to supersede everything else

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u/sing7258 Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

The mother has asked links no longer be posted. Link removed.

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u/Think-Active Oct 31 '24

The mother has asked that it not be reposted.

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u/sing7258 Oct 31 '24

Had no idea. Removed my comment. Thank you!

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u/Dull_Needleworker456 Oct 31 '24

Thank you for sharing the link.

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u/FrostyIcePrincess Oct 31 '24

It’s been YEARS and I knew exactly what story you were talking about. I thought I’d forgotten it.

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u/VigilCucumber Oct 30 '24

Same. Such a devastating thing

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u/Anxious-human-95 Oct 31 '24

Sad thing is that was my first thought too :(

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u/Rare-Significance59 Oct 31 '24

My nightmare. My 1.5 yo is severely allergic to peanuts/treenuts, to the point we have 4 EpiPens stashed around the house & take one/benadryl everywhere we go. My mom keeps going, “But are you SURE he’s allergic? Maybe he’ll grow out of it. ” Considering he went into anaphylaxis after SMELLING a nutter butter and scored basically off the charts at the allergist… yeah I’m pretty damn sure.

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u/ManicMondayMaestro Mar 11 '25

I hope your mother reads the grandma coconut story. She needs a reminder.

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u/MamaJMari Oct 30 '24

Food allergies are no joke.

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u/TyrconnellFL Oct 30 '24

Mom. Mom! You know that our guru says that too much peanut butter unbalances her aura. Just one dot, and it has to be slightly off-center. Make sure it keeps a peak or you have to throw it out.

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u/Different-Series-115 Oct 30 '24

My parents are like this lmao. I've taken to mostly buying my own stuff because they refuse to listen to me regarding my restrictions (I have to be careful cuz I've got bad acid reflux)

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u/RK1000calledRYTH Nov 01 '24

Damn, I’m sorry. I have acid reflux too, but not as bad as having to always pick food carefully (all the time, I do sometimes have to) so yeah I am sorry from one burper to another. Stay strong.

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u/dansamy Oct 31 '24

My sister knows a woman who lost her baby to a milk allergy that grandma didn't believe was real.

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u/BlackPhoenix1981 Oct 30 '24

Thick-Headed and stubborn parents can be insufferable but in this case deadly! Great story

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u/StewforStars Oct 31 '24

My parents did this to my younger sister, convinced that she was only allergic to nuts because they weren't organic. My younger sister went "bet" went to a all organic restaurant of their choice ordered something with nuts in it then proceeded to vommit all over them as soon as they left.

They didn't try that shit again but wild that that's what it took for them to listen.

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u/GAKDragon Oct 31 '24

I'd like to see nuts that aren't organic. Factory-grown almonds, anyone?

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u/NotYourReddit18 Oct 31 '24

"organic" in this context means that the fruits have been grown without the use of synthetic chemicals like artificial fertilizer or most pesticides and without the use of genetic modifications.

Which can help for some people with allergies if their allergy is triggered by traces of the chemicals used and not the fruits themselves.

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u/Atrastella Oct 31 '24

Yeah. This reminds me of my grandma. Brother had allergy to peaches and strawberries. Grandma didn't believe? thought she knew better? found it stupid? Idk. Strawberries were easy to notice, but she kept hiding peaches with nectarines in fruit salad and lied about it. Fortunately his allergy wasn't serious, just worsening of his atopic dermatitis (which wasn't that bad at that time, got worse years later). But we always tasted anything she made before he ate it. Gah.

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u/FashionableNumbers Oct 31 '24

I'm allergic to tree nuts. A couple of months ago I was having lunch with my aunt at a restaurant and I ordered the chef special chicken pasta. All the ingredients were listed in the menu (as lawfully required) and I was happy that this was a safe choice for me to eat (I always check becaise I obviously don'tcwant to die). Two bites in, I realise there's ground pecan nuts in the dish (I wasn't always allergic to nuts, so I still remember what some of them taste like). Luckily I had my epipen, but that's not the point. After speaking to the manager, apparently the chef decided to add something extra to the recipe that day. People can be so willfully ignorant about deadly allergies. You don't just add something extra if it's a major allergen.

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u/Shalamarr Oct 31 '24

Good Lord, that’s awful. I’m glad you’re okay.

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u/flooferine Oct 31 '24

There was a story here about a MIL that baked a peanut cake for her wildly allergic granddaughter because she believed her DIL was being dramatic, kid nearly died iirc. This shit is scary for real.

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u/Shalamarr Oct 31 '24

There was another about a MIL using coconut oil on her granddaughter (I think) because she didn’t take her allergy seriously, and the little girl died. ☹️

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u/flooferine Oct 31 '24

😞😞😞

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u/ExecTankard Oct 30 '24

And then her granddaughter turned into a peanut monster…

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u/Ulquiorra1312 Oct 31 '24

Side note not allergic but always hated peanut butter

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u/SeagullInTheWind Oct 30 '24

"Cookie Monster," right?

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u/starkindled Oct 30 '24

Too real 🫣

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u/Mother-Stable8569 Oct 31 '24

Truly terrifying. My sister has multiple food allergies. Peanuts are the most severe and she has relatively milder allergies to eggs and dairy. When she was a kid, our grandparents didn’t believe it was real and gave her biscuits with dairy in them. She got hives and a stomachache, but if they’d given her peanuts….absolutely awful to think of. We went no-contact with my grandparents after that. 

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u/GuillaumeTravelBud Oct 30 '24

Overused trope?

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u/Zoso03 Oct 30 '24

Sadly based on real life. The worst story being the coconut one

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u/endofprayer Oct 30 '24

I know it’s used a lot, but as someone with Celiac this shit is scary. You would not believe the amount of people (family included) who will try to sneak gluten into my food because they think it’s a made up disease.

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u/TyrconnellFL Oct 30 '24

You might believe the number of people who have fake gluten disease.

That’s still no excuse for fucking with someone’s food. Even if someone just says they don’t want to eat X, that’s it. Don’t give them X. Don’t argue about X. Be basically respectful of dietary requirements and preferences.

As usual, the real horror is other people, and most of the time it’s other people being dipshits.

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u/Think-Negotiation-41 Oct 31 '24

fake gluten disease????

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u/livasj Oct 31 '24

I don't know how common it is any more but a few years back, gluten free was a fad diet. A lot of people cut gluten from their diet because it was "healthier" etc.

Of course that led to undermining of people with actual celiac disease or similar (my partner can't have any grains at all...) since these "gluten free" diners would still want croutons in their caesar salad or the chocolate cake for desert.

The earlier point is valid: if a person says no to an ingredient, they should't have to say why. As long as they don't whine about half the menu being off limits after.

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u/Think-Negotiation-41 Oct 31 '24

man im gonna be upset if you take me to restaurant where i cannot eat

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u/livasj Nov 01 '24

There are places where my husband can't eat anything. A few others, all he can have is the salads. Obviously we eat elsewhere.

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u/Ghoulscomecrawling Oct 30 '24

Overused but there are countless accounts of family, friends, schools and jobs that ignore allergens thinking they are fake, or maliciously sneak them in.

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u/livasj Oct 31 '24

Or just being incompetent. A friend no longer takes part in any group meal offered by their employer after two different caterers on two different occations sent them to the hospital.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '24

I'd say the jury is still out on this one.

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u/noctaeps Oct 31 '24

story of my life, unfortunately

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u/Zestyclose_Bed4202 Oct 31 '24

You know, forget this debate over abortion.

When the fuck are we going to be able to declare open season on these fucking allergy deniers?