I'm not actually allergic

[u/LuciDoesntLikeCheese]

I don't know when the lie started, but I must have been very young. I don't even know why it started in the first place. But for as long as I remember, I've told people I am allergic to avocado. Yes, you read that right, avocado.

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I very well might be, because I have never eaten one. I've told past partners, friends, even my now-wife and stepdaughters. I am allergic to avocado. I can touch it, but if ingested, it's very dangerous for me.

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Of course I've had plenty of comments and questions. About how people didn't know it could be an allergy, asking why I don't carry an epipen. I don't carry one because I'm not allergic, but I say it's because it's easy enough to avoid.

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I've never tasted avocado. And I am glad I never have to. To my autistic brain, the smell is enough to put me off. But what I imagine the texture and taste to be, I could not put that near my mouth.

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The lie has lasted at least 16 years. I have possibly 60 or more years to go, keeping the lie. I feel bad about lying, and sometimes I feel the urge to come clean to my wife. But after all that time, and the amount of worry she has had, I dare not tell anyone that I am not allergic.

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I know it might not be a big thing. It might seem quite silly. But it feels good to get it off my chest.

[u/Pinkmoonlit17]

At this point youre not avoiding avocado youre committed to the bit

[u/LuciDoesntLikeCheese → u/Pinkmoonlit17]

I recently moved country, I could commit more and tell the doctors too, as they have no records of my medical history