You can eat it honey, I won't tell your mom
After church this morning there was a social gathering with coffee and donuts. One kid goes to grab a donut but my other kid doesn't because he has celiac disease (he cannot eat or drink anything with gluten which is in wheat, barley, and rye). A boomer lady is handing out the donuts and tries to give him one. He says "no thank you, I have allergies". Boomer says "no one is allergic to donuts!" She tries to hand it to him again and he again says "no thank you" and turns to follow his sister, she grabs his arm and says "you can eat it honey, I won't tell your mom". He looks her straight in the eye and asks "do you want me to eat something that can kill me? I said NO THANK YOU." Boomer is still holding the donut but now sputtering.
I've had boomers tell me that no one had allergies or celiac disease when they were kids. My reply is always people born with severe allergies existed, they just died young from "failure to thrive". Now we know better.