I (24 f) have exposed my brothers fake gluten allergy and now I am being labeled TA by my family and I legit don’t know what to do. My brother Kyle (M 23) has been saying he is allergic to gluten for the past 2 years and I think it is for attention.
Let me preface by saying this all started about 2 years ago after my grandmother died. She was very loved and our family still grieves to this day. Shortly after she passed Kyle became very “ill”. He complained he had migraines, blurred vision, trouble breathing, you name it.
My still grieving parents were scared and brought him to every doctor possible and there was nothing wrong with him. He then self diagnosed himself with a gluten allergy. No doctor told him this. Now I would believe him and support him if a dr confirmed it.
Anyone with a gluten allergy will say you can’t have certain drinks, can’t use certain products and eat certain things. Kyle just went gluten free with food. It made me so mad because it was for attention and the rest of us could not properly grieve at the time and all eyes were on him.
Last month was the anniversary of grandmas passing and we had a huge get together with family to remember her. He made a huge deal of pointing out his allergy and say “I can’t eat this it us gluten” to everything. So…I switched some of the gluten free bread out with normal bread and waited to see.
Let me say this, I would never ever have done it if I didn’t know he was faking the allergy. I knew with 100% certainty he wasn’t allergic. I love him but I knew he was lying. So I watched as he ate it and…nothing.
Hours later I told him and the family what I’d did and they looked at me like I was a monster. Some of my cousins laughed because they also knew the allergy was fake. My parents were not happy though. I truly think my brother did the fake allergy to get attention though. Almost like no one could grieve but him…so am I really ta and should I be feeling this bad over his lying?