Her Boyfriend Nearly Killed Her And She’s Asking The Internet If She Should Make Him Pay For Her Medical Bills
A 21-year-old college student has been dating her 24-year-old boyfriend for the past 4 years. Since they are both attending college right now, they don’t exactly have a ton of money to their names.
She did admit that she has some cash saved, though it’s strictly to afford college. It’s important to take note of their financial situations before diving into what happened.
“I am deathly allergic to peanuts and it has been this way my whole life, I was told even the smallest spec could kill me,” she explained.
“I have been very careful and in my entire life, I’ve only had to use my EpiPen twice.”
Her boyfriend is well aware of her extreme allergy, but he pretty much doesn’t care, since he routinely eats things with peanuts in them.
In an effort to keep herself safe, she won’t kiss her boyfriend if she knows he ate anything with peanuts in it when she sees him.
“Personally, I never liked that he just didn’t stop because I feel like he was putting me in danger but I also couldn’t force him to stop either and it has worked for the past for years,” she said.
Not that long ago, her boyfriend stopped by her dorm room to see her. Just moments after he had kissed her, her lips swelled up and her throat began to close, which she knew was an allergic reaction.
She lept up to get her EpiPen and said to her boyfriend he needed to get her to the closest Emergency Room.
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“Even with the EpiPen I was struggling and was nearly passing out, my boyfriend was really freaking out too,” she continued.
She made it to the ER and blacked out. When she came to, she could see tons of texts on her phone from her boyfriend, who was trying to say sorry about nearly killing her.
Apparently, he ate a Reeses and simply forgot.
Her parents came to get her from the hospital to take her home, and after that, she asked her boyfriend to pay for her to get another EpiPen and to cover her hospital bills.
Her boyfriend said he was too poor to afford that, before throwing it in her face that she has more saved than he does (remember, she saved this money for college).
“…He just nearly killed me and now he won’t even take responsibility for my medical bills,” she wrote.
“Well, word got out to his family and I received rude texts from his mom saying it’s my allergy so I should have to pay the medical bill, and I was the one irresponsible.”
She was furious over this and sent a text to her boyfriend chastising him for involving his mom. She then made it clear she was going to take him to court for her bills, which totaled $5,000.
Her boyfriend was mad at her and she’s positive they no longer can be in a relationship after all this.
Now, his mom won’t stop texting her, and his sisters started in on her too. Her parents think it’s time for her to make her boyfriend pay up, but she’s on the fence about what to do.
Here’s what the internet had to say.
“I hate to victim blame, but it was foolish to stay with this guy for so long. Maybe consider this medical bill a small price to pay for not dying and leave this bum in the dust.”
“You’ve been in a relationship with him for 4 years and he forgot he ate something you’re allergic to? He clearly doesn’t care about your well-being.”
“If someone I loved had a deadly allergy I would do everything in my power to keep them safe. Why won’t he do that for you?”
“You know you could die but you’re staying with a guy who puts you in danger. Then when you are in danger, you expect him to pay. You have a weird relationship, and he doesn’t love you.”
“My best friend is dating a guy who is deathly allergic to peanuts. They’ve been together for five years, and I swear her favorite thing about girls’ trips is getting to eat peanuts.”
“Because she doesn’t eat them unless she’s literally in a separate city for days. It’s a sacrifice she’s happy to make because she loves him.”
“You might not be able to control what he eats, but you can control who you’re around.”
“So if he continued to eat peanut-based items despite the risk to you, then you two should’ve just ended it and saved yourselves the trouble.”
“Consider this an expensive lesson. As others have mentioned, speak to the hospital to see if they can forgive some of the debt and work with you. (Don’t agree to you anything until you’re positive it’s what you want to do.)”
“As for your boyfriend, please make him an ex. He almost killed you and regularly plays with your life.”
“Suing him won’t get you the money if he doesn’t pay it. Certainly, speak with a lawyer to see what is true for where you live.”
“My advice is to block him on everything and consider it a lesson learned.”
You can read the rest of what the internet had to say here.
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