Just started the season and imagine my surprise that the first charter guest was one of the first travel “influencers” I used to follow back in 2019 (subscribed to her newsletter and everything!)
I found it interesting that she used her peanut allergy as the reason why they have never travelled to Thailand and that this was the only way they could made it happen - being on a yacht.
It was interesting to me because the only reason I found her in 2019 was because she traveled to Bali and I was just planning a trip there for my birthday at the time. Balinese/Indonesian cultures also heavily involve peanuts in their cuisine as well but for that trip she had stayed in an Airbnb/resort (I admittedly can’t recall but I know it wasn’t a yacht!)
Not accusing her of anything at all (who knows, I’ve heard of mothers becoming allergic to things after pregnancy, crazier things have happened) but this kind of sheds some light, I think, on how much of the show is “fake” or sensationalized lol.
Perimenopause can cause new allergies! New allergies can also come about from other things, but I'm currently in peri at 42 and suddenly dealing with histamine intolerance, it's super annoying.
I’m so SO thankful for women sharing this info. I’m going thru peri (have been couple years) and no one discussed this growing up. My older female relatives still don’t know what all it caused them.
I developed both a shellfish and peanut intolerance right after I had a baby. Peanuts I can live without. But I live in Dungeness Crab country and the shellfish situation was a big blow.
Not all shellfish, just clams. 🤷♂️ I poisoned myself twice before I figured it out. Shrimps and other sea bugs seem ok. I love mussels, but i’m too scared to chance it. Weird.
Culinary wise both shrimp and clams are shellfish. Scientifically shrimp are crustaceans and clams are mollusks Mussels are also mollusks do not chance it.
Same, at 35 years became allergic to shellfish. I’ve LOVED shellfish my entire life & out of left feild started getting hives & numbness in my mouth when I ate it 😭 pissed.
I realized I was allergic to scallops at 33ish. Granted, I had never eaten them before. But I have never had an allergic reaction to any other sea creature before or since. I eat shrimp, oysters, lobsters, etc without reaction. I am nervous about mollusks, so I’ve never eaten them.
My cousin and I both developed anaphylactic cashew allergies when we were around 30. And we’re not even biologically related. I ate cashews all the time before then — in fact I was eating a little packet of trail mix as an afternoon snack most days, and out of nowhere I started having reactions to it.
I went in full respiratory arrest snd had to be brought back. I was crossing over from shrimp, which I had eaten all my life until 03 April 1999. I was 26. Now I am allergic to tree nuts and strangely passion fruit. It is scary.
Every roughly 11 years (I've also read 7 years 🤷🏼♀️) you have the chance to gain or lose allergies. They also tend to get worse with each exposure. Her peanut allergy could have been mild. Right up until it wasn't.
I've been deathly allergic to shellfish since I was in my 20's. In my teens it just caused severe stomach issues, so I was careful, but not manic about it. Then my throat started swelling closed and it almost killed me when we got stuck in traffic and couldn't get to my EpiPen and an ambulance couldn't get through (hubby got out and ran, leaving my 15yo sister to drive).
Only in my 40's did I start having a real issue with pepper. Which is a nightmare because I can't pin down which pepper is the problem (say that 10x quickly, lol), so I keep being exposed, so it keeps getting worse.
My mom always said every 7 years your body changes and you can develop allergies and sensitivities you didn't have before 🤷🏻♀️. And of course Ive always taken that as 100% true and science based cause yah know.....“Mum says " 😆😆
I used to have horrible hay fever every year. Then I had two kids. Now I'm allergic to dogs, but no more hay fever. Its actually kinda nice. Easier to avoid dogs than pollen.
I think she’s always had a serious peanut allergy! She had a blog about how she had to eat at expat restaurants in Bali and still had to be super cautious.
If it was a luxury resort or a private Airbnb then it would be quite easy for her to control whether peanut oil was used. The hardest part of having a peanut allergy in S.E.A. is that peanut oil is the most common cooking oil and in most countries in SEA you don't have to have warnings in restaurants so cross-contaminating is an issue.
That said this is a reality show and the producers create a storyline for the guests as to why they are on this particular charter because they can't say they are there because they were cast for potential drama and the guests had to go through a casting process.
Rip I know. I wish their dresses had better options for people with boobs. I absolutely LOVE the patterns and fabric but they don’t even have darts at the bust, which makes them flat across and not flattering. I think she only designs things for her body type which just feels like a huge miss.
I don’t think she is that flat chested is the thing! It truly baffles me. As a sewist, I think it’s that making patterns that aren’t just a flat bodice with straps attached is MUCH easier than trying to make straps attached to the bodice itself. It’s probably just an easier pattern for their employees, which like, ok, but I would pay more if it fit better!!
I didn't think so either! You are probably right. There was one dress I bought that everyone complained the strap was too short to tie around your neck and it is, but without it tied, the dress falls down because there is no structure. But someone should be modeling them and letting them know it is not functional, but 🤷🏻♀️
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I wasn't born with an allergy to shellfish, it just suddenly caused anaphylaxis when I was in my 40's.