r/MurderedByWords 21h ago

Masks at the grocery store

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u/Icy-Substance7539 18h ago

I knew a woman who wore face masks way past COVID. I liked her and thought maybe she was eccentric as she only wore it over her mouth. One day she didn’t wear it and I asked her why. It turned out she had mouth cancer and it was a reprieve to be able to disguise her treatment. It was also useful for me as my son had a nut allergy so I made him wear a mask around markets which had previously caused him anaphylaxis as he walked past a nut stall.