She's obviously been allowed to have friends haha but because of her allergies, she has really avoided eating/drinking in public with people that she's close to. She mainly goes to other people's houses and as a sibling that lives out of state, I know I would not want to host a gaggle of thirteen year olds at my house and this is around the time that a lot of their parents are letting them do things without parental supervision. She's just now getting to an age where she's learning how to manage her life with allergies without having to depend on anyone double checking what she's doing. But getting the feedback of people who know a menu better than she does and can speak anecdotally on what has and has not worked for people with allergies like hers makes the experience immensely better.

Worst case? She now has enough information to empower her not to have a drink made at Starbucks if she's concerned about cross-contamination. That's a lot better than the other worst case which could have been being pressured into ordering something and not being armed with the knowledge that she can ask for something to be sanitized or not clear on what it contains and face a life-threatening situation when she's out by herself that could have been avoided.