Today, I found out the little blue thing that my roommate has been sterilizing by boiling in our shared coffee maker, is a menstrual cup. FML
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Today, upon waking up, I took a sip on what I thought was a cup of water on my nightstand. I quickly discovered it was my roommate's cup of used mouthwash which she was too lazy to throw out the night before. FML
Today, I walked out the bathroom and saw my girlfriend peeing in a mug. She said that's the mug she uses when she can't hold it anymore. That's the mug I put my coffee in every morning. FML
Today, I found out that my flatmate wears my underwear. FML
Today, I used a menstrual cup for the first time. I couldn't get it out, after what seemed like ages of trying. I had to ask my boyfriend to help me. He'll never look at me the same way again. FML
Today, on my second morning at college, I tried to make coffee using my Keurig. I realized after I got back from my shower that I hadn't put a cup under the machine. All 3 drawers of my dresser are now filled with coffee. FML
Today, I found out my roommate thinks the sink is an appropriate place to wash his junk. FML
Today, I decided to look for the horrid stench coming from my bathroom. It turns out my roommate has been throwing away her used tampons in the "trashcan by the sink." That "trashcan" is my old antique vase. FML
Today, my roommate got mad at me for putting away the tampons that were sitting on her desk. She rebelled by hanging hundreds of tampons dyed red from every surface in our dorm room. I discovered this while giving my mom her first tour of the place. FML
Today, after having recently moved into shared accommodations, my prankster of a room-mate has somehow made sure I've yet again woken up with a tampon in my mouth. It's been three times in the past week. FML
Today, I witnessed my roommate pop a blister with a skewer and casually place it back in the kitchen drawer, before wiping what seeped out with the teatowel. FML
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minissaussette 25
When I used a menstrual cup, I bought a pot for the sole purpose of sterilizing it. Menstrual blood is not dirty but then again, it's really intimate and it's really understandable that other people might not want to drink from the coffee pot after that
Leviathene 34
Yeah, it is good of her to at least sterilize it, but her implementation definitely needs work. Sterile or not, I wouldn't use it again. You should let her have the shared coffee maker, and get your own after this. Or get a new roomie.
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Comments (39)
cheshireau 26
That is foul. Unless you are a vampire than do away with that coffee pot and never let her use your new one ever again.
joeyl1990 28
Does a coffee maker even reach boiling?
Nysha 17
Actually that's a good point, if it doesn't then nothing is being sterilised, and that's all kinds of yuck as well as a recipe for bacterial vaginosis...
kirkaygri 18
Most do not, no, and aren't even hot enough to keep themselves mold free. A coffee pot is not the best way to sterilize anything. But I know nothing of menstrual cups, maybe you're not suppose to bring them to a boil? I'd think they'd be silicone and able to withstand high temps.
Shade1982 21
That's exactly what I was thinking. Most coffee pots don't actually reach water boiling point I think... So, this isn't even sterilizing...
RayneSmytson 24
23, you are supposed to boil them. So yeah probably not fixing anything. You can get special steriliser cups though that you can fill with water and put the cup in, then microwave for 5 minutes.
ginya 10
Cups can be dropped into boiling water no problem. They are medical grade silicon, btw.
countryb_cth 38
As gross as it is the water isn't hot enough so it wouldn't be sterile at all. Soo gross
TheMathMajor 26
Most cups are silicone, but they do make rubber ones as well. And you are supposed to sterilize them in boiling water between periods.
grtfuldeadlovr 27
Sounds like your coffee tastes amazing.
woodmr13 9
Your first mistake was letting her "sterilize" anything in a coffee maker.
TacoKnights 4
I think their first mistake was having that person as a roommate honestly.
ginya 10
I use a special mug in the microwave to sterilize mine. The only way the using the coffee maker is appropriate is if she is just pouring water on it.
Rabite 28
Does it work well in the microwave? I always use a pot full of water and put the cup into a beater so it doesn't touch the ground.
shamutrainer2b 23
How does that even come up in conversation? 'Hey roomie what's the thing you always stick in the coffee maker?' 'Oh that's just the cup that catches my detaching uterine lining once a month'
Rabite 28
To all the people who seem to think that the coffee maker ist full of blood: You don't put the cup anywhere without washing it off or using some tissue to wipe it off. So you don't actually have blood in the coffee maker, but still the proteins and stuff you can't see.
DanielleinDC 34
No matter how well you think you've rinsed it off, there is doubtless some bloody residue on the cup. If you've watched any CSI-type show or read a crime drama, you'll know that it's nearly impossible to eradicate all traces of blood. This probably includes menstrual blood. Even so, I wouldn't want a menstrual cup being sterilized in a coffee maker from which I drink!
zinnish 11
As a woman who uses the cup, that's disgusting. I would seriously smack her.
GrapeJuice67 17
That's disgusting and unsanitary. EW. EW. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WHY
KitKat20_fml 20
Oh my god, kick her out! That is disgusting and really inconsiderate!