By Lucachoo - 22/09/2015 00:35 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my boyfriend cooked us a romantic dinner using the oven. The oven he recently hid $3,000 in for safekeeping. We essentially just spent thousands of dollars on a casserole. FML
I agree, your life sucks 22 857
You deserved it 12 584

Lucachoo tells us more.

Lucachoo 9

So yeah, storing money in the oven is a terrible idea. My bf (we'll call him Huck because he's a dumbass) is a bit paranoid and insisted on hiding the money somewhere where burglars couldn't find it. I told him it was fine since our nearest neighbors are a couple miles away but he insisted so I just gave up. Didn't realize that idiot would hide the cash in the oven then have a huge brain fart and use the oven to cook. We aren't complete idiots though, we do keep our life savings in the bank. The reason Huck put money in the oven was because we live on a farm that's a bit distant from the nearest major bank. We keep some money on hand in case something breaks and we have to fix it or make repairs and such. It's quicker when we have the money on hand. Otherwise we'd have to spend a couple hours driving to the bank, buying supplies, then coming back. Also while money does burn at 451 degrees, 451 degrees is the auto-ignition point of paper (the temperature that paper catches fire without being exposed to an external flame). So if the air temperature was 451 degrees the money would have burned but Huck put the money at the bottom of the oven, right on top of the hot metal burner thingy (I don't know what it's called) and that metal thing gets red hot. But yeah, Huck realized his stupidity after the oven finished preheating and managed to save some of the money though a third of it still burned to some degree. I'm still pretty pissed regardless and kinda feel like shoving Huck into the oven as well. The fact that he was trying to be nice by cooking dinner is the only thing preventing me from completely going apeshit on him. The first thing I'm making him do is go to the bank and try to replace the money. And he will never be in charge of safekeeping money ever again.

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Top comments

onlychildFTW 33

Well hiding money in an oven isn't a very good idea. Takes a whole new meaning to burning through cash.

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exoticDeath 20

Why would you even THINK of hiding $3,000 in a oven? That's like withdrawing all the money in your savings account so you can have something to throw into the fire when you go camping.

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Comments

addisonrose12 16

I leave my baking stones in the oven cause they are just too big to fit in a cabinet. I have a note plastered by the oven knob that says "take stuff out of oven!!" Lol

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her0tr0n 8

Wow, who the hell hides money in an oven? You're a moron and deserve what happened.

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ChaCha339 10

Who hides money in an oven ? Get a safe or a ******* savings account.

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Nissi 17

I want to say YDI, but he's the one who hid it.. I hope you gave him hell for that. Wow.

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Lucachoo 9

So yeah, storing money in the oven is a terrible idea. My bf (we'll call him Huck because he's a dumbass) is a bit paranoid and insisted on hiding the money somewhere where burglars couldn't find it. I told him it was fine since our nearest neighbors are a couple miles away but he insisted so I just gave up. Didn't realize that idiot would hide the cash in the oven then have a huge brain fart and use the oven to cook. We aren't complete idiots though, we do keep our life savings in the bank. The reason Huck put money in the oven was because we live on a farm that's a bit distant from the nearest major bank. We keep some money on hand in case something breaks and we have to fix it or make repairs and such. It's quicker when we have the money on hand. Otherwise we'd have to spend a couple hours driving to the bank, buying supplies, then coming back. Also while money does burn at 451 degrees, 451 degrees is the auto-ignition point of paper (the temperature that paper catches fire without being exposed to an external flame). So if the air temperature was 451 degrees the money would have burned but Huck put the money at the bottom of the oven, right on top of the hot metal burner thingy (I don't know what it's called) and that metal thing gets red hot. But yeah, Huck realized his stupidity after the oven finished preheating and managed to save some of the money though a third of it still burned to some degree. I'm still pretty pissed regardless and kinda feel like shoving Huck into the oven as well. The fact that he was trying to be nice by cooking dinner is the only thing preventing me from completely going apeshit on him. The first thing I'm making him do is go to the bank and try to replace the money. And he will never be in charge of safekeeping money ever again.

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LoverWordsFood 27

I don't even think dinner would save him from getting shoved into the oven, but that's just me. Hopefully the money can get replaced, though I would figure there'd be some questions as to why the money returned looks a little too crisp. I do understand having the money on hand, I have a friend that lives an hour away from town and a bank and she does the same, except she hides her money in a safe. The only upside I can see is this being a hell of a good story to bring up every once in awhile.

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ligerzero459 24

If the bills that are burnt are still 51% intact the Treasury Department will replace those bills for you. Just Google "Replacing destroyed bills treasury" and read the first link. It'll explain everything.

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pengyvan 21

So that's why it's called Fahrenheit 451. Thanks OP, sorry about your loss.

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logank013 20

The red hot burner thing is called an element btw. And sorry for your loss. Not a loss of a relative but the loss of your money. Haha

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clair_brodie 35

And the fact that it had to do with book burning.

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jbuckets_404 38

That's why I ALWAYS look inside the oven before turning in + also once a week (assuming I remember) in case there's still dirty dishes in there; two months ago, I opened it and found maggots crawling all over the surfaces from the leftover meaty gravy on the large serving plate left inside. LOL!

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jbuckets_404 38

I highly recommend buying a small fire-resistant "plastic" keyed box-safe e.g., Sentry brand, (that actually seals shut quickly by melting in a fire & will last for 1 hr) & hiding it somewhere. :-)

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morella_xx 29

You sound like a disgusting person, #111. Why on earth would you put a dirty dish in the oven instead of in the sink or dishwasher? Also, maggots wouldn't just spontaneously appear in your closed oven, it would have had to have been exposed to flies in your (probably also filthy) kitchen.

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pita2423 10

for starters sorry too hear about it happening, I do understand the circumstances I would suggest go old school with a metal coffee can and burying it.

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misstwoshoes 13

I thought money was made out of cotton not paper. That's why you can wash it and it'll still be intact.

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worldclassrager 39

At least put it in the warming oven...but glad you are in control now OP...no issues any more I hope

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jbuckets_404 38

#86: Ever hear of carefully reading 100% of the explanation and then actually comprehending/ understanding it??? Dumb-azz....

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Arthurie 30

113 - Ever heard of "we know what the curse is so why even bother attempting to sensor/warp it?" It's like putting an asterisk on the "u" in **** - what's behind that asterisk? An umbrella? My college tuition?

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