Today, my mum got the idea of switching to a different dishwashing detergent. The new one is so strong that it coats all the dishes in a nauseating perfume-like smell. It's so pungent that it gets absorbed into everything we eat or drink. She's determined to use up the entire bottle. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out my mother cleans the dishes with bathroom cleaning chemicals. She doesn't see anything wrong with this. FML
Today, I bought some expensive fabric softener since I'm not too keen on my detergent's smell. Only after washing two weeks worth of laundry did I discover that mixed together they realistically mimic the smell of fresh puke. FML
Today, my mom continued her search for a special, super-healthy laundry detergent that she knows makes me break out in hives. FML
Today, I discovered that the "dish soap" my sister uses to clean our dishes when it's her turn, is actually a semi-toxic floor cleaner. FML
Today, my dishes smelled so perfume-y after going through the dishwasher and a clean glass of water tasted soapy. I checked the pods my husband bought and loaded into the dishwasher to make sure we never got that brand again. They were laundry detergent pods. I was essentially a millennial eating a Tide Pod. FML
Today, my mom proudly told me that she found the perfect thing to combat my B.O. Extra strength degreaser. FML
Today, something smelled absolutely disgusting in the bathroom. Like cow shit and stinky beetles. I started sniffing around, because whatever it was, I had to find it and clean it up. That, however, proved difficult, because it turned out that smell was coming from the new soap my mom had bought. FML
Today, my mom informed me that she doesn't wash my clothes anymore. Instead, she sprays them with Febreze to "save money". FML
Today, I realized that I get turned on by my girlfriend's perfume. My mother started using the same one. FML
Today, my overly-clean mum decided to drop by and surprise me by cleaning my house while I was out jogging. She used half a bottle of bleach, and now it hurts to blink, let alone breathe. FML
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Serisent 26
What's that you say, Mother? The dish detergent vanished mysteriously? No, no, I have no idea how the empty bottle got into the trash, or where the soap went. I guess we'll just have to try a different kind now...
HowieDoIt 21
So you live in a Hollister basically.
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katties 27
I'm not sure you should just throw it or find a place for "special waste" if it's that bad. Your mom doesn't happen to be one of those (idiot) women that "washes" the dishes by soaking them, then soaping them in, then just leaving the soap on and putting the dishes to dry? Why I'm asking? Because there's too many women here in Norway that do it this way... definitely doing it wrong.
dangousity 21
Try using LESS
deequu 20
Dilute it or go buy another one and throw that out.
alialley 10
Them dishwashing detergents can be expensive. I can see her point.
devans00 14
I bet it's one of the Dawn "special" versions. I could only take a few days of everything tasting like lavender before tossing the bottle. Dawn original scent is still OK though.
Hawaii84 16
If you want to be subtle dump a small amount when she is not looking. That way she will think she has used it all instead of foul play
aron666 25
You should help her, by emptying the bottle
megmichelle45 3
buy paper plates for yourself
surrealJC 4
not long until you begin suffering from multiple subacute-insidious endocrine dysfunctions.
californianking1 8
Just empty half the bottle out!