Today, it was laundry day. After my fifth and final load, I noticed I never added any laundry detergent. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I did my laundry in my dorm. After dragging 2 hampers down 4 flights of stairs, my ID card with money on it was rejected. After dragging it back upstairs, I scrounged up enough quarters from friends. Thirty minutes after finally starting my laundry, I realized I forgot to add detergent. FML
Today, I finally got around to doing laundry. The washing machines in my condominium building take about an hour to do a load. When I returned to throw my clothes in a dryer, I realized they were never washed in the first place. I used my card and detergent to pay for another person's laundry. FML
Today, at the laundromat. I loaded a huge load into the top dryer, put all the quarters in, and started the bottom one. I realized my mistake when I came to check on it. FML
Today, I put my laundry into the machine before work and came home eight hours later. The clothes were still sitting there, completely dry. I'd forgotten to turn the machine on. Somehow that felt worse than forgetting the laundry altogether. FML
Today, I went to the laundromat. I put a load in the dryer and walked away to check on my other load. When I came back, I saw a homeless man putting his dirty, wet underwear in the dryer with my clean clothes. FML
Today, I had to do my laundry. Being too lazy to separate them into different colors, or even check the pockets of my jeans, I threw everything I own into one load. Turns out I had left a tin of lip balm in one of my pockets. My whole wardrobe is now covered in spots that won't come out. FML
Today, my husband decided to drain his motorcycle oil into an empty bottle of laundry detergent. Also today, I decided to lift a stain out of my white comforter with some detergent I found in the garage. FML
Today, I took my laundry out of the washing machine and noticed one of my socks was missing. I checked the drum, the floor, and the laundry basket. I eventually found it inside the sleeve of the hoodie I'd been wearing while loading the machine. FML
Today, while doing self-checkout at Walmart, the cap of my laundry detergent came off as I scanned it and dumped all over me. FML
Today, after scouring my apartment for quarters to do laundry, I found the correct amount of change. The change got jammed in the washing machine. I now have no more quarters, and my clothes are caked with soap from washing them in the sink. FML
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Top comments
flockz 20
it's ok you don't need detergant. i'm sure the smell of water will make them smell fine.
shortstuff9519 0
At least they got wet?
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Comments (105)
hotdogcore 9
You really don't need to use detergent on your clothes every time. Unless you are getting them very greasy, or it's perhaps an undershirt, normal wear should not require constant use of detergent. It's actually better for your clothes, as the water and agitation will sufficiently cleanse them. The detergent will start to wear them out faster.
fogrunner 13
Yeah. Plus if you use a shared machine, there's allegedly enough detergent left in the system anyway, if someone wants to do a detergent-free load every now and then.
ms_YoungMula 8
This is not that serious
lisaabre 0
Smh
mattorama 15
Gotta say you deserve it. Do you also get out of the shower and say "Crap, I forgot to use soap!"
geon_olam 17
Or come out of the bathroom and say "crap, I forgot to wipe!"
TheSuperSpicer 6
You forgot to add laundry detergent five times in a row?
tippi17 3
Detergent doesn't wash out of fabric well. I'm sure your clothes had enough left over from previous laundry days to get the job done. Especially if towels were involved at all.
maryam8869 7
it happened with me once :( n i rewashed all ...
sicwitit 0
how is this a fml? just do the load over. it's only laundry.
KickItHigh 32
This derserves a *facepalm*
wriptidez 0
next time u will remember. or u can write it down on paper that u put detergent in lol