Today, my parents decided that the best way to save money was to dilute everything we drank with water. Only one more year of watered down soda and juice to go. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my dad and I found in my house a water filter that has not been changed in over 20 years. We have been drinking that water that has been going through a filter that had more colors than a rainbow on it. FML
Today, my parents finally realized that I've been sneaking vodka when they weren't home. Note to self: don't let them freeze vodka that's actually 75% water. FML
Today, after weeks of drinking my mom's vodka and replacing it with water, it now only tastes like water. She has a habit of drinking on Fridays. Today is Friday. My life is a ticking time bomb. FML
Today, I learned that my mother now refuses to drink anything but bottled water because she actually believes that the government is putting a chemical in tap water that lowers pregnancy rates. She is trying for her 5th child. FML
Today, I realized I need to cut back on drinking. Not booze, but water. I compulsively drink so much water that my body is bloated from water absorption and I have to pee constantly. FML
Today, after my 7 year-old learned at school that water that goes down the sink and toilets is cleaned and then turns up in the taps as drinking water, he is now refusing to drink it at all in case it is recycled toilet water, and if he carries on he may need to be hospitalised for dehydration. FML
Today, I was looking in the refrigerator for something to drink. I found a jug of lemonade with a piece of paper on it saying "Mom's Lemonade, Don't Drink!" I was really thirsty, so I ignored it and drank the whole jug. My mom is about to have a colonoscopy and had filled it with laxatives. FML
Today, my 13-year-old daughter excitedly told me about a new diet she read about online. Apparently, the diet entirely consists of bottled water and a mixture of food coloring. The food coloring "takes care of all that vitamin and mineral stuff." My daughter is an idiot. FML
Today, I had to explain to someone that all beverages, except plain water, actually have calories. They weren't too happy that their milkshake diet was over before it began. FML
Today, my parents were having a Christmas party. They went out to get the vodka in our garage fridge, only to find most of it was frozen. Knowing vodka doesn't freeze, they soon realized that I had been taking some and refilling it with water over the past two months. FML
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Top comments
Jinxsie 27
Maybe you should just stick with water and not have watered down anything. Why torture yourself? Water is great on it's own. Unless you hate water...
echarlotte 19
why spend the money on soda and juice in the first place, why not stick with water if it'll taste like it anyway?
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TheGamingGamer 28
How does this work?
BeautifulChaos27 37
Like others have said maybe just drink water? Or milk? You could even go to a grocery store yourself and buy the flavor packets you put in water if it's that big a problem.
fastman19 20
I could see watering down juice, but soda...really?
The_Khan 12
Frankly, switching off soda completly would be better and save 100 %, rather then 50 % off the soda cost, with the added health benefit (pretty much no soda have any nutritinal use whatsoever and a few negative effects). If for some reason this is unacceptable (and once you get used to drinking water its fine and you stop missing it, based on personal experience) stop MIXING it and do what you do in a bar. Before every soda (drink in a bar) you drink an equal amount of water. Same amount of soda saved and none of the gross. Though seriously its not a bad idea to switch to water as base drink, for health reasons alone. Juice is good for the vitamins and whatnot, but its not needed as a thirst quencher, body can only absorb so much per day.
mds9986 24
Juice is terrible for you too. It's basically all the sugar in fruit, but without the fiber to slow the absorption.
lvg_fml 10
Soda is terrible for you. Just drink water. Even the juice bought at the store is pretty devoid of nutrients. Just eat the fruit and veggies and skip the juice. Make your own iced tea at home. It's better for you and doesn't cost very much
Karinrinkashi 9
You can boil it for 5 mins. That will take some water away. I am just trying to help at this point.
Dilwann 27
Boiling would imply using power, which costs money. So you pay for soda, water and power and supposedly end up with just the soda. That doesn't sound very smart.
ohSNAPyall 27
Or just drink half a cup of coke...
limegreenpoopie 31
Just stick with water :/
ThatHorse 15
Maybe you should dilute their stupidity just a little bit.
ThatLastKid 21
Just drink water and find some other way to save money.
ryan1268 18
You said one more year to go. Therefore you're probably 17 years old. And that means you probably have a job. So why don't you buy your own drinks?
Steffi 26
Most 17-year-olds don't have a job and it's harder for 17-year-olds to get a job now-a-days.
rldostie 19
Most 17 year olds don't have jobs?? Jesus. This new generation has it light.
Emziee4039 11
It's not that we don't want them (for some people is it), but for a lot of people, it's that we can't get them. It's not that we're not qualified, it just seems as if people look down on teenagers or younger people a lot. As if we're ALL suppose to be the stereotypical messy, irresponsible, living off of ramen or spagetti-o's, teenagers. And before people jump the gun and say we're all lazy or something, no. I admit, there's a lazy bunch in every generation, but that doesn't speak for the ones who are trying. And I personally, is one of them.
isaak_sanchez 18
I disagree
LexiD19 26
Most 17yos don't have jobs/ and its hard for them to get one? Job hunting was very easy in my experience, applied and two days later got the job without even having an interview. Most teens k know have jobs.
Colon_Man 17
With kids these days, it might be the nose rings, those lobe hoop things, tattoos on their necks and purple hair that show how they are all "unique" that's keeping them down.
rldostie 19
Sorry, #34, but that has been the stereotype for ALL generations of teenagers. Everyone has always looked down on teens or expected them to be lazy and not have their shit together. But you know what you do? When you get turned down for one job you go out and get another. You think teens before you had an easy time getting jobs? Like they were thrown in our laps? No, we worked for them. As do many other teens of this generation who I see working. Don't use the whole "people don't like our generation" to get out of working hard to get a job. Unless you live in a super rural area where everyone in the town vies for that one McDonald's job opening. If that's the case, then everyone's screwed over there. But if you live in or near a city, there is a job out there for you. Try washing dishes. Never a shortage of dishwashers.
Emziee4039 11
I didn't say this generation had it any different. I was only referring to #32 seeming as if we're all getting things on a silver platter or have it easier compared to past generations. I also did NOT say people don't like OUR generation. I said teens, as in teens in general. No generation specifics. As for the job situation, I do live in a SUPER rural area actually. I, as well as the many other surrounding communities are well over an hour drive from the nearest town where we could possibly even get a job. That town itself is already over populated for the amount of jobs there. Finally, you insisted as if we use ""People don't like our generation" to get out of working hard for a job" as if you know how hard some people do/did work? I feel right there as if you're shaming our generation and following the stereotypes.
rldostie 19
I mean to say that there ARE plenty of teens who use the "woe is me, everyone hates us," mentality to avoid work. From your initial comment, it seemed you were going in that direction. Your clarification reveals that obviously you're not. But that's the Internet for you--it's easy to mistake a comment that is only some hundred characters long. As for living in a rural area--that's rough. Having lived in both city and rural, I know how hard it is to get a job there, which is why I added that disclaimer.