Today, after being a germaphobe for almost ten years and refusing to go out to restaurants because of it, I finally had the courage to face my fear, and went to dinner with my family. After three bites into my salad, I found a dead bug in it. 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, my boyfriend and I were having dinner with my family. He killed a bug and ate it. FML
Today, I was eating at my aunt's place with all my cousins and the salad had little green and alive bugs. I didn't want to cause attention, so I tried to pick some off and just kept eating. FML
Today, I found a roach in my takeaway. I found it after I felt something hard in my mouth and spat pieces of it back out onto my plate. FML
Today, I attempted to conquer my fear of eating out. The very first thing I saw as soon as I got to the restaurant? An unconscious guy getting taken away by paramedics. I turned around and went straight home. FML
Today, I finally won an ongoing battle with my family to go to a restaurant I like, rather than a restaurant I hate with a passion. Now I'm throwing up, and my back is killing me. I'm the only one who got food poisoning. FML
Today, instead of reaching for some unhealthy food, I tried to eat some dates instead. It was all fine until I bit one in half and saw a rather large, squirming maggot inside. FML
Today, feeling too lazy to cook dinner, I bought a bagged salad from a low-end store. I dumped the contents into a bowl; the first thing that fell out was a dead mouse. Bon appetit. FML
Today, while I was eating, a fly kept pissing me off. After three minutes of it buzzing around, I caught it and killed it. Then, without realizing it, I smeared its guts all over the front of my shirt. FML
Today, I was halfway through eating a what I though was a delicious sandwich, when I turned it over and saw nasty green mold on the bread. FML
Today, I went out to eat to celebrate getting over the stomach flu. I hadn't eaten solid food in over a week, so I was really excited and ordered my favorite dish. It gave me food poisoning. FML
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holyshitbatman 20
id own that restaurant by the time we got out of court. that's DISGUSTING and i hope you filed a complaint with the local health department
unknown_user5566 27
Think about it this way: you faced one of the worst scenarios possible, and lived through it. Don't give up just yet. I'm sure if you tried again, you'd have a much better experience, and be well on your way to conquering your phobia.
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Comments (112)
nerdsgetmehot 23
I found a dead spider AND eggshells in my scrambled eggs once while eating at a restaurant.
twinkiefeets 17
Oh god. I'll never eat again.
Nitr0_fml 3
Oh the irony... Need to chill out! Besides dipped in chocolate I'm sure you would have loved it.
CuriousAlien 7
This reminds me of Mean Girls 2. What you should do is dump the food, leave a note that says TIP in big letters. Then write something like "Next time, have better service." or "Next time don't kill the bug in the food."
ArielTheMermaid 17
Mean Girls is the shit. Mean Girls 2 is just shit.
fudgeimout 2
At least it was a dead bug and not live maggots . Lucky you
conholio33 28
That is gross .... I hope you complained
sweetmama88 6
That's pretty disgusting.
thatssocolleen 2
What a nice welcome back into going out. But seriously that sucks
perdix 31
One way to get over an irrational fear of "germs" is to replace it by a rational fear of insects. You can cure "social anxiety" but realizing that dead mice are everywhere.
Hiphuray4peas 27
Cool! What kind?!?
88vivera 9
Try going to a cleaner restaurant