Today, I cleaned out the fridge for my mother. I didn't throw out a single thing that was less than a month past its expiration. Instead of thanks, she complained about everything that I threw away being still good, including a tub of butter that had been expired for two years. 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 threw out all the food in the freezer that my mom had been keeping since 2013. When she found out, she said, "frozen food doesn't go bad." FML
Today, after I cleaned out the fridge of things that expired months ago, my roommate got angry and insisted upon pulling all the moldy dairy products out of the garbage and putting them back because "they weren't mine and I shouldn't throw out other people's food." FML
Today, my mother decided to inform me that she doesn't believe canned food can have an expiry date and that the food is still okay to eat years after the 'supposed' expiry date. She's probably been cooking my dinner with expired food for over 17 years. FML
Today, my mom decided to clean out my freezer. She freaked out over a box of unbelievably expensive King crab legs that expired over five years ago. My PTSD kicked in and I explained that I got them for a special occasion three days before my girlfriend was diagnosed with lung cancer. I never got that special occasion. I hate me. FML
Today, while tidying up my grandmother's fridge, I got to play expiration-date-bingo. The winner was some type of concentrated apple sauce supposed to be used for salad dressings. It expired in 1986. FML
Today, I saw my mom changing the expiry date on milk. She genuinely thought this would make the milk sour later. FML
Today, my mom's obsession with cleanliness hit a new low when she bitched at me for having trash in my trash can. FML
Today, my neighbour asked me to empty and unplug their fridge while they were on a vacation. I took what I could use and threw away the rest. It looks like I also unknowingly threw away a bottle of spices that were handpicked by her uncle and handmade with love, which her son loves eating too. I feel like a jerk. FML
Today, surprisingly, my roommate made a nice meal. Within an hour, I started throwing up. When I confronted her, she confessed that she'd used long expired ingredients, including meat, because she didn't want the garbage men to think she's "the type that wastes food." FML
Today, I opened up a can of tomato soup I'd taken from my parents' house recently. After eating the whole can, I started feeling a little off, so I checked the expiration date. It expired 12 years ago. FML
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StoryOfTheYear 15
If it moves, kill it. If it's not moving it's fine to eat.
Freeze_fml 17
Should have allowed nature's way of showing her she's wrong.
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Comments (106)
dreamering 16
Because she was using butter instead of KY jelly you moron
rattusrattus 19
Oh gods. I once had some out of date butter. It was furry. And this was after a few months. *shudder*
Bunnehs 0
What must that fridge have smelled like? D:
ToThePoint 1
Didn't you know.. Two year old expired tubs of butter are beyond delicious. ;D
perdix 31
Expiration dates are for pansies. People with iron constitutions can withstand food at various stages of putrefaction. Your mom was probably aging the butter until it was ripe enough for her tough gut.
Phendraana 0
that is beyond disgusting. its one thing to eat butter 2 weeks after the expiration date, but 2 YEARS? you can DIE from that shit.
tsviets1993 9
It's like one of those people off horders!!
t765234 10
You are aware that hoarding is an actually mental issue correct, it's not just a show.
alazyguy 9
when I imagine "tub of butter" i picture a bathtub filled with butter.
zombiekitten87 12
No good deed goes unpunished. Tell her to eat her well-aged butter out if the trash if she's gonna complain.
Mirorbo 27
Sounds like my mother-in-law. She tried to feed us macaroni casserole using Kraft Mac&cheese that expired in 2005 last year. Thank GOD no one actually ate it! She doesn't believe in expiration dates and thinks they're all a myth to get people to throw out 'perfectly good food' to waste money on more.