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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Halloween
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)
RuskiManBearPig 4
Your mom's a hoarder
darkmis1 18
Any amount of time past expiration is bad for you, even if it's been less than a month.
iislix1ii 19
Not really the expiration date is a guess as to when the bacteria in a certain food will muliply to a certain point where its not safe to eat. Food can expire before or after the expiration date. That doesnt mean i would eat anything past its date, though. I'd rather not end up with anything furry in my mouth.
SwtCherryPie 26
My grandpa was the same way. My grandma would have me sneak and clean out their refridgerator and we'd have to hide the stuff we threw away. Found 3-4 year-old bottles of mayo, salad dressing, and other random condiments the first time she had me do it.
IsBitchBetter 1
Hoard much?????
lalalove33 0
well, if she is going to eat that butter, 2 years after experation, its seems no diffrent if she ate it right out of the garbage, am i right? both still gross!
holagranola 15
my grandmother had cert-o in her cupboard from 1998..
ilovejosh1015 0
I just did that too!! Except I had to throw our 35 lbs of rotting veggies and 15 lbs of other expired stuff. They only she said to me was "your taking out the garbage bags you filled right?"
hoonyer 17
I had to do the same thing at my office, dont even know what half the stuff i took out once was
insidejokeswithm 0
Why the **** did she leave the butter in there? Fat ass.
ashley9109 4
I did the exact same thing only with our pantry an I found food that expired in 2001!! and my mom was getting all mad at me for throwing it away