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)
Rvah07 0
Ewww!!!
TacoSashimi 5
Mommy knows best...
linnie_wesker 20
Sorry OP, I feel your pain. I hate when my parents make me go to my grandma's for dinner because half the stuff in her fridge has been expired for YEARS. One time I tried to be sneaky and clean it out a bit and ended up finding a banana that was completely black. Disgusting.
taetay2010j 0
She's a hoarder srry:/
cmtexx03 0
Hoarder?
hebron77 0
And that's when you shoot her.
LilaBear 2
Some things are perfectly fine way past their best-before date.
Mauskau 36
Not as bad as my mum. She kept a jar of seafood Mayo for about 10 years and kept eating it even though it was 6 years out of date. She even cooks us veg thats over a month out of date and it's all juicy(when it's not meant to be) which is why I don't eat it
HomeAl0ne 20
Ohhh, you're going to be in trouble! She had invited Bear Grylls to dinner as a surprise, and now you've thrown out the appetiser and most of the main course. Luckily he'll be content with a glass of warm piss thrown in his face.
saladgirl123 0
I think we might have the same mother..