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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
spec2662 0
Your mom is a hoarder and should seek help.
killmefornothing 0
My mother is exactly the same way. A few weeks ago I pulled out a jar of peanut butter that expired in may of 2008. I almost barfed at the exp date.
Vii6 3
I Think you may need to get her help...
little_monster21 0
sounds like a case for the show Hoarders! :P
cherieblossom 5
Hoarder alert!
FMLsOhilarious 6
Your mother sounds like a hoarder. And butter that's two years old? That's disgusting...
allenye818 2
89 her pantry has always been stuffed full & this bottle had made its way to the back where it managed to stay hidden, the expiration on it was like 1993 or something... I almost felt bad throwing it away, it had survived so long
milansarpal 0
butter never goes bad so she was right to yell at you
stabbed1ntheback 0
Next time leave the bad stuff and take the good stuff with you.
happychicka 0
That's disgusting... Just sayin
kath2222 3
That exact story is my own. I kindly, with nothing but charitable thoughts (and personal safety) cleaned out my mother fridge and I got yelled at and told never to do it again. I swear I didn't throw anything away that wasn't practically frozen to the back of the fridge. ungrateful.