Today, in a fit of jealousy, my 10 year-old unplugged my freezer and lifted the lid before bed. It’s over 80°F in my garage. Now, my entire supply of breast milk is destroyed. Not only do I not have enough stored to feed my own baby, I was also donating to local hospitals. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my daughter, who is going through a vegan phase, pulled the plug for our garage chest freezer, where we store our meat. That's $1200 of meat, rotten. My husband is so mad that he's been at the gym for six hours straight. FML
Today, I discovered that my freezer had died when I saw the contents oozing out the bottom. The now-full trash can won't be picked up for another 6 days, and the high temperatures are supposed to be in the 100s all week. FML
Today I left my 8-week-old with my brother so I could return to work. His wife took all the breast milk I'd packed out of the fridge and poured it out. According to her, it was “gross” and she didn’t want it near her food. My son is allergic to formula. FML
Today, I bought $250 worth of groceries and was feeling rather good about myself because it's the first time I've been able to do so in months. When I returned home I found my fridge/freezer broken. Most of the food I bought was dairy or frozen. FML
Today, my wife was painting in the garage when she unplugged a random plug to charge her stupid, smelly vape without thinking about what it was she was unplugging. It was the large chest freezer. About £500 in meat and the entire bottom tier of our wedding cake defrosted and ruined. FML
Today, at work, the chest freezer was accidentally turned off. I work at a vet and the freezer is our morgue. It got opened before anyone realized the contents had thawed. FML
Today, I came home from a business trip and was greeted by a foul smell. I soon found out my husband accidentally let the milk go bad by leaving it out all day, then tried to solve the problem by "balancing the temperatures" by putting it in the freezer. Oh honey, no. Just no. FML
Today, I went into my fridge and someone had drank all the beer. Only my 8-year-old son lives with me. FML
Today, my refrigerator defrosted itself. FML
Today, I spent almost an hour cleaning and scrubbing the inside of my fridge. Just when I'd finished putting everything back inside, I tipped over the open milk carton. FML
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tounces7 28
Your 10 year old is an asshole. Lots of kids act out, only a small number intentionally destroy valuable things. Good luck with that, you're probably raising a sociopath.
LadyRen 20
Kids can be jealous but to destroy your baby’s food...it’s like saying he wants the baby to die of starvation since he knowingly destroyed it’s food...(and the food of other babies since you were donating) You need to discipline him and explain why a new baby doesn’t take away from him if you want to stop this. That’s not normal jealously.
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Comments (26)
ViviMage 40
Since you can't replace human breast milk at a store, I suggest buying formula with the earning from selling your kid's electronics. Or his allowance for a year. And then therapy before he does something else like pop the baby's water wings at the pool. This is clearly overkill. Just unplugging it for a few days is all he needed to do.
Cody Vertigo Bonthoux 15
time to sell some toys
zoelog 10
I hope you get that kid some help. thats really ****** up.
Sean Smith 2
That's not average misbehaving. That's intentional destruction. At some point someone has given him permission to act that way. Good luck raising bail money.
ScubaSteve518 4
This sounds more like jealousy caused by being neglected. It most likely isn't intentional but many parents inadvertently neglect the first born when they are bonding with the second child. Now when I say neglect, I don't mean failing to provide basic needs. I mean not providing the level of attention you think you're giving.
TxKitten79 10
So, what are you going to do about it. I hope you came up with a good punishment. And then got him into counseling to deal with his feelings!
slym12312425 9
serious issues there, did your 10 year old realize that doing what they did would destroy the breast milk and risk their little sibling not getting enough food and consciously did it anyway?
Chris Cowperthwait 4
ten years old is a bit old for temper tantrums. I personally would have tanned his hide for that, given him extra chores to do, and picked his favorite items and removed them from his room.
SurlyMango 4
they're not too old for a spanking
OnReceivingEnd 18
Spare the rod....