Peach
Today, my husband finally decided to help with the laundry. He washed a pen and it exploded in the dryer. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
Fixed
Today, my husband, who repairs appliances for a living, repaired our dryer. One lot of wet clothes later, it caught fire and ruined the laundry room. FML
Anonymous
Barrie, Canada
Today, my husband ruined the laundry once again. He forgot to empty his pants pockets before washing them. Last time he left an ink pen in them. This time it was a strawberry. FML
Anonymous
United States
Deep clean
Today, my husband decided to drain his motorcycle oil into an empty bottle of laundry detergent. Also today, I decided to lift a stain out of my white comforter with some detergent I found in the garage. FML
Anonymous
Lint kills
Today, after I was away for a couple of days, my wife told me she’s been doing laundry while I was gone. I'd reminded her to clean out the lint catcher because it might catch fire. I came home to a new dryer and a smoke damaged house. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, my husband decided to be helpful and do all the laundry, including pre-treating all the stains. He felt that Clorox Clean-Up with Bleach would be the most effective. FML
shit streak
KoBabe
Today, my husband was changing our son’s overflowing diaper. Instead of getting up and walking the putrid mess to the bin, he decided to shoot it basketball-style. He missed and it hit the wall, sliding down leaving a huge sloppy streak. He expected me to clean it. FML
Synonymous_Rex
Thousand Oaks, United States
Thanks for the help
Today, I went to gather the laundry out of the dryer. My daughter had seen my wife put bleach in the washer, so she decided that honey in the dryer would make the clothes smell sweet. She wasn't wrong, but now I have a giant ball of sticky socks and underwear. FML
Anonymous
Canada
Dried out
Today, after spending $300 replacing a dryer and getting the vents cleaned out when our tenants complained their clothes weren't getting dry, my husband and I realized that it was actually the washing machine that was broken. FML
081013
Columbus, United States
Today, I came home to find my fiancé trying to do laundry. His version was "rubbing the smelly spots with baby powder". Looks like I'll be the only one doing laundry for the rest of our lives. FML
beep_guacamole
United States
Today, I went to the laundromat. I put a load in the dryer and walked away to check on my other load. When I came back, I saw a homeless man putting his dirty, wet underwear in the dryer with my clean clothes. FML
Top comments
PhantomCrevan 8
I've heard guys admit to deliberately messing up on housework- particularly any chores they feel are 'too girly' for them- so that their wife, fiancée, or girlfriend (or any family members) won't ask them to do it anymore. Not saying that's what your husband necessarily did, but if he's had a tendency to mess up at stuff you ask him to do, you may want to consider it. (Not to mention my own brother admitted to doing it to one of his friends, so that our mom would stop asking him to do stuff and so I would do it just to avoid the hassle and stress of cleaning up after his **** ups.) As to the ink- soak some cloths- or better yet, a towel- you are willing to throw away in vinegar, pop them in the dryer on high for about ten minutes. Let sit for five minutes, open it and wipe off all the ink that will come off with another vinegar soaked cloth and a dry one. Repeat until clean, resoaking the fabric being used to steam the dryer as needed. (Also, this is kind of obvious, but just in case: even though bleach and hair spray are touted as "hacks" to clean ink stains, DO NOT put either in the dryer. The bleach obviously will ruin clothes, while the hairspray can outright catch on fire while the dryer is on, or create a large fireball when the dryer door is opened.)
sumocj 14
Could have been worse. A ***** could have exploded in the dryer
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Comments (18)
sambmjmdjj 9
Who's pen?
TeachAllTheMath 19
I’ve done this a couple of times, it was probably an honest mistake, but yeah, this sucks.
R_L_Jack 11
Ha ha My husband did that to my precious dryer. I got the stains off with .....either hairspray or medical alcohol.
R_L_Jack 11
Ha ha My husband did that to my precious dryer. I got the stains off with..... either Hairspray or medical alcohol.
Olivia J. Miramontz 3
Sam here, sometimes they should just leave it alone
dexter420 21
Then get a job or just do the damn laundry. Oh sorry. Maybe you go to his job and help him out