Today, my husband threw away the cast iron skillet my family has cooked with for generations because it had some specks of rust that were perfectly fixable. My 5th great-grandfather had that skillet in 1890 when he was a chuck wagon driver for the cowboys during their cattle drives. 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, my grandpa decided to charcoal-grill some steaks. Inside the house. FML
Today, my husband is such a cheap-ass that he spent two days underneath his old beater car with an angle grinder and a welding rig, grinding off some old rusty supports, and welding on new ones. He makes enough money to throw that thing in the scrapyard and buy a brand new car. I don't get it. FML
Today, my boyfriend gave me a dutch oven, with my own fart. FML
Today, my boyfriend was cooking me dinner. He walked away and I decided to help by giving the pan of veggies a sautee flip. My boyfriend failed to mention that he had just pulled that pan out of a 500 degree oven. FML
Today, as part of his crusade to drive me mad by “helping” in the kitchen, my dad used an entire bottle of expensive olive oil I brought from Greece to make fried bread for his breakfast, and he used the edge of my Japanese chef's knife to loosen a screw, so it now has a giant hairline crack. FML
Today, I wanted to see if the frying pan was hot. I no longer have fingerprints. FML
Today, I was telling my friend how much I love my 20-year-old kitchen scale, because it has this one handy function that even new ones don’t have. Later, my mom melted it on the stove and isn’t even convinced she should buy me a new one. FML
Today, I was making schnitzel at our kitchen so I had to get rid of all the oil. So I decided it would be best to put the hot pan on our porch so the oil would cool down and then I could get rid of it. Unfortunately the ground is sealed with tar, so the tar melted and now the pan is stuck to the ground. FML
Today, my lovely boyfriend decided to make grilled cheese on his own for the first time in months. Apparently, within that time span he forgot that plastic doesn't go well with prolonged heat. Goodbye favorite pan and spatula. FML
Today, my mother-in-law gifted us with a new microwave. I told her it was too much and we didn't really need it. Her response, "I just want my grandkids to have food that tastes good for once." I'm a chef. FML
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xxWTFxx1981 23
That sucks but more so how are you two married he can't know you too well if he didn't know it was a family heirloom...
interesting33 37
oh wow! is there any way you can get it back? even going to landfill
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interesting33 37
oh wow! is there any way you can get it back? even going to landfill
Amy78_fml 11
It is always possible that your family has lied to you and it is not the same skillet. At any rate I'm glad my husband doesn't really touch my cooking things. In all honesty I'm very fond of my cast iron skillet even though it is this generation old. In my eyes it is valuable and not something to be tossed out. I hope it wasn't too late and you were able to save it from the trash.
xxWTFxx1981 23
That sucks but more so how are you two married he can't know you too well if he didn't know it was a family heirloom...
sunnyray812 42
Maybe he just didn't care, which is more shitty.
tounces7 28
If he doesn't care, and she stays with him anyway, that's when this becomes a YDI.
Santorini Lawrencia 19
He should've given it to the museum.
StagGT 13
divorce him
Jorn van der Ar 13
Did he know it had sentimental value for you?
Cody Vertigo Bonthoux 15
you should look for something he values highly and throw it in the trash
tarabella 7
Lady, ffs, dishes are not that expensive! It's time to stop using centuries old stuff
TxKitten79 10
You're an idiot
tarabella 7
It was a joke. So you are the idiot for not getting it. Moron
Chelsea Schattner 9
Apparently you have never had to find a GOOD cooking pan. Dishes are not expensive, cookware is very expensive and quality ones are a bitch to find. A nice set of pots and pans is over $2,000. Cast iron pans can be $50+ per pan. I asked for a couple cast iron pans for xmas.
skippy474 0
the thing about cast Irons is the older and more used they are, the better the food cooked on em tastes. cast irons are seasoned by every dish you cook in them. that's why having a centuries old skillet os huge
faifai_fml 21
I'm so sorry. My heart hurts for the loss of your piece of valuable family history. I really hope you were able to recover it. :(
Venom1999 19
If he didn't know what it was then you can't blame him. If he did know what it was, I suggest you get on that divorce paperwork.
thisisbutaname 38
But how could he not know? She surely told about it, seeing how proud she was of owning it. Maybe he didn't listen when she did