Today, my overly-clean mum decided to drop by and surprise me by cleaning my house while I was out jogging. She used half a bottle of bleach, and now it hurts to blink, let alone breathe. FML
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Today, my girlfriend offered to wash the bathroom while I was at work. I came back home to find her feeling unwell with a bad headache. She had mixed drain cleaner with bleach because she thought it would make the bathroom cleaner. Now my entire house is a mini gas chamber. FML
Today, I decided to clean the whole house as a surprise for my mother. When she came home, she screamed at me and called me a bitch because she had wanted to clean it herself. FML
Today, my very sheltered girlfriend decided to surprise me by cleaning our apartment. Although she grew up with housekeepers and maids, I thought it was common knowledge that you don’t try cleaning the bathroom with both bleach and ammonia. We still can’t go back inside our place. FML
Today, I was cleaning my bathroom, and accidentally spilled bleach, ruining my shower curtain, rugs, and towels. While attempting to wipe up the bleach, I knocked over a bottle of shower cleaner. It read, "WARNING: DO NOT MIX WITH BLEACH." I still can't go in the house. FML
Today, my mom is on vacation and I’m taking care of her pets. I also get to clean the entire house. No, she didn’t ask me to do that. It’s just that I had to hold my breath every time I opened the fridge, and there is no surface clean enough to actually touch, so I simply couldn’t help myself. FML
Today, I had to be treated for chemical burns, because my mother got the bright idea of using paint thinner to clean me up after I'd painted our living room. FML
Today, while helping my wife clean the bathroom, I stepped in a puddle of neat bleach she'd randomly left by the shower door. I washed it off straight away but now an hour later I have burns on the bottom of my foot and can’t put weight on it. FML
Today, I found out my mother cleans the dishes with bathroom cleaning chemicals. She doesn't see anything wrong with this. FML
Today, my mom told me to clean the house up because she wants to make good impression on the cleaning lady. FML
Today, my mum got the idea of switching to a different dishwashing detergent. The new one is so strong that it coats all the dishes in a nauseating perfume-like smell. It's so pungent that it gets absorbed into everything we eat or drink. She's determined to use up the entire bottle. FML
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funneh1 21
That's dangerous. Perhaps open all the windows to air out your house? Just don't stay in there, inhaling those fumes can affect you.
cathleenn 9
Atleast Mr.Clean is proud.
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Comments (40)
LeBandit 20
plot twist she's trying to poison you
sonasonic 34
Another plot twist: she poisoned your neighbours too and framed you.
Dynamite73 25
At least she didn't use ammonia with the bleach, but that still sucks
KatieKoala 19
True that would be dangerous ad hell
_parth 20
Air freshener with odor eliminator?!
theTravinator 21
I can't tell if that's what you're calling the bleach or if you're suggesting OP to use air freshener. If it's the second one, that'll just make the air situation worse, making it even harder to breathe. They just need to crack open the windows and let it air out for a while
tanishpradhan 20
You should be grateful she cleaned you're home..
JayGatsby 25
First of all that's not her house to clean and if she wanted to clean it, she should of asked OP. Second, even if OP and his/her mom are close enough to sporadically clean each other's houses, bleach is a very toxic substance, therefore needs to be used with caution. Finally, what's the point of having a clean house if OP can't even enjoy it, let alone breath in it. So yeah, it's understandable that OP is not grateful. OP's mom is not a little kid that needs to be supervised all the time, she should know better. FYL OP.
rldostie 19
Not really. I mean, it's a nice gesture but it's still her house and she didn't ask for the help. It's an invasion of her home and privacy.
Idahome 6
*your?
cheeeksss 29
So I'm curious then, #5, if someone were to enter your home without your knowledge, you won't care and be in fact, grateful, if they just started cleaning and bleaching it?
CandyApple88 13
you're one of those control freak people (#5). Always with the "you should be grateful..." No.
cathleenn 9
Atleast Mr.Clean is proud.
funneh1 21
That's dangerous. Perhaps open all the windows to air out your house? Just don't stay in there, inhaling those fumes can affect you.
Kailayla 29
Exactly what I was thinking. Open all the windows and let the fresh air in!
Kempeth 5
It certainly has affected your mother...
acky2lum 7
nope it defeats the purpose, if you open the windows you'll let the dust sets in and before you know it... 2nd surprise cleaning again! just turn on all the ventilations and leave the house for a few more hours.
1dvos_grl3 21
Go mom
VonBlitzkrieg 27
mum*
epeeftw 16
Time to change the locks
zenrael 21
She's probably not overly clean, and you're just a slob.
alexlots 20
Thats really nice of her
rldostie 19
Sort of? It's a bit of an invasion of privacy though. The OP didn't ask for help and just because the mother thinks the house needs to be clean doesn't mean the OP wants that or wants her mother doing it.