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Would you confess your cake had made the hole? Please be honest!

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CakeHoleinRoof · 04/04/2020 19:19

Name changed for this as It's extremely outing! because It's bizarre, mainly Pom bears, Mexican House Thief, Penis Beaker etc.

So I currently live with my ex partner. This is recent-I moved back in with him to save money in order to buy a house (obviously I can't do that for now Sad ).

We get on okay, but he was a terrible partner when I was with him.
Heavy drink problem (which he managed to keep secret for far too long!), lies, unable to manage finances, a whole barrage of dishonesty about his circumstances. It was horrible, so many tears and sleepless nights on my part as I'd really thought he was for me before then, but it was years ago and I have grown up a lot now.

This definitely bears some relevance to how I treat him now though. I don't have much respect for him admittedly as it took me a long time to rebuild my life when we broke up some years ago. I'm not horrible to him or anything but I am not overly nice. Had I done this to anyone else I'd have been mortified, ad definitely confessed and paid for damages.

We both own the house together.

Some time ago I was baking a cake. I didn't realise the flour had gone off, so the cake was inedible. I decided to chuck it out for the birds.

Amongst other twatty things my ex had done, he built a HUGE outhouse/outbuilding in the garden. I'd previously had the garden lovely albeit small and he built this thing which takes up about 90% of the garden. It's massive. I decided to chuck the cake on top of it.

But it broke the (corrugated plastic) roof of the structure. It made a hole in it.

This was a month or so ago and he has only just noticed. He came into my room this morning holding a hammer and said 'Whose is this hammer?!' I said I don't know, not mine? And he said he thought someone had thrown it into the garden and this is what has broken the roof. He wants to report it to the police as well.

He is not overly upset about it, and has fixed the hole now.

I kind of want to confess because I don't want him wasting police time.

I kind of don't though.

Would you? Honestly?

YANBU -Don't confess, no point and he's a knobhead anyway
YABU-Confess, It's the correct thing to do.

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CakeHoleinRoof · 28/08/2022 03:43

Sorry! Didn't realise my zombie thread had responses!

@Hawkins001 no he didn't! Should I tell him now Grin

@StoriedSally yes I did. As soon as things were operational again I bought a house in my old hometown and am now very happy. My old room is rented out to my most recent ex. Such is life!

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StoriedSally · 19/04/2022 20:03

Did you get your own place in the end?

Hawkins001 · 19/04/2022 19:44

@CakeHoleinRoof

Ah my thread was resurrected! Thank you Smile Dido yes I realised something was wrong with it just wasn't certain of what. :)

Whenitsover You're probably just remembering the same thread from a few months ago :)

NinkaNink Yes that too (ugh!!)

Well thanks all. The story makes me smile now.
frankola I did mention at some point that I scuttled out discreetly and retrieved it. I should have put that in the OP though :)

Funnily enough I've been baking tonight! And, no weevils, holes or disasters of any sort yet!

did your oh ever know about the cake ?
CakeHoleinRoof · 22/06/2020 21:02

Ah my thread was resurrected! Thank you Smile
Dido yes I realised something was wrong with it just wasn't certain of what. :)

Whenitsover You're probably just remembering the same thread from a few months ago :)

NinkaNink Yes that too (ugh!!)

Well thanks all. The story makes me smile now.
frankola I did mention at some point that I scuttled out discreetly and retrieved it. I should have put that in the OP though :)

Funnily enough I've been baking tonight! And, no weevils, holes or disasters of any sort yet!

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OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 15/06/2020 18:49

Still makes me laugh though. my baking may be able to create edible (if inhabitants are desperate) houses that could withstand most natural disasters

MustGetOutofBed · 15/06/2020 12:24

@WhenItIsOver

I have read this story before, on MN. Anyone else remember it?
OP started in early April - so I you probably read it then.
letmethinkaboutitfornow · 15/06/2020 12:04

Thanks OP!

My baking looks quite okay now 😂😂😂 at least never caused structural damage 😂😂😂

Frankola · 15/06/2020 11:48

Wont he find the cake in the outhouse?

What will you say then?!Confused

Ninkanink · 15/06/2020 10:50

I know, I read it when it was first posted.

Waveysnail · 15/06/2020 10:49

Old.thread

Ninkanink · 15/06/2020 10:48

it was a big sticky gooey thing.

I legit thought you were describing the unfortunate poo incident here...

😆😆

WhenItIsOver · 15/06/2020 10:43

I have read this story before, on MN. Anyone else remember it?

skybluee · 15/06/2020 10:26

Don't confess. I'd just casually say to him it's been like that for a month, to discourage him from reporting it.

DidoLamenting · 15/06/2020 10:23

Escapeyes.it was white flour but had flecks of brown in it

White flour doesn't develop brown flecks just because it's past its use by date. The brown flecks are either mouse droppings or weevils or other infestation.

CakeHoleinRoof · 07/04/2020 23:20

And again, I'm anxious as hell and these are difficult times, if I can make people laugh then I'm very glad I asked this question lol Smile

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CakeHoleinRoof · 07/04/2020 23:14

Romance it was a big sticky gooey thing. My cakes are always a bit on the heavy side lol

Cambio I wish it hadn't have happened.

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creaturcomforts · 07/04/2020 21:30

Never mention cakegate again

romanceincorona · 07/04/2020 21:26

I'm in absolute tears reading this thread. Wtf was in the cake? Concrete?

SpillTheTeaa · 07/04/2020 21:19

Hahahaha i would never tell him 🤪

Horehound · 07/04/2020 21:14

Wtf

Cambionome · 07/04/2020 20:58

OMG op!! I really wish I hadn't read that. Sad

CakeHoleinRoof · 07/04/2020 08:15

pigsDo It wasn't hard! It was gooey and sticky and heavy. Plus, I had to lob it onto it from an upstairs window.
along yes. It did. He hasn't mentioned it since.

I must say though, I sometimes feel I'm being mean over this, & then I remember that it was not long ago that he had been to the loo and 'missed'. I went to the loo in the middle of the night, didn't turn the light on and sat on his poo that was on the seat Envy .Envy

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ALongHardWinter · 07/04/2020 00:43

Bloody hell I am in awe of your cake making skills OP. Seriously? It made a hole in corrugated plastic? Grin

pigsDOfly · 07/04/2020 00:12

I don't think a cake baked with even the most off flour would cause that sort of damage, what on earth did you do to make it so hard.

Am I the only one worried about the effect on the OP local bird population?

Poor things, they'll all be plummeting from the sky if they eat that cake.

Asswipe · 06/04/2020 23:55

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