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MY 12 year old used my fabric scissors to open a bag of popcorn. Is there any point keeping them?

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VerityBridge · 07/07/2024 22:00

Or shall I just drop them off at the bus station with a tenner and tell them they need to make their own way in life from this point on?

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Madrigal12 · 14/07/2024 13:00

I decided my Ex had to "go" after discovering they used a teaspoon for coffee.
My next partner was a colo-rectal surgeon - i've now hidden my grape scissors !!

HideousKinky · 14/07/2024 10:41

I can't sew at all but even I understand the seriousness of this offence OP!

Solo · 10/07/2024 23:12

PickAChew · 10/07/2024 13:49

I've had to ban DH from using my best knife because h thinks nothing of cutting through foil quiche tins with it. I'd been wondering how it was getting scratched then caught him in the act.

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Talk about itchy teeth! <<shudder>>

PickAChew · 10/07/2024 13:49

Solo · 10/07/2024 07:47

My ex cut an electrical wire with one of my good knives. He took a chunk out of the blade. It still makes me angry more than a quarter of a century on.

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I've had to ban DH from using my best knife because h thinks nothing of cutting through foil quiche tins with it. I'd been wondering how it was getting scratched then caught him in the act.

Scorchio84 · 10/07/2024 13:06

I read "stuff" in Miranda Priestley's voice @Jochef & @TheChosenTwo 😎

pollymere · 10/07/2024 12:53

When mine was small they cut up some fabric for the sound/sensation. Their defence? "I did use fabric scissors, Mummy!"

Santina · 10/07/2024 09:50

They might also meet the husband at the bus stop who mixes the washing and makes the whites grey. Imagine the conversations. 🤣

Packetofcrispsplease · 10/07/2024 09:08

Oh that’d give me the rage 🤣 my fabric scissors are up in my bedroom away from my klutz family 🤣

Solo · 10/07/2024 07:47

OrwellianTimes · 07/07/2024 23:09

I’ll add to that my dad who mixed a tin of pain with my best cake palette knife.

My ex cut an electrical wire with one of my good knives. He took a chunk out of the blade. It still makes me angry more than a quarter of a century on.

Solo · 10/07/2024 07:43

PickAChew · 07/07/2024 23:07

Nope. Used on fabric, good ones are pretty much self sharpening but as soon as they're used on plastic or paper or random wayward pins, they're often done for.

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Exactly. I've had my fabric scissors since I was 17. I'm 60 years old now. Never sharpened them. I'm sure they would never feel the same when cutting fabric if they needed sharpening. And I'd never feel the same way about them.

Ukrainebaby23 · 10/07/2024 07:37

AppelationStation · 07/07/2024 22:08

My DH used my slate kitchen trivet to do soldering on today.

He's 38.

Seems like a good idea to me ...

PickAChew · 10/07/2024 00:26

Try2makeadifference · 09/07/2024 23:18

My DD used my Tweezerman tweezers to squeeze her spots. When she goes back to Uni I'm moving and not leaving a forwarding address...

I'm amazed she didn't lacerate her face. Those things are sharp and I'm always making myself bleed with them.

Try2makeadifference · 09/07/2024 23:18

My DD used my Tweezerman tweezers to squeeze her spots. When she goes back to Uni I'm moving and not leaving a forwarding address...

Whothefuckdoesthat · 09/07/2024 21:08

OutwiththeOutCrowd · 09/07/2024 12:23

Heartfelt apologies to all those discombobulated by my unfortunate sense of humour.

I’m ashamed to admit that it took me a couple of hours! And now @SoupDragon’s post makes so much more sense 🤦🏻‍♀️

Just goes to show that wanton vandalism of fabric scissors isn’t a laughing matter 😁

Ourshoddyhouse · 09/07/2024 20:48

5128gap · 08/07/2024 09:41

My mum had strict rules about fabric scissors. As a child my favourite act of rebellion was to use them to cut paper, and in one case, Barbie's hair. She never noticed. Have you tried them out to see if it's made a difference?

They were obviously decoy scissors

MarvellousMonsters · 09/07/2024 20:24

Animalfromthemuppets22 · 07/07/2024 22:18

My dh bought me a pair of expensive fabric scissors and a couple of months later used them to clip the wings of our chickens.

Oh dear lord.... Confused

MarvellousMonsters · 09/07/2024 20:21

No. Don't keep them. That child is lost.

Can you get the scissors sharpened?

KatyMac · 09/07/2024 19:54

My people!!
Help me please

I need a short narrow scissor 2-3 inch blade but with a proper handle not 2 little circles like the stork ones

Nanaof1 · 09/07/2024 19:47

SoupDragon · 09/07/2024 12:06

In other news, butter knives aren't made of butter and steak knives aren't made of steak. Dessert forks are, sadly, not made of dessert either.

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That has now totally depressed me! I want a "true", literal, desert fork now.

Well, first the "steak" knife. Done medium please!

JustMeAndTheFish · 09/07/2024 19:45

I mean I just used mine for trimming my car’s fur. Bought them years ago from Ikea and they’re still as good as ever 🤣

LauderSyme · 09/07/2024 19:22

OutwiththeOutCrowd · 09/07/2024 12:23

Heartfelt apologies to all those discombobulated by my unfortunate sense of humour.

Oooohhhh 😶 Sorry you're right, I didn't get that pun at all.

flotsomandjetsome · 09/07/2024 19:21

Ha ha, we always joked that the FBI would be called if anyone used my DMs fabric scissors on anything other than fabric when we were kids 🤣

Trishthedish · 09/07/2024 18:52

Compash · 07/07/2024 22:03

Perhaps they'll run into my DH there (who put my good knives in the dishwasher and used my Tweezerman tweezers to do some petty DIY)...

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LTB 😂😂😂😂😂

noosmummy12 · 09/07/2024 18:47

MonkeyRum · 07/07/2024 22:11

When I was very small, I once took my mum’s fabric scissors and cut out (what I thought was very neatly.) all of her sewing patterns.

She wasn’t a happy lady!

You sounded like a very helpful child!

Jochef · 09/07/2024 18:28

TheChosenTwo · 07/07/2024 22:44

Just how blunt are the scissors going to be after slicing through smooth plastic? Surely cutting through fabric will prove more resistant?
no idea though really; dd2 is a keen dressmaker and has fabric scissors and all kinds of specific tools, she buys them all herself with her wages - are fabric scissors horribly expensive? Cant they be sharpened?
I once used dhs “precision tile cutters” to remove a nail from a door - they were the tool closest to me that did the job 🤷‍♀️
Ds uses my olaplex when he showers -
it’s all just ‘stuff’ isn’t it?!

yes, it is all just ‘stuff’

but some ‘stuff’ is more importanter than other ‘stuff’
fabric shears being one 😘

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