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To have screamed at my kids

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losinitnow · 13/05/2026 17:23

As I’m trying to cook dinner one decides to empty both toy boxes onto the floor. I then discover an ant infestation from an abandoned lunch box. Younger one then tries to drag me from the kitchen when I’m dealing with boiling water so I nearly scald my arm and then lose it with everyone. DH then complains I disturbed his meeting. Fml.

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losinitnow · 13/05/2026 17:31

Everyone’s been nice, thanks. I fucking hate it when DH works from home.

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Getmeacoffeenow · 13/05/2026 17:31

How old are they?

Clefable · 13/05/2026 17:30

Sounds like one of those cascades of shit that happens from time to time. Time to retire to a dark room for a while!

Contrarymary30 · 13/05/2026 17:29

Emptying toy boxes is fairly normal but lunch box is yuk. My adult son once had a loud wobbler when the washer overflowed because he'd got a sock stuck in the door . I was on a phone call to a cardiologist getting results .... it's really embarrassing to have someone shouting in the background so I understand.

WhatNoRaisins · 13/05/2026 17:29

I'm an ideal world DH would have been more sympathetic but maybe he'll feel guilty later.

SummerInSun · 13/05/2026 17:27

Sounds like what happens once in a while on a bad day. Main thing is that no one got any boiling water or other hot thing spilled on them and you aren’t up at A&E, so sounds like a 6 or 7 out of 10 on the bad evening scale, but not as bad as it could have been. Some days are just like that…

WhatNoRaisins · 13/05/2026 17:24

Not unreasonable, sometimes shit happens.

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