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What's your current first world problem?

171 replies

OutieModeOn · 05/01/2026 12:55

Come share your trivial first world problems. Light-hearted, obviously.

My daughter has a new year birthday. We have very generous friends and family. I am now the owner of about eleventy-million gift bags that are too nice to put in the recycling.

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BitOutOfPractice · 08/01/2026 08:38

I have a streaming cold and forgot To buy any nice soft ruinously expensive tissues so my nose is slightly red from blowing with loo roll.

@ohyesido i promise I’m not on your train

Coffeeishot · 08/01/2026 08:39

ohyesido · 08/01/2026 08:32

I’m on a train and I have a sniffer sitting opposite me

Oh my god ! Try and not punch them i hope you don't have far to go.

everardshutthatdoor · 08/01/2026 15:54

I’ve just got back from a miserable wet shopping trip to find that one of the items I went for and wasn’t in is now available to collect.

alcoholfreelife · 08/01/2026 16:04

I’ve got half a bottle of champagne in the fridge from NYE but I’m doing dry January and was determined not to drink it but as it’s now probably flat or very near it, I need to make the decision whether to drink the ridiculously expensive bottle of Bolly and think fuck it to dry January or tip it down the sink and continue with my booze free quest ( as you can see from my user name I'm trying be teetotal but failing spectacularly at it 😂)

staringatthesun · 08/01/2026 16:50

My Ocado delivery is running late

everardshutthatdoor · 08/01/2026 17:59

alcoholfreelife · 08/01/2026 16:04

I’ve got half a bottle of champagne in the fridge from NYE but I’m doing dry January and was determined not to drink it but as it’s now probably flat or very near it, I need to make the decision whether to drink the ridiculously expensive bottle of Bolly and think fuck it to dry January or tip it down the sink and continue with my booze free quest ( as you can see from my user name I'm trying be teetotal but failing spectacularly at it 😂)

Drink it and add as many extra days onto January as you need to!

alcoholfreelife · 08/01/2026 18:44

everardshutthatdoor · 08/01/2026 17:59

Drink it and add as many extra days onto January as you need to!

Good plan! I’ll start drinking on the 2nd Feb instead of the 1st, off to drink flat champers 😉

MinkaLeDinka · 08/01/2026 18:51

I was gifted a very nice boxed gin for Christmas. When I opened the box last night, to have a G&T watching Traitors, the security tag thing is still on the bottle.
It really spoils the aesthetic.

YelramBob · 08/01/2026 19:00

It was so warm this morning (17c) at 6.30am I had to have a last minute change of running kit and swap from a t shirt to a vest, what a faff.

Fizbosshoes · 09/01/2026 10:10

The floor in our newly done bathroom shows up dust/fluff etc literally hours after I hoover a lot more than the old one!

TigerRag · 09/01/2026 15:37

My socks keep falling down

WinterGardening · 09/01/2026 15:40

alcoholfreelife · 08/01/2026 16:04

I’ve got half a bottle of champagne in the fridge from NYE but I’m doing dry January and was determined not to drink it but as it’s now probably flat or very near it, I need to make the decision whether to drink the ridiculously expensive bottle of Bolly and think fuck it to dry January or tip it down the sink and continue with my booze free quest ( as you can see from my user name I'm trying be teetotal but failing spectacularly at it 😂)

You can cook with it! And the alcohol will burn off 😀

My first world problem is that I have run out of gin. And it is cold and wet outside.

WinterGardening · 09/01/2026 15:40

TigerRag · 09/01/2026 15:37

My socks keep falling down

Thoughts and prayers 😔

Keepoffmyartichokes · 09/01/2026 15:42

I've just picked up my new glasses from Specsavers and I hate them. They have a sparkly bit on the arm I hadn't noticed 😭

TokyoSushi · 09/01/2026 15:43

I can't decide which snow boots to buy for our ski trip...

Thanksforyourlackofthought · 09/01/2026 15:43

We have no white wine left but loads of red and 17 bottles of Champagne (stockpiled Christmas bargains for a party later in the year.) I’ve already had one bottle of champagne over the last week, too tight to drink any more of it, I don’t want red tonight and I’m not going out in the rain. Tea for me tonight then.

IGotBigKidsAndICannotLie · 09/01/2026 15:47

I've had three pieces of homemade bread and naice butter because, well, homemade bread. It smells so good. And now I feel a bit sick.

TallulahBetty · 09/01/2026 15:51

I have just finished a book, and have too many new books to choose from.

Whosthetabbynow · 09/01/2026 15:53

I had to dig deep yesterday. Our car lease came to an end and we decided not to renew. I’ve only had to “learn” how to drive our other car which is automatic. The fuss!! Went round the block and was fine. Was playing on my mind for days x

aquaaerobicschaos · 09/01/2026 15:53

I'm at my holiday home and coming back tomorrow, my flowers here are still looking beautiful but I will need to throw them away.

everardshutthatdoor · 09/01/2026 16:06

aquaaerobicschaos · 09/01/2026 15:53

I'm at my holiday home and coming back tomorrow, my flowers here are still looking beautiful but I will need to throw them away.

My word that really is a FWP! Mine in the same vein is that whenever we are at ours we have to throw perfectly good cheese away when we leave because it’s not allowed back into the UK.

SilverPink · 09/01/2026 19:03

Whosthetabbynow · 09/01/2026 15:53

I had to dig deep yesterday. Our car lease came to an end and we decided not to renew. I’ve only had to “learn” how to drive our other car which is automatic. The fuss!! Went round the block and was fine. Was playing on my mind for days x

Oh I love automatic! Never go back to manual!

Whosthetabbynow · 09/01/2026 19:25

SilverPink · 09/01/2026 19:03

Oh I love automatic! Never go back to manual!

I know, I know. I’ve been a fool

Theimpossiblegirl · 09/01/2026 20:01

I need 14 outfits for a Northern European cruise and I have no idea what to pack.

aquaaerobicschaos · 09/01/2026 20:30

everardshutthatdoor · 09/01/2026 16:06

My word that really is a FWP! Mine in the same vein is that whenever we are at ours we have to throw perfectly good cheese away when we leave because it’s not allowed back into the UK.

I know, I have uneaten cheese which I think i can take in the hand luggage, thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers

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