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Crying at Macaroni Cheese No-Show

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Moonbear10 · 12/02/2017 22:56

I sound like a loon, I know, but I was meant to be having macaroni cheese for dinner tonight and it didn't happen. I got unreasonably emotional and had to go upstairs to cry about it.
Please make me feel better with your stories of inexplicable grief at ridiculous things!

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spiderlight · 14/02/2017 18:36

DagenhamRoundhouse Pokemon Go. It's been the centre of DS's world for the past 6 months and I've got ever so slightly obsessed caught up in it while taking him out Pokemon hunting. Something incredibly rare appeared that would have earned me huge huge mummy kudos and made him the envy of his friends. I caught it on my phone but failed to catch it on his. I knew how gutted he'd be when he found out - and he was :(

dylsmimi · 14/02/2017 18:40

Oh the pizza on the side (Angry) has reminded me when dh packed my birthday expensive chocolates into the car boot on the side on one of the hottest days of the year - we had a cool bag with us.
Opened the boot to find my beautiful full box of chocolate was now chocolate soup
I ate them with a spoon trying to desperately to distinguish the individual flavours and crying my eyes out!!

empirerecordsrocked · 14/02/2017 18:42

I cried in a restaurant in France when the cooked my burger on the same fucking grill as dhs sardines. It was the only restaurant in the area that didn't do this and now it does.

I can't eat sardine infected burgers.

SummerHouse · 14/02/2017 18:44

Thanks wankers. I feel like a winner again. It was two steaks about 450 grams. Individual it is then they can be timed for individual taste right...

littleme2017 · 14/02/2017 18:46

A few years ago, on a Friday, had a crappy week at work. Had been looking forward to pizza all day. Ordered via the internet for delivery waited a few hours only for it never to turn up. Boyfriend suggested sticking a frozen pizza in the oven I hit the roof and had a full on tired, hangry screaming, crying fit. Ordered a chinese in the end which was a poor compromise but still food. We made it up for it the following week when they sent us a voucher and apologetic email.

SummerHouse · 14/02/2017 18:46

empire I hear that. Saw a burger on a menu with black pudding and thought " I will just take that out"

It was mixed into the burger

Why!?Sad

MrsRhubarb · 14/02/2017 18:51

I just roared because I lost an eBay auction. I accidentally just put the starting bid price in, not my maximum, and someone waltzed in an put down a quid more with one second to go. No time to do anything about it other than realise what a fucking idiot I was.

neveradullmoment99 · 14/02/2017 18:55

Like the recipe. Its always really good with a spot of mustard in the cheese sauce. My ultimate favourite is get a cheese and onion packet of crisps. Hammer it in the bag. Mix with some grated cheese and pop on the top. It is divine.

Helcl · 14/02/2017 19:07

Home alone on valentines - the OH is at football with bil. Anyone else home alone and cheesed off??

bangalanguk · 14/02/2017 19:08

I got very emotional that my cheese on toast was too well done when I was pregnant.

helloworld101 · 14/02/2017 19:10

It's like when my DH says let's have a takeaway then just as I have got on board with the idea and started dreaming of onion baji's he retracts the offer and says no lets be good..argh don't sow the seed then.... I am left wanting something I didn't know I wanted and now feel guilty about it!

LordPercy · 14/02/2017 19:13

I am crying with laughter at this thread. It's been great to show to DH too as he thinks I'm flakey and irrational and compared to all of you I'm SO not 😂😂😂

QuestionableMouse · 14/02/2017 19:20

I nearly murdered a woman over steak pie once. I'd been working outside in the cold and rain all day. Called into Asda on the way home for a few bits and decided that rather than cooking, I'd nip into the cafe and get something to eat. There was one slice of steak pie left and I decided it was exactly what I wanted.

Rude bloody woman pushed in and ordered my slice of pie. I wanted to kill her there and then but was slightly consoled by a roast chicken dinner.

Rude women and I ended up sitting quite close to each other and I had the pleasure of watching her pull the pie to bits, eat about three mouthfuls and then dump it all in the bin.

I cried a bit watching her.

supersop60 · 14/02/2017 19:24

At Easter, when I was about 10, I opened my egg, broke it into pieces, and went round the house sharing it with other family members. When I got back to the living room, my mum had eaten the piece I had left for myself. I didn't get any.
One Christmas I was late for lunch because boyfriend at the time liked to 'do the rounds ' of relatives, take cards, drink sherry etc. My mum just served everyone their meal, and I had to eat Christmas dinner on my own. Mostly bf's fault, but i was so upset - it's the best part of Xmas day.

LuluJakey1 · 14/02/2017 19:33

I understand OP. It is mne and DH's favourite tea. I have made it tonight for him for Valentine's Day .

Winemamma · 14/02/2017 19:41

I want mac and cheese now.

Once dropped an egg on the floor and burst into tears. I was pregnant at the time.

I am pretty clumsy though and always bang into things and often cry when I do like a baby.

Dominithecat · 14/02/2017 19:46

Ooh many years ago when kids were little, we were so far below the breadline I had nothing at all, for weeks every one of my meals was their leftovers. Now I can't stand baked beans but this meal had baked beans in it and fish fingers too which ain't my fave. So I took the remains off kids and put it all on one plate for me, walked through to living room, caught sleeve on door handle, threw plate and meagre contents on floor, plate shattered, food on carpet, cue me crying with snot and everything. I kneeled down to cry better and kneeled in the food.
So now most upset and bloody hungry and food and crockery on floor, so I did the only thing stupider. Really bawled and laid on floor so I could do it proper like.
Then of course I had to get up and clean it up before a kid stood in it, I went to bed soon after still hiccough sobbing. I didn't even like the damn food.

More recently OH said he would take me out for a meal, he came home too late, I ended up eating already from hunger, he still went out for a meal. The shit.

Bambilovespizza · 14/02/2017 19:46

A man on the bus gave out to me for opening a window and I sobbed..also when reading 3 yo dd a story called paper dolls..well the dolls only got cut up by a little brat of a boy..totally unexpected---- ..major sob reaction

CrazyCatLaydee123 · 14/02/2017 19:47

For my wedding meal we had a hot buffet. It was supposed to be a choice of meat pie, chicken curry, or chilli, with jacket, chips, or rice.

I was so looking forward to chilli and chips on my wedding day.

They'd cocked up the order anumber did lasagne instead of chilli.

I hate lasagne. Angry

justpeachy74 · 14/02/2017 19:54

I get it. I love Macaroni cheese. No one else in my house does so we don't make it.

Parky100 · 14/02/2017 19:58

@DontTouchTheMoustache

Crying with laughter over that story. This is a great thread.

FrostyPopThePenguinLord · 14/02/2017 20:01

I lost a highlighter at work yesterday...It was on my desk somewhere but I just couldn't find it....Cue my work colleagues walking in finding me in tears over this lost 50p pen of which we have thousands....

Adnerb95 · 14/02/2017 20:07

Talking about food disappointments. We were - I thought - going to a really fantastic restaurant a couple of miles away with family for my 60th birthday, so just my kind of celebration.

We drew up in a pub car park and I was told we were just going in for a drink first. On entering the pub, I stumble on a surprise party, organised in my honour!! Shock Shock Shock

Feeling terribly ungrateful, I had to fight back the tears as everyone whooped and hollered and grinned.

I am not keen on surprises and not a big fan of parties and I was REALLY looking forward to a superb meal, not a bloody pub buffet. 😞😞😞

sandyza · 14/02/2017 21:18

Oh god, this thread has had me in stiches!! Too many funny incidents to mention, but first two are food related...I had not been dating BF for long, he was cooking dinner for me, including stuffing. He said something about the hard bits?? I misheard & thought he had called me a hard bitch, & promptly burst into tears. He was confused, I certainly was, then we both had a good laugh about it, amongst my tears. Next foodie tear-jerker was at Christmas. Im pregnant...but this has no relevance really,these Miranda moments are so frequent...A friend bought me a big glass jar with yummy looking stuff in it, choc chips on top & other stuff. The label said enjoy this treat & I didn't question what the other stuff was. Added it to hot milk, it was a gloopy mess with white bits floating in it. Didn't like it...but persevered over next couple of days,having more. On Christmas day I texted her to ask if it was hot choc.No its cookie mixture, you just add the ingredients I wrote on the back of the label, as you've said you're not good at cooking. Turns out im not good at reading either...or identifying large lumps of flour in a milky chocolately stew!!!Thankfully this saga had me laughing alot, not crying. Other weepy sagas also included the natwest advert that used to be on TV, ( as someone else mentioned on here) baby to adult, especially poignant to me, as I thought I would never have kids, as BF didn't want a family, ( I did know this from the start.)That advert used to pull at my heartstrings. We now have a delightful DD aged 20months & a baby due next month. He changed his mind & we are celebrating 15 years together this year :) Last one I promise....I was a weeping mess after Christmas in Primark, as there I was with sleeping DD in buggy, & OH had my mobile by mistake so I couldn't tell him where I was. Staff were so kind...they got me a chair, glass of water & two tannoy announcements later, we found each other. It felt like an eternity waiting to be reunited again.

iwannapuppy · 14/02/2017 21:21

My over emotional moment was when I was pregnant. I had really bad baby brain and had the raging hump with DP about something but I couldn't remember what it was. He was laughing his head off and I was crying my eyes out because I couldn't remember why I was pissed with him.