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Had a meltdown at the stupidest thing... (light hearted)

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pinkiepie1 · 28/04/2017 13:51

Pregnant totally fed up and dh bought stuffed crust pepperoni pizza, he even put it in oven did chips all while input my feet up... (dd at nursery till 3 so only time I really get.)

Back to the story so I didn't have a drink so took four attempts to get my elephant bum off of the settee and waddle into the kitchen.
I heard something next thing I walk into the room and the fucking dog has taken my pizza then I act like a 3 year old, actually that's insulting to a 3 year old! And burst into tears not wanting to eat anything else just sat sobbing. Dh comes running in and gives me the rest of his pizza, I didn't want to take it but he swore on my life he was full... I still think he likes me enough not to tempt fate with saying that kind of shit lol.

So the dog is no longer my friend, my dh is my hero for giving me his last slice of pizza(almost equivalent to last rolo lol) and I feel like a complete idiot.

Has anyone else pregnant or not had a breakdown over something so stupid???
Please don't let me be the only one lol

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thenewaveragebear1983 · 28/04/2017 16:26

The John Lewis Christmas advert (I was preg with ds in 2011, it was the one with the 'let me get what i want' song) had me crying virtually every time the advert came on.

With ds2, I cried because there were no tuna sandwiches in tesco, and when I eventually got one from sainsbury's it wasn't fishy enough so I cried again, in the car.

With ds 1 I had terrible smell aversions and for days I could smell this musty water smell. Eventually I tracked it down to a little pool of water in the cutlery drawer where droplets were gathering when cutlery was put away wet. I was pretty chuffed with myself; when dh came home I told him excitedly about it and he was like - cue massive meltdown, may have even threatened to leave and live at my parents'.
To be fair, I'm still pretty proud of my sniffer dog skills that day.

EJREsMum · 28/04/2017 16:27

I remember having a melt down in a shop because a cuddling toy was so cute and I didn't have the money to buy it!

And I really needed it...

2bluestars · 28/04/2017 16:28

I imagine this is how toddlers experience life lol.

I share your pain with the dog, I had made myself a jacket potato once at the end of a very long hard day. Went and turned tv on, came back into kitchen and the bloody dog had scoffed the whole thing. I cried and cried.

When I cried at the traffic warden who gave us a ticket my OH had to intervene...

Waddlelikeapenguin · 28/04/2017 16:31

Pregnant with DD1 I sobbed uncontrollably at a a beer advert about people being refused entry to a club so they all left

With DS we were at the zoo & watched the baby gibbon fall from 10 metres up - the whole (gibbon!) family rushed to him & he was passed from uncle to uncle into his mother's arms. I had to lean on DH to keep standing! (I am NOT pregnant & typing that is making me well up )

With DD2 I sobbed because I was in the toilet all the time the only two times the baby chimpanzee was visible

I know we spend a lot of time at the zoo

RosieBdy · 28/04/2017 16:44

Definitely normal...
I remember when pregnant with DS I had cravings for McDonalds strawberry milkshakes. I used to pop in to the drive through on the way home from work.
One day I went and stopped at the top of the hill to drink it, to find they'd given me vanilla by mistake! I was in floods of tears, drove back and explained and the poor boy on the drive through window was just and quickly gave me a strawberry one to get rid of the mad, tearful woman in front of him!
Happy days!

IHeartDodo · 28/04/2017 16:49

I was super-stressed near the end of my Masters degree, and once when my poor boyfriend was round I cried because "he hugged me wrong"
Not pregnant, just extreme stress, and anxiety. Poor boy was so confused, but he's still here lol.

Crazyvaperlady · 28/04/2017 16:55

I once rang my best friend at 2am (pregnant with DS) sobbing uncontrollably because I needed some ice to chew, and the ice tray was taking too long to freeze. Poor girl drove all the way to Tesco to get me 2 bags...

muckypup73 · 28/04/2017 16:59

Not a meltdown, your hormonal you cried xx People that use the word meltdown lessen what a meltdown actually is because people just bandy the word around which is unfair to people that actually suffer meltdowns.

EssentialHummus · 28/04/2017 17:00

21 weeks here. I cried recently watching the trailer to "A dog's purpose" because I thought that if I went to see it - which I've no intention of doing - I would cry all the way through. So I basically started crying at the idea of crying .

Early in the pregnancy I cried because a Japanese person in Japan spoke to me in Japanese.

Pyjamaface · 28/04/2017 17:04

When I was pregnant I sobbed for a full 15 minutes because my hot chocolate had gone cold.

It had gone cold because I had spent the previous hour in a strop with DP so I was pretending he didn't exist and, therefore, neither did the hot choc he had made me .

Borntoflyinfirst · 28/04/2017 17:06

I had a hissy fit over a baked potato once. I was very hormonal. My DH was very confused. My dsis had to point out we could pop to co-op and buy more rather than have me cry about it!

Shitalopram · 28/04/2017 17:10

Yes, I had a dream that I gave birth to a litter of puppies whilst pregnant (see batshit dreams thread) and I was so tearful the next day because I had been disappointed in my puppies and I thought this meant I was going to be a disloyal mother.

I also cried when my great aunt sent me a baby outfit in the post that had a sticky out taffeta skirt because I didn't want my child to have her photo taken in it

Everytimeref · 28/04/2017 17:17

The last time I had a mElton down was when went whale watching and I missed the whale because I was on wrong side of bottom. Think I cried for hours. Wish I could blame hormones but no it was poor disappointment.

DuggeeHugs · 28/04/2017 17:17

Last night I cried (quietly) at the local takeaway.

DS, 20 mo, has had a very poorly tummy for the last 10 days and in my 28 week pregnant, smell sensitive state, it's left me feeling exhausted. Add to that a tantrum at bedtime and I was feeling very sorry for myself.

For want of other options I told DH I had to have my favourite comfort food takeaway and called the order in. He wanted food from elsewhere en route so I said I'd pick it up on the way to get mine.

All went well until I arrived to collect my food. Apparently, they'd run out of paneer so couldn't make my favourite meal. I was crushed internally and I think it showed, I'd been relying on this treat! I accepted they would make a version using 'cheese' and sat down to wait, unobtrusively wiping my tears whilst trying to get a grip!

Totally ridiculous to get upset about it - my hormones have a lot to answer for

Everytimeref · 28/04/2017 17:18

melt down.

MarklahMarklah · 28/04/2017 17:25

Not when pregnant, but when I got home after an EMCS, and with a jaundiced baby that wanted hourly feeds.
DMIL had prepared some meals for us and left them in the fridge. I was starving as I was breastfeeding and the veggie meals at the hospital were not up to much.
DH had cooked the prepared meal (heated up, added some savoury rice he'd made) and done drinks. I'd hauled myself onto the sofa to sit beside him and eat whilst watching DIY SOS.
As I sat down and got the plate sorted comfortably, DD started crying to be fed. So I put the plate on the arm of the sofa, DH got her out of the cot and I sat with her in one arm, trying to eat with just a fork.
The programme had me in tears from about 10 seconds in. I dropped the food from my fork onto my foot (sore and swollen - some sort of post-CS side effect). At which point one of our cats leaped onto my foot, sat on it and ate the food, biting my toes.
I laughed, cried and snotted everywhere.

GreenHillsSunnySkies · 28/04/2017 18:20

muckypup Not a meltdown, your hormonal you cried xx People that use the word meltdown lessen what a meltdown actually is because people just bandy the word around which is unfair to people that actually suffer meltdowns.

^ Come on now, this can't be for real.

My most memorable pregnancy meltdown was over a mars bar. I had to have one in the house in case I needed it. One night just before going to bed went to put something away in the cupboard where my emergency mars bar was kept and it wasn't there. I then remembered eating the last one the day before and had forgotten to replace it when out shopping. Inconsolable sobbing ensued. No convenience stores near us that stayed open after 7pm in those days so he had to do a 40 mile roundtrip drive out to the motorway services to get me a mars bar.

Angelicinnocent · 28/04/2017 18:24

Not during pregnancy but when DH went back to work and left me at home with a screaming, non sleeping 2 week old DS. Came home with my favourite chocolate to cheer me up and I flew off the handle that I was so fat now he thought I'd be stuffing my face with chocolate. Rage lasted about 5 minutes until I collapsed in tears.

karmacoma1 · 28/04/2017 19:18

I cried when 32 weeks pregnant because husband offered to buy a takeaway, I had a look at justeat, and was so overwhelmed by the choice I started bawling 😳

howmuchplease · 28/04/2017 19:22

I am like this sometimes and I'm not even pregnant...

HemanOrSheRa · 28/04/2017 19:30

He he! It's funny how a lot of these are food related .

averagebear has just reminded me of 'funny smells' meltdown. Throughout most of my pregnany I could smell burnt matches and cat poo . When it first started I made DP get down on his hands and knees and sniff the floor. When he said he couldn't smell cat poo at all I became very distressed . I could not be persuaded otherwise so he had a shampoo the carpets.

I'd wake him up in the night saying 'I can smell burning! Burning matches!' And make him search all over for the source of the smell whilst I sat in bed crying. Bless him, he did it every time .

weeblueberry · 28/04/2017 19:36

I once broke down in tears in Sainsbury's because their salad bar was broken and empty. The poor bloke pointed to the tubs of coleslaw and I gave him the FILTHIEST look I've ever given anyone.

NorksAreMessy · 28/04/2017 19:40

I need to know that the baby gibbon was OK
Need!

muckypup73 · 28/04/2017 19:45

GreenHillsSunnySkies, you have no idea what it is like to live with people that actually have meltdowns! and I mean meltdowns,not tantrums.

MarklahMarklah · 28/04/2017 19:51

mucky I was just coming back to say that - I have a friend who genuinely does have meltdowns (has autism and gets sensory overload). I don't think anyone was being intentionally disparaging, it's perhaps an unfortunate figure of speech.

In a sleep-deprived/hormonal state, every little thing can be overwhelming, and the feeling of losing control over things is horribly upsetting, however brief that loss of control is. Whilst it doesn't compare to a 'meltdown' per se, if perhaps offers some insight into the struggles that some people have daily.

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