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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 Angry 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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QueenofLouisiana · 28/04/2017 19:56

I had the read Once there were Giants in KS1 assembly at 32 weeks. I realised that my unborn baby would grow up and be a real person and do all these growing up things.

Assembly had to finish abruptly so I could go and sob in the loo. Fortunately my understanding colleagues did a long playtime while I had a cup of tea and biscuits.

user1474460381 · 28/04/2017 19:57

These are brilliant and makes me feel less like a loon for my pregnancy breakdowns.

My worst was when I was around 30 weeks pregnant and I'd asked DP to put beef & veg in the slow cooker when I was at work, I'd already prepped everything and there was just enough for the two of us. Before I left work DP called me to say his friend had broken up with his partner so he'd invited him for dinner with us. I lost it. I was absolutely sobbing, furious that DP was giving my dinner away. I cried all the way home and just about pulled myself together by the time I arrived. I looked in the slow cooker and DP had added extra veg to the pot for his friend but it was so chunky it hadn't cooked enough. I broke down again, even worse than the 1st time.

BGJ43 · 28/04/2017 20:04

I was completely befuddled whilst working night shift and cried because I got stuck behind the bin lorry - I wasn't even in a rush....

MinniesAndMickeysNeedCounting · 28/04/2017 20:05

I'd made a lovely full English for bunch, we were eating in the lounge, so plates on knee, the phone rang, I got up to answer it but said watch my dinner, it was blasted new windows/you've been involved in a accident type call

When I came back around 20 seconds later the dog was eating the rest of my breakfast/ lunch, I was still holding the phone and threw it on the sofa in a mood, but im a rubbish throw it seems and it nearly hit him.

I can't even blame hormones, I wasn't pregnant, I just really like my food Blush

cowssheephens · 28/04/2017 20:06

I also think it should have been worded tantrum not meltdown.

Cagliostro · 28/04/2017 20:08

I nearly cried the other week because I'd asked DH to get me a smoothie and he couldn't find any decent ones and brought home a carton of Happy Monkey drinks.

I got my BFP that afternoon :o

MinniesAndMickeysNeedCounting · 28/04/2017 20:09

Sorry, meant I'd asked DH to watch it, you wouldnt know who him was

muckypup73 · 28/04/2017 20:12

MarklahMarklah, I have a son that has meltdowns, he screams for hours on end, he hits us,pulls hair,scractches (sorry gauges) bites at times, throws things at us, he once split myhead open with he threw a pair of scissors at my head, the other day he tried booting me down the stairs.

He will try and kill himself when he has a bad meltdown and we are constantly walking on eggshells, when people have a wine or a cry and or a child has a tantrum and people say meltdown instead of tantrum or cry, then it actually trivalises what genuine meltdowns are, if that makes sense, I dislike to see the word bandied around like its nothing.

Pollyanna9 · 28/04/2017 20:15

I never had any meltdowns but just became incredibly scatty. Locked myself out my house (Yale type lock) several times. Got home from work one day, parked the car up, looked out the window later in the evening and thought Christ, where's my car gone? It wasn't gone, I'd forgotten to put the handbrake on and it had sedately and with no damage whatsoever rolled backwards and beautifully into the parking spice directly opposite!

Your meltdown tales have made me smile tonight!!! I too agree, this is what the toddler's world must be like mustn't it - emotions you can't control and don't understand!

NeedANewTattoo · 28/04/2017 20:15

At about 7 months pregnant I called my husband who had gone on a rare trip to the pub.
ME: (sobbing) The elephant is dead!
DH: we haven't got an elephant????

We had been watching a wildlife programme each night which had a baby elephant in who died in the final episode.
I sobbed for about 2 hours.

Mossy83 · 28/04/2017 20:19

I had a pregnancy meltdown when the IKEA delivery driver knocked on the door but didn't give me enough time to answer it. By the time I got to the door he was driving away! I sobbed to DH about it for a good 30 mins - "What kind of person would do that to a pregnant lady" I cried.

HemanOrSheRa · 28/04/2017 20:22

The elephant is dead! SadGrin

LadyMaryofDownt0n · 28/04/2017 20:25

Omg these are great!

When I was 38 weeks pregnant DH farted really loudly & it stank so bad, really really bad, so bad that I cried uncontrollably for ages. That fart actually gave me physical pain I was so emotional about it.

DH still laughs about it & wears it like a medal of honour!

Hoppinggreen · 28/04/2017 20:32

I went to visit a client while 7 months pg. when I arrived I had had trouble parking and was slightly late, harassed and needed a wee.
I rushed to the clients office and as I arrived he asked me how I was.
BIG mistake - I replied "imreallyhotandmyfeethurtandicouldntparksohadtowalkforagesandimreallyhungryandineedaWEE" and began to cry!!!!
He was absolutely amazing and his lovely secretary took me to the loo while he made me a cup of tea and bought me a glass of water and a biscuit
His wife had recently had a baby so I think he understood.

Twinkletowedelephant · 28/04/2017 20:36

Tesco refused to sell me butterscotch angel delight ( barcode didn't register) I was 9 months pregnant and just broke down in the middle of the checkouts...they had to find me a chair and everything

Babypassport · 28/04/2017 20:39

About 5 months pregnant and at a naice restaurant with DH's family. Ordered duck with sauce and it was served looking absolutely gorgeous. Then I realised I'd forgotten to ask for it well done and the idea of the chef having to scrape off the sauce and stick it back in the pan was just too much for me and I started blubbing uncontrollably.

Of course the chef was happy to sort it out and I shovelled it all in, red-eyed and still snivelling slightly.

GreenHillsSunnySkies · 28/04/2017 21:02

Muckypup How very presumptuous. You have no idea what I have lived with or do live with.

To my knowledge, other than within the nuclear power industry, there is no special meaning behind the word ‘meltdown’ beyond the dictionary ones that say it’s a loss of emotional control. And that is what I am seeing described here, losses of emotional control be they hormonal or triggered by a specific occurrence. If the word has been appropriated as the sole preserve in clinical terms of some special interest group associated with a specific condition/disorder, it’s the first I’ve heard of it.

muckypup73 · 28/04/2017 21:04

GreenHillsSunnySkies, golly, in fact wow!

muckypup73 · 28/04/2017 21:05

If you had cared enough to even read further on and understand it, perhaps you would have got what I was saying! GreenHillsSunnySkies

seeingdouble2 · 28/04/2017 21:07

The film was Chappie Smile

Primadonnagirl · 28/04/2017 21:07

muckypup I'm really really sorry to read about your situation, but you can't " own" a particular word. I think you know people are not belittling your circumstances.

Not been pregnant but once had huge PMT strop when on way to lunch with parents in law and looking forward to a roast and found out they were buying fish and chips instead.

50shadesofknackered · 28/04/2017 21:15

I was about 6 months pregnant with dc1. I was at my mum's house with my sister and niece who was watching the kids programmes. Clifford the big red dog came on and after listening to the first few lines of the theme song i burst out crying and sobbed hysterically for about half an hour. I literally couldn't stop. Clifford needed Emily u see and she loved him soooooooo much he grew to giant proportions BlushHmm Everytime i thought of that bloody song (which was quite often) throughout my pregnancy i burst into bloody tears, no matter where i was or what i was doing! Bloody Clifford!!!Confused

karmacoma1 · 28/04/2017 21:17

Also lost my shit on a night out whilst pregnant

Minesril · 28/04/2017 21:19

Smashthelookingglass -sounds like 'chappie'? Incredibly sad moment in a very sad film.
"Mummy they threw fire even though i said please!"

karmacoma1 · 28/04/2017 21:20

Sorry didn't finish the rest.

Lost my shit On a night out whilst pregnant. Looked at everyone drinking and enjoying themselves and was so angry that I was designated driver, I stormed off and drove home, and texted husband to tell him he could stay at his friends as I didn't want him at home 😳😳😳

So embarrassing now! Those hormones are crazy

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