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...to ask if you have ever broken anything in anger?

135 replies

mumspice · 16/02/2018 22:45

Prompted by another thread.

I once smashed nearly every plate in the house because yet again MIL had told me she was coming to visit even though I had said no it wasn't convenient. I had this strange reasoning that if I smashed all the plates she couldn't come because she'd have nothing to eat off.

In my defence I had just had my second mc and although MIL didn't know, she had spouted off about how the daughter of one of her friends must be "infertile" because she had mc.

DH had to hold me down before I started on the cups. And bless him, he cleared up every last shard. He also told MIL not to come and we went away for the weekend (to somewhere with plates!)

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AndInShortIWasAfraid · 17/02/2018 16:38

Smashed up DH's laptop after his mother called on Christmas day and asked when we were splitting up.

Smashed up my laptop a week after a miscarriage. Had an email from my manager to my personal account whilst signed off work. We had an infertility diagnosis so I never believed I would get pregnant.

Smashed a much loved Denby plate after miscarriage number two, four months after the first one.

BuzzKillington · 17/02/2018 16:47

No, never.

Have never known anyone else to either.

snotato · 17/02/2018 16:55

I broke a block of cheese in half and threw it at the wall once.that was not my finest moment.

DarthNigel · 17/02/2018 17:06

No, but I've very much wanted to.
My Mum once hurled a very heavy le creuset frying pan and its contents ( a full English breakfast) at my dad during a row. It missed him but landed on their stone kitchen floor and cracked a tile (the crack is still there). My dad looked at her calmly for about ten seconds and then picked up a sausage and ate it, which made her laugh (but it could have gone either way).

HandbagCrazy · 17/02/2018 17:17

Yes. I threw a a glass jug at my abusive ex during a fight. He was physically abusive and I think I had the idea that this might shock him enough to stop (it didn't work). I threw lots of things at him over the course of our relationship.

When I first met DH, we had a small argument and I was so angry but because with my ex it was never worth saying anything, I kept it in. He pushed and pushed for an explanation and I sort of exploded and threw my cup of tea on the floor where it shattered and burnt my feet.

Poor DH. At the time, I thought this was an ok outlet for anger as it was quite normal in my family (parents, grandparents, aunties, cousins). I wouldn't do it now and I'm so ashamed of how I was.

fourquenelles · 17/02/2018 17:29

I threw a mug onto the floor many, many, many years ago. It bounced. You have no idea how frustrating that was.

IHaveACuntingPlan · 17/02/2018 17:37

I jumped up & down on the cd player when it kept saying there was no disc, even though there was a disc. I smashed it up into tiny pieces and threw it in the bin.

ScreamingValenta · 17/02/2018 17:41

I once ripped an Argos catalogue up as a way of venting my frustration Blush. It was in the days when they were larger than they are now so took some doing!

Cranberrywensleydale · 17/02/2018 17:43

Yes I have!!

Loonyluna16 · 17/02/2018 17:45

Threw a plate at the wall after coming off the phone with my DM after she told me I was going to kill my dad ( she has depression and ptsd. Her issues were not getting resolved at the time and she had a drinking problem all better now) put a hole in the wall. Partner was awesome too and ran me a bath and fixed the hole in the wall and cleaned up after me. Felt horrible after but it's never happened since

holasoydora · 17/02/2018 17:50

I once threw a packet of dark chocolate digestive biscuits at my brother. Some probably broke.

And I once threw a pot of hummus at my husband. It didn't break but hummus went all over the carpet, which would have annoyed him more than it breaking.

GetSchwifty · 17/02/2018 17:56

The stupid steam mop. It’s such a pain to use, I wanted a simple one and my husband went out and got the one he wanted. He never uses it! I was pregnant and pissed off and slammed the head on the kitchen floor. I’ve never used it since.

PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks · 17/02/2018 17:58

Cups, but then realised I couldn't put them back together, so never again.

pollythedolly · 17/02/2018 17:59

I once threw a packet of dark chocolate digestive biscuits at my brother. Some probably broke.

And I once threw a pot of hummus at my husband. It didn't break but hummus went all over the carpet, which would have annoyed him more than it breaking.

Sacrilege!!! Grin

Chrisinthemorning · 17/02/2018 18:00

Yes I threw a book at a picture and smashed it. I had just found out our unborn baby had trisomy 21 and so we were going to tfmr. I’m not normally given to violence (beyond the odd cushion!)

lanbro · 17/02/2018 18:02

I once threw a whole lasagne across the kitchen after stbxh finally came home from the pub and complained that I'd 'only' made lasagne...had a newborn and 18mo at the time and he did sweet fa, ever, hence he's now ex

SingleTakenOliviaBenson · 17/02/2018 18:04

I broke my foot when I was about 11 by stamping up and down in a fit of anger 🙈 can't remember what I was angry about, but I remember the embarrassment of being asked how I broke it....

XmasInTintagel · 17/02/2018 18:04

When I was about 5, I was annoyed with my DM, I forget why, but she was generally really strict, so it may have been that she had kept my lunch for tea as I didn't eat enough if it..

She told me to throw some stale bread out for the birds. I took it, and threw the whole lot, plate and all, and it smashed on the patio.

I pretended it was an accident, and looked shocked (that was easy, I was a bit horrified as soon as I'd done it!). So I got away with it without being in trouble

GreenTulips · 17/02/2018 18:04

My nan saved broken cups and plates and let the kids smash them when they hey were angry!

I commented on the other thread because there's a company in America where you pay to smash up a room or crocks - or even something personal belonging to an ex

Sounds like a great idea for stress relief

holasoydora · 17/02/2018 18:05

Polly looking back I am surprised that a pot of hummus I was holding had so much left in it Grin

falsepriest · 17/02/2018 18:07

Lobbed many a Terry's Chocolate Orange at the wall, the difficult yet delicious twats.

ReanimatedSGB · 17/02/2018 18:10

I've sometimes thought about it. When DS is being exasperating about finishing another level on a game, the idea of taking the console and trashing it sometimes crosses my mind. But, TBH, the idea also makes me feel slightly sick. I've seen some of those horrible, horrible videos on Youtube of parents destroying their kids' belongings as a punishment and they haunt me a bit.

TemporarySign · 17/02/2018 18:14

I punched a wall once. And when I was 6 I used to throw tantrums that involved destruction, but then I realised I was losing my favourite toys and books that way and stopped.

My father was into destroying and throwing things when he got cross. It seriously scared the hell out of me when I was a child.

There may be occasional good reasons for it, but in general people who can't control their anger are not people I'd want to hang around.

ZigZagIntoTheBlue · 17/02/2018 18:41

I've slammed a door so hard the handle broke off Blush I've been pretty bad at chucking and slamming things tbh, I didn't realise how bad until dd1 starting doing similar and i was mortified. I've done a parenting course now and am much much better!

MrsJonesAndMe · 17/02/2018 18:57

I threw a remote against a wall - it was just the end of my tether with an ex. Since we've parted ways, I've never again done anything like it.

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