AIBU, to ask you to share your first world problems here?

[Schooldilemma2345]

Ok, first of all I want to acknowledge that this is a lighthearted thread. I know there are much bigger issues to worry about at the moment but I’m feeling like the little things might just push me over the edge and I thought some of you might be feeling the same.

So, go ahead and vent here, this is a safe space to share your most first world problems, they can be as shallow and as inconsequential as you like- no judgement!

I’ll kick off with….

I just bought a new mascara and it’s got a sodding stickle brick for a wand- apparently that’s a thing and people actually find it effective- well I hate it and I haven’t got time to buy another one.

I’ve just found out that people actually have spread sheets to log their present buying- I think that would have been really useful as I can’t work out if my kids have got even/equivalent presents and it’s doing my head in. Too late now though. Would have been useful in November!

I’m sick of seeing super fit, smiley people sprinting around all bouncy, out running. I’ve had a cold for 3 weeks (deffo not covid) and I can’t find time to go for a run, plus I’m too ill. And, if I did, the cold air makes me cough and splutter and these people just make me feel inadequate.

Ok, your go..,,

The cardigan I wanted is out of stock in next, but I also couldn’t place an order from abroad anyway for some reason. Really really annoying - tried 3 times before giving up. Also wish they would do perfume for overseas delivery. I keep forgetting stuff from my shopping list.

Another one.

I am not happy with my choice of new sparkly jumper this year.

I have no Christmas events to attend. I bought a gorgeous sparkly top and have nowhere I can wear it. Thought I’d wear it for Christmas dinner but Omicron has wrecked my travel plans and I won’t get to see any family or friends over Christmas.

My house is a mess and I can’t face tidying up.

I bought the wrong batteries yesterday, now have to go and get more.

I need a wee and the loo is upstairs.

DH finally came up with an idea for a Christmas present. A new joystick!
Amazon are all out of stock of the decent ones. The only ones left have reviews like "Well, it was ok for the few weeks it worked, but then it broke. Shoddy."
Fear not, Curries have the one that's top rated in stock! Significantly more expensive than Amazon. Sigh, at least he can have it for Christmas.

DS2 tested positive for covid a few weeks ago, pushing the number of infected in his class over the threshold so they were all home learning for a bit. Did his ten days of isolation, went back to school and very shortly came down with a nasty chesty bug that isn't covid. Actual covid was like a mild cold with a very slight cough. If it hadn't been covid, he'd have been in every day as he really wasn't very ill at all. This one has had him up all night coughing like a 40-a-day smoker. I have swabbed that poor boys nose more times than is really fair. His first world problem is finding a blanket that wont keep falling off him as he squirms about on the sofa.

I have too much stuff. My house is cluttered and I can't find the motivation to clear it out because everything is useful and hardly used.

I've eaten all of the block of truffle cheese from Sainsbury's over the past week. I now have none left. I'm sad.

How difficult it is to handle my baby whilst wearing my Rolex. Really hard to put her down without risking scratching her head on the stainless steel strap. 😂 😂 shoot me now!

MIL bought me chocolates and I keep eating them. Doesn't she know I'm trying to not gain weight over Christmas? What a cow

I should have ordered the cheesecake. Not enjoying this pudding at all.

I know the feeling of having ordered the wrong pudding, commiserations!

@lockdownalli

I went to put my face mask on ahead of night out and found it was out of date (Sept 21)

I have put it on anyway and am now waiting for my face to fall off.

😆 Are you faceless?? Did you survive?? 😂

My cleaner just arrived to clean on Thursday, she was here for about 10 minutes when her son's school rang and said her ds had been sick on his table. She had to leave to collect him and had to keep him home Friday too. O was hoping for clean home as dd and sil.came today with dgc for early Xmas.

My dh took dog for walk and do of came back filthy. She is a white dog and now needs as scrub. As if we do do not have enough to do before Xmas. She was only at groomer on Tuesday. What was he thinking of letting her off lead in the rain as mud?

Morrison's delivery substituted Birdseye fish bites for fillets of pollock. Not even in bread crumbs or batter. No one will eat it and my 5 boxes of brandy snaps did not arrive. DH drove over to shop to get me some but none there either. I could have cried.

My beautiful clear glass bauble with little snow balls inside it and a wooden Eyore figurine laid over the top, that ive had for years and hangs beautifully on my tree along side all my other collected over the years Disney stuff slipped off the Christmas tree as I was hanging it on and smashed all over the floor. My Minnie Mouse figurine slipped out my hand as I was getting the decs in from the garage and also smashed all over the floor. Ive moved my Babies beautiful pink and blue glass memorial hummingbird decoration into the bedroom where it's carpeted to try and prevent any further disasters

We had new bed delivered in flat pack boxes. The delivery driver has obviously had it in and out of the van and there is a hole in the box where all the screws, nuts and bolts have fallen through!

The postman keeps sending parcels back to the sorting office, meaning I have to make a special trip to pick them up. The sorting office has changed its opening hours and are closed for two hours in the middle of the day, before re opening for two hours (just - why??). I have asked the postman repeatedly to leave parcels with my nice neighbours, but he just looks at me blankly.

This is seriously inconvenient!

@RainbowBabyForChristmasPlease I feel for your pain. happened to me before with the cats. search ebay for replacements. that's what I have done in the past

@Duchess379

I survived and the face pack worked a treat thanks

Loving everyone's First World Problem dramas.

@FangsForTheMemory

I need a wee and the loo is upstairs.

Don't you just hate that!

And nobody will ever do it for you

The third book in a series I enjoyed on Audible is not being made into an audiobook.

I had to buy all three books as I didn’t want to just have the third in the series on its own.

I can't buy my Christmas cheese til Christmas Eve and I am terrifed that Aldi will have run out of truffle brie...

I’m got bloody toothache and a tiny lump on my gum where I had a root canal earlier in the year. Looks like I’m going to have to call the dentist tomorrow 😩

I'm only going to the Maldives for 9 days because it was too expensive to go for two weeks

I do not yet have that Christmassy feeling and I'm sighing through every Christmas song

I bought a vintage cashmere jumper a few weeks ago

I carefully handwashed it as it had that ‘vintage’ smell on it

I left it on a towel,on the table to dry

I also put a whole load of ‘do not tumble dry’ clothes in the machine,said to my dp ‘don’t touch the clothes in the machine,I’ll sort it out when I get home’ and headed off to work

Only dickhead ‘didn’t hear me’ and once the cycle had finished he thought he’d do me ‘a favour’ and sling the whole lot into the dryer-the same dryer that seems have one temp-hotter than satans ball sack

He saw my jumper on the table,so for good measure,slung that in too

50% of the clothes where ok-just a bit creased but my beautiful brand new pencil skirt,pjs,slippers and another jumper where ruined (none of the cycle had any of his clothes in it for some random reason)

My beautiful,expensive vintage cashmere jumper?

It’s the size of a crisp packet

I cried and howled at him that he has to buy me another one as he ruined mine

‘Why?’ Came the answer as he genuinely can’t see what he did wrong as he ‘didn’t hear me’

He never normally touches the washer/dryer (with good reason!)

I’m in mourning over a jumper that I’ve never even worn-15/20 years someone has lovingly looked after that jumper

Half hour in my partners company and it would fit a newborn baby