@Blondeshavemorefun - caramel, I was 17, family had gone away and I was house and fish sitting. I had made caramel in a tin with condensed milk at home dozens of times. Was making it at family’s home and tin exploded forcing pan lid up and saucepan jumped off stove onto the floor. It wasn’t a heavy enough pan and electric hob instead of gas so got too hot I think. I spent 4 hours cleaning it all up and still missed bits, it flew everywhere, I bought a new ceiling tile and fitted it and told MB that I would replace the tile, she said she hated the tiles and was a good reason to get Lino! I’ve made it many times since, never happened since.
Flooding, I was 19, working for a widowed father looking after a 2 year old and a baby, mum died 3 months before. It was a harrowing job, the 2 year old was very hard work for obvious reasons, screamed for hours when dad left, wouldn’t eat for me, refused to talk to me. One day about 3 weeks into the job he came in to the kitchen where I was running the tap to do the washing up, took my hand and pulled me to the stairs, I picked up baby and went up with him, he sat on his bedroom floor and said ‘play with me, please’ so I did! I hadn’t turned the tap off fully and 2 hours later came down to a flooded kitchen.
Did virtually the same thing 2 weeks later but where water was flowing through the overflow before, some of the sealant had peeled away so when I came back down 5 minutes later, the bottom cupboards were soaked, nowhere near as much water the second time and I got it cleaned up before DB got home. I did tell him about the sealant though. Thankfully DB was forgiving! Was there for almost 6 years.
The children are now 33 and 32 and I spent the day with them yesterday.
@redstapler - the sink, I was standing to the left of the sink and dropped the potato masher over the edge into the sink and it cracked, it’s not like I hit it with a hammer. The floor tile and saucepans was the same accident.
But you may be right, given my mum has a terminal neurological disease, it could well be something in that.
Although I haven’t broken anything in the last 11 years.