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Life's little disappointments?

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IsChippyMintonExDirectory · 21/04/2014 18:43

Today I had a Krispy Kreme donut for the first time. Bleurgh. £1.25 of mediocre-ness. I thought it would be a little slice of heaven.

Also disappointing:
Lukewarm baths when you know that no amount of adding hot water will make it hot enough
The cherry blossom tree in the front garden refusing to blossom with the rest of the street
Not fitting into your pre-baby clothes despite being back to your pre-baby weight (stupid widened hips!)
When you order a curry or sticky toffee pudding and it has the nerve to contain raisins.

Any more?

OP posts:
Blamenargles · 22/04/2014 14:22

Magimedi- what it's not blue Blush

treaclesoda · 22/04/2014 14:40

Recording something using the series link on Sky + only to discover that somewhere along the way, the link stopped working so you don't have all the episodes, and you can't find the missing ones repeated anywhere. Angry

FruitOwl · 22/04/2014 14:49

Great sitcoms that were far too short e.g. The Office, Fawlty Towers, Spaced

The Sex and the City movies.

Overcooked steaks.

Doing laundry on a sunny morning and then it starts raining when you're ready to hang it out.

Vicious and persistent wasps at a picnic.

Rain on a much needed sunshine holiday.

Most bridesmaids dresses.

OH not liking the Beatles.

Aah, that was cathartic!

MorrisZapp · 22/04/2014 14:52

Gambling with catch up tv and losing.

The only Mini Magnum left is the white one.

Looking forward to a magic time with a good friend and they say is it ok if Sarah comes. Fuck off, Sarah.

Books and films with brilliant beginnings, meh middles, and unfeasibly shit endings.

When you don't know your dinner partner well enough to ask them to even up the blatantly unfair distribution of chips.

MorrisZapp · 22/04/2014 14:53

Separate category required for the SATC movies.

With subdivisions.

crazykat · 22/04/2014 14:58

Buying something that you really like only to eat it and finding the recipe changed or something added/taken out and its awful.

Just getting comfy in bed, just about to fall asleep and toddler ds wakes up.

edamsavestheday · 22/04/2014 14:59

Grin Morris, 'fuck off Sarah' and unfair distribution of chips ring very true.

As a commuter, my most aggravating little disappointment is the miracle of my train being on time, and the tube also being on time, only for some fecker to pull the cord on the district line train in front of mine... it was so close to being a decent journey as advertised, why did someone have to be ill? (OK, it might be unreasonable, but a journey where both trains and tubes all run as advertised is quite a rare thing IME.)

Naicecuppatea · 22/04/2014 15:45

Making and looking forward to eating the most delicious lunch only for your two small DC who have already eaten to take a huge liking to it, strange creatures love olives, smoked salmon and anchovies.

Getting a longed for weekend away with no children and anticipating the luxurious lie ins only for your eyes to ping open at 6:30am each morning, despite copious amounts of alcohol the night before.

JerseySpud · 22/04/2014 15:47

When the kids are asleep and you think that its going to be a wonderful night.

Then one wakes up and then the other. And the cat goes doolally.

Deathraystare · 22/04/2014 15:57

I'm with you on bland tomatoes , soggy sandwiches (UGH).

I used to pass a fairly chi chi little cake shop and fancied the meringue that was as big as my head. I ignored the little voice that said most shop bought meringue is rock hard and not lovely and chewy. It was horrible! M&S make quite nice ones, so do Waitrose.

Mascara that does nothing for your lashes. Infact, although you curl your lashes, it ends up looking like you have not done so and in fact makes them straight and I end up looking worse than without mascara!!

Nail varnish that streaks. It may be the operator though (me!).

Just getting comfy and nice in bed and I have to get up :(

Also like one of the other posters said - when you have just put a wash on and there is one item left - normally a sock. Damn it!!!

When trying to get to the ice cream and the supermarket i stocking up and has a trolly in the way (and they are no where in sight). I really cannot be bothered to wait.

When iplayer freezes. When Utube freezes.

When you are vegetarian, thought you read the label and the jelly pot contains gelatine. You have already had a bite.....

The lemon meringue ice cream I had (yes I do like meringue-how did you guess??) which was too sweet. I love a rather sharper lemon.

When a jacket/dress/top fits but NOT around the boobs. Blasted things!

When knickers/leggins/trousers roll down to expose my tum.

And yes, those pesky wasps!!!

boofted · 22/04/2014 16:02

Series linking the whole of Homeland season 2 and sitting down to watch it to discover you have recorded the whole of HomeFRONT.

Strawberries

Burning the last bit of bread in the house.

Having something in my head I want to write down on MN and having to stop to listen to DS rabbiting on about some daft thing he's made, thus forgetting what I was going to say.

When jelly in a trifle doesn't "fart"

Deathraystare · 22/04/2014 16:08

Boofted - HOme front Ha ha ha!

I make sure I make the jelly thicker so it really farts!!!

Another one - I rarely watch tv so of course I keep missing things I actually want to watch. I missed jason and the Argonauts on Thursday. I keep having to watch the various foreign police stuff on Iplayer as I forget to watch on tv.

OneLittleLady · 22/04/2014 16:20

When something looks great on the hanger/someone else and looks shit on you

Stale bread when all you want is a nice, soft, cheese sandwich

Discovering your last pair of tights is laddered

One of your favourite socks disappearing

Getting snapchats/texts/phonecalls/whatsapps of other people's nights out but never being invited

realising that you just don't have that many friends Sad

Looking forward to a nice cup of tea after a long day out and getting home to find there's no milk so you have to go out to the corner shop before you can have your well deserved brew

Sparklingbrook · 22/04/2014 16:22

Picking up the wrong sort of something at the shops. Like accidently buying Light Ribena, even though you were convinced you picked the right one up. Sad

unlucky83 · 22/04/2014 16:40

Washing machines and socks ...you need one like mine (Bosch Exxcel) - you can press the button and it says 'yes' stops the cycle, unlatches the door and lets you put that stray sock in ...
(except for the first time ever the other day it said 'no' Sad ...but then left it another few seconds and it decided to play nicely again and said 'yes'Smile )

boofted · 22/04/2014 17:24

Deathraystare so that's the secret to farting jelly! Thank you. Grin One less disappointment.

Sparklingbrook I hate when that happens.

Wearing a new jacket and thinking you look cool until you turn a corner in Sainsburys and an old lady is wearing an identical one.

rodgette · 22/04/2014 20:14

scenerio's like this evening, DH only uses the tumble dryer every blue moon...
returned after an hour of putting it on to then find out someone [dc] have dropped half a chocolate easter egg in it [wtf???????]...
chocolate coated laundry and a 30 minute clean up job, TRIFFIC :(

NCFTTB · 22/04/2014 20:15

Peaches and nectarines that never ripen

New Years Eve - most definitely!

rodgette · 22/04/2014 20:17
  • scenario's where you cannot spell anymore ......
ShabbyChic8 · 22/04/2014 20:21

Those cakes you buy in a box, you make up the mix, bake them then ice them and put the rice paper tom and Jerrys on top. I had such good memories of them as a child but as a grown up they are actually disgusting, cardboardy, sugary and a bit soggy. Eurgh!

punygod · 22/04/2014 20:30

Avocados you need to cut with a bandsaw. 'Ripe n ready' my arse.

Fish and chips when the oil hasn't been hot enough and the batter is yellow and soggy inside.

When you leave a cup of tea with the last inch in it and somebody 'helpfully' clears it away. The helpful bastards, I love that last inch.

When there's no fresh coffee in the morning.

When you get all snuggled up in bed and realise you need a wee.

When all your family come round and you realise you don't much like them.

Seeing a photograph of yourself caught off guard and realise, actually, you're not getting away with that extra stone.

When the bacon tips over from crispy into burnt.

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 22/04/2014 20:41

Taking a sip of your tea and finding it's actually coffee! Yuk, even if you like coffee...

Kerfuffled · 22/04/2014 20:42

Uncracked pistachio nuts.

306235388 · 22/04/2014 20:54

Hot chocolates every time. I think they'll be lovely, they are always shit.

A crap takeaway when it's your treat for the week.

Scones that aren't home-made.

Drizzle.

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