Every house has its own set of rules, of which you must abide by when you enter. Still, it's pretty much agreeable by everyone it's probably not best to use someone's refrigerator as a toilet.
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You'd think that wouldn't need to be said, but as it turns out, yes, yes it does.
Reddit user, u/aug66matt, wanted you to share the slippiest-of-ups when they asked;
What is a f-ck up you did in other people's homes, but didn't tell the person?
Excellent Cover
GiphyAs a drunk teen I puked in a kitchen sink and couldn't get it to go down plug, So I filled sink with plates (clean from cupboard) and then left it.
Then I joined in the "oh that is disgusting who would do that?" conversation at school.
Do The Best You Can With What You Have
When my brother was 13, he had chilli dogs for the first time at a friend's sleepover and they upset his stomach in the night. He held on until he thought everyone was asleep and went to toilet and sh@t his guts out. Problem. No toilet paper. However, there was a basket of face flannels so he decided he'd do his best with one of those.
Showing a wisdom beyond his tender years, he knew it was best not to try and flush a flannel down the toilet so he shoved it out of the window and went back to bed.
In the morning, the flannel was discovered stuck sh-tside down on the glass roof of the conservatory, where everyone was gathered for breakfast. I don't think he ever owned up.
An Alarm Clock
While they were busy in the kitchen getting dinner ready, I sat down at their grand piano to play a little.
With the first chord I struck, their cat leaped from the inside of the instrument and ran off down the hallway. (Apparently, the inside of the piano is their cat's "secret place" for sleeping!)
A Bath for The Ages
My mom did this as a teen... she went over to a big party in a trailer (that's where the host lives) and she went to the bathroom and broke the toilet flusher and the toilet wouldn't stop flushing and my mom ended up flooding the whole trailer
That's Gonna Make The Next Holiday Really Awkward
Took my cousins birthday gift to go out and play with it (some sort of toy that you spin and it flies for a bit) and it got stuck in a tree. Couldn't get it down.
Lucky for me, the package came with two of them, and it was some cheap-ass toy so it's not that horrible. Now what is horrible is that I was 17 at the time and my cousins were 4. I played with, and lost a 4 year old's toy at 17.
At Least You Learned Your Lesson?
Mistook a laundry hamper for a trash can. Threw a tampon in it.
Realized my mistake when I was over there again a week later.
Video Game Party Foul
GiphyOnce I was at my friends house (not friends anymore) we where playing Super Smash Bros on the Wii and he went to go take a dump. I kept playing. The Wii went into an error screen, he had the Wii for years.
So I thought, why don't I reset it?
I reset all the data, by turning it on, and putting it to factory settings, I was 9 at the time so I had no idea what I was doing. It was a major f-ck up, he had a lot of saved data on that Wii.
But...Why?
Years ago my cousin and her husband had bought a new house and spent over a year renovating the whole house.
They decided to do the kitchen last as it wasn't that bad, the kitchen had just been finished in time for them to go on holiday.
So her younger brother(at the time he was in his late twenties) was asked to house sit while they were away, as some appliance had not been received and the kitchen fitters were coming back.
My cousin phoned her brother to see if it had arrived and he said "yeah enjoy your holiday".
Between this phone-call and them coming back from holiday my cousins brother had washed some clothes and needed to dry his jeans, so instead on using the nice new tumble dryer he decided to use the microwave.
The nice new kitchen was reduced to a burnt wreck, as after he popped them in the microwave he went to the shop, and came back to the kitchen on fire.
I asked him why he put them in the microwave?
He replied " I needed them to dry quick"
Still to this day don't know if he is genuinely that stupid or if this is his attempt at making light of his f-up.
...Good Lord.
I sh-t myself in my sleep. Never done it before, never done it again, but on this particular night when I was sleeping on a sofa-bed that's what happened. I got up, went to the toilet, cleaned myself up and wrapped up my sh-tty underwear in a plastic bag.
I couldn't get outside without waking everyone up so I stuffed the bag under the bed and went back to sleep. When I woke back up everyone was downstairs making operation: extraction impossible.
I left to go and get some lunch so that by the time I got back they would be out of the way.
So I got back to the house and lifted up the sofa... it was gone.
Redditor Tight_Anywhere6794 wanted to hear about the things parents have said in the past that haunts everyone still, so they asked:
"What insult have your parents said, that is stuck in your head as an adult?"
I've been blessed with the mother I had.
So I can't speak from experience.
But I've heard parenting horror stories.
Bad Expressions
Sad Kid GIF by 1tvGiphy“'You’re so annoying.' Said to me as a young kid while I was expressing enthusiasm over some new interest. Later my father complains I never tell him anything."
foppishyyy
Mean Spirited
"What did I do to deserve a fat kid?"
Silosolo
"My parents also mocked me for being fat, and outright physically abused me as in forcefully grabbed my fat child manboobs or slapped me while calling me fat-related names."
"A lot of people at school did it too, so obviously I have a lot of self-image issues like I never let anyone see me without clothes these days. The worst part is that I legitimately internalized a lot of hate, I could never care for myself enough to actually get fit."
FoeWithBenefits
What's My Name?
"My parents divorced when I was young and they hate each other. My mom would call me my dad's name when she was really upset. What makes it worse is that I confided in her that I never wanted to be like my dad. She used that ammunition against me."
Discarded_Pariah
"That's awful. You are your own person. You aren't your father."
blksmnr
Unfunny
"'You can't even laugh right.'"
"My mom in a weird moment I thought we were bonding. There's something inherently extra evil when someone tells you your joy is wrong. Told her I'm engaged and hoped she could at least be happy I'm happy and she ghosted everyone to the point the family thought died. She's a mess."
BlindEditor
"I'll never understand parents that are so hard on their own children that they can't even be happy for them. So their sole function is to bring misery to their offspring?"
macabre_irony
Evil
Oh My God Wow GIF by The Roku ChannelGiphy"My little brother was drowning, I tried to save him but also almost drowned, we got rescued by a neighbor. My mom told me that they should've left me in the pond. I haven't spoken to her in many years."
Ilookbetterthanyou
Good Lord. How do people like this exist?
Tragic.
HIM
"She told me I was acting just like my father when I would get upset. I would just get kinda pissy and sulk. He would go on rampages and scream and hit and throw things. He pushed her down the stairs once. I would never lay a finger on my current partner. The worst part is I look just like him. I was wondering if my mother always expected me to turn into my dad. I prove her wrong every day."
rot_grl
10 Years Old
"When I was ~10 years old, my mum once said 'If I could go back in time and make sure I never gave birth to you, I would in a heartbeat.'"
"Never forgot it. Talked to her about it a couple of times years later and her responses ranged from 'That never happened' to 'Oh yeah and I suppose I’m just the worst mother ever' and finally 'Yeah but I didn’t mean it, you know that.'"
"Messed me up tho tbh. Another one was '[older sibling] was the only child we actually planned for, the rest of you were accidents.' I don’t think it was intended as an insult, but being told your entire existence was an accident as a child kinda stung."
SpiderP*bes
Failures
“'You’re the biggest mistake I ever made.' - my mother when I was 5. I’m 32 now and it’s been the undercurrent for our relationship ever since, constantly wondering if anything I’ve achieved or struggled for is something she’s genuinely proud of or just relieved to say I wasn’t a total failure on her part."
thefaehost
Generational Issues
"Not a parent but a grandparent, I was adopted when I was 12 years old (my parents were both drug addicts so I was in and out of foster care most of my life) my adopted mother's father turned to me on Christmas Eve when no one else was around and said 'My daughter should have never adopted you, she should have let you stay on the streets where you belong'… he got nicer as he got older and sicker but I couldn’t find it in myself to forget what he said even almost 10 years later. Went to the funeral for moral support but was indifferent about his passing."
samweather227
Just Me
Sad Kids GIF by Cian DucrotGiphy"I was an only child and lonely. When I asked for a sibling, the response was 'If you want to know why we don't have more kids, go look in the mirror.'"
Responsible_Fly_3565
Some people should never have children.
Awful.
"What is something you no longer have patience for?"
Off The Clock Means OFF THE CLOCK!
"Working outside of work hours."
"I used to go above and beyond, now I only put in what is required."
"Life is too short to live only to work."- Chesterfieldcat
"The working world."
"My life doesn’t revolve around working here and it never will."
"It will never be a part of my identity."
"I come in, do the job, make money, go home."
"Don’t expect me to come to all the work happy hours so I can pretend how much I love working here."- nuclearsalt
Some Things Just Don't Get A Free Pass
"Sh*tty people getting a pass 'because they're family'."- cgulash
angry homer simpson GIFGiphySay What You Mean, Not What You Feel
"Having to guess what people REALLY mean by something they said."
"I take everything people say at face value now and don't replay conversations in my head to find out the real meaning anymore."
"Be passive-aggressive if you want to but talk to me like an adult if you really have a problem."- WateredDownSalt
EYES ON THE ROAD!
"People who text and drive."
"You're driving a giant piece of metal propelled by explosive liquid."
"Pay attention."- MasterfulNothasie
The Only Life That Should Concern You Is Your Own
"People and groups of people that only talk about other people."- Turf98
"People who can’t mind their fucking business and are always worried about what other people are doing."
"If it doesn’t effect you, f*ck off."
"It’s literally free."- wackwackwackjpg
GIF by WWEGiphySome People Didn't Mind Social Distancing
"People invading my personal space."- Mighty-Foreskin
Influence Can Be Dangerous
"Anything that has “influencer” in it."- chemistcarpenter
Indoor Voices People...
"Streamers screaming, losing their sh*t, breaking things, and having tantrums."
"I used to think this was so funny now I just can't stand it; I can't even watch a streamer if I notice they're not using their normal talking voice." - Reddit
Fail Oh No GIF by G2 EsportsGiphyTaking Responsibility Is A Sign Of Maturity
"People who constantly blame others for the situation they are in."- SuvenPan
Time Is Precious And Shouldn't Be Wasted
"Waiting on people who are constantly late to plans."
"I will wait 15 minutes then excuse myself."- Dabbles-In-Irony
There's Multi-Tasking, And Then There's Just Being Rude...
"People being on their phone while in a conversation with you."
"Seriously."
"Put your phone away!"- rosieblinkstime
Phone GIF by Poehlmann FitnessGiphyIt Takes So Much More Effort To Be Nasty...
"Bad manners, unkindness and general rudeness."
"It costs nothing to be a nice person and from someone who works in a customer-facing industry, attitudes, sadly, appear to be getting worse."
"It really makes me cross."- Bellamiles85
At Least They're Being Transparent
"Medicine commercials with worse side-effects than the thing being cured."- mrbbrj
Wasting our time and thoughts about things that we know can only bring us down is simply no way to get through life.
It's essential to live our lives by taking the present moment for what it is: a present.