u/Sleepy_Sheepz

Before I start I would like to state I was in the fourth grade when this happened, the way my elementary school was set up the kindergarten class was a five minute walk from my usual area. The classroom is so out of the way we missed the projects for a while. On top of that my friend Kelly and I only did first grade and up at my elementary school so we were unaware of this yearly project.

So back when I was in fourth grade I was in an after school program, my forth grade leader set a contest for us whoever picks up the most trash wins a candy from the candy bin. We were given a strict area to pick up trash and we told to pick a partner so I picked my friend Kelly. We were walking around picking up trash in our area when we came across extremely moldy pumpkins. I’m talking the pumpkins looked almost melted from how moldy they were. Kelly asked the after school program leader if it’s fine for us to grab the pumpkins, and the lady said yes.

In the process of picking up the pumpkins it fell apart by just touching it. I don’t have many memories from that time but fruit flys that came out with the smell and the unknown goo from the rotten pumpkins was disgusting. What me and Kelly didn’t know was that these pumpkins were a kindergarten science project. There was no labels on them (not like it would be visible on the pumpkins) or anywhere close by. I think Halloween had long passed by that time as well so me and Kelly just thought they were forgotten Halloween decorations. By the time me and Kelly almost finished throwing what we could the kindergarten teacher came running out.

She was extremely mad at me and Kelly I don’t remember what she said, but it was along the lines of “you two ruined my classes science project they’ve worked on these for _ months”. I don’t remember how many months but it was a while. There was no saving the project since like I said it fell apart when touched and infested with so many bugs. I don’t remember what else happened other than we got in trouble with my after school program leader and removed from the competition.

I really felt bad for ruining their project but other students in my group told me that this is a yearly project. They were confused how I never saw it being done. Truth is I rarely went over to that side of campus I don’t have any younger siblings, and I only did first grade to fifth grade. Common sense would tell 19 year old me now “hey don’t throw those rotting moldy pumpkins away they are there for a reason”, compared to then I assumed since it looked gross it needed to be thrown away. My only voice of reason in this situation was the after school program leader but she threw me and Kelly under the bus quickly.

TL;DR in a competition to pick up trash me and my friend accidentally threw away a kindergartner classrooms science project ruining months of hard work

So I recently saw a video of a little girl who was forced to ride a roller coaster by her dad. That video sadly reminded me of the time my entitled mom made me also ride a roller coaster.

So back when I was either seven or eight years old my mom took me to great America (6 flags for those who aren’t aware). It was me and my cousin and my aunts and grandma. My mom kept picking fights with me from that morning until we got to the amusement park. I don’t fully remember why she kept doing that I just remember one of the fights was about the outfit I was wearing. It got to the point where she practically yelled at me in the car because she was angry with me about something.

Once we got to the theme park my aunts noticed I was upset and tried to cheer me up. My mom was annoyed with the fact that my aunts cared so she ignored me most of the day. She spent more time with my cousin than me. She also made me do extra walking which caused me a lot of pain, (I have medical issues with my legs so I can’t walk far she knows that).

I don’t fully remember the rest of the day since it was so long ago but I do remember this. Towards the end of the day my mom wanted to go on a roller coaster, I use to have a huge fear of roller coaster’s. The whole day I refused to ride roller coasters, since there was to many people in my family we I always had somebody that could wait with me. I don’t remember the ride but there was enough room for my mom my cousins aunt and grandma and me to ride at the same time.

I didn’t want to ride and my mom told me I had to, when I begged not to she threatened to hit me with the belt in front of everyone. I’m sure there were other threats with that but the main threat was the belt. So I had to choose don’t ride the roller coaster and get hit with the belt and some other punishments, or ride the ride. So I got on the ride because I didn’t want to be beat especially in front of my family and random strangers. I was already crying before I got on the ride I don’t remember the ride, I just remember how scary it was for me and how much I hated it. My aunts comforted me once the ride was over but my mom still yelled at me in public. We probably went to Great America together three more times after I never enjoyed it.

I’m no contact with her now for other reasons but when I look back on our mom and child relationship I have more memories of stuff like this than positive memories. Also in case you were wondering where my dad was, my answer is I don’t know. He may have been at work or something, most of the time my mom mistreated me growing up she did it when my dad wasn’t there. My dad would have shut this down if he was there.

TL;DR entitled mom mistreats me for a full day and later threatens physical punishment over a rollercoaster

I’m sure there’s a few post similar to this so just point and laugh at me. So I 19 genderfluid got a new water bottle from my boyfriend’s mom last month. I cleaned it out but never fully washed out my straw because quite frankly I don’t want to and I’m lazy. Lately my water bottle has had a strange aftertaste to my drinks. I assumed it’s because I wash my bottle at most once a week and I put soda, dairy based drinks, juice, other unknown drinks, and sometimes water in my bottle. I assumed maybe the taste was getting worse because I’m more sensitive to taste on my period.

Well to sum it up I grabbed some pipe cleaner and shoved it into my straw and some black unknown stuff started coming out. Surprisingly enough it wasn’t a lot but it was very much gross. The black stuff had a bit of an odor, I cleaned out that straw twice today. I probably haven’t learned my lesson because chances are I’ll probably do it again. I can still smell the black stuff that came out of my straw and it’s been hours.

TL;DR I was lazy and refused to clean out my straw, my drink started to taste weird so I finally cleaned it. Found unknown black sludge inside straw that I was drinking from.

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So a few months back I moved out of my parents house due to several issues with my parents. One of them was that I was losing the ability to walk and run short distances, this was something they’ve downplayed and forced me to put more pressure on my legs and feet. It was painful and I really needed a wheelchair just to take pressure off my legs and feet.

Well now that I’ve moved out I was waiting to apply for a wheelchair through my health insurance. I was worried it would be expensive so I was going to get a manual wheelchair just something to help my legs, even though I’m not the biggest fan of manual wheelchairs.

So a few days ago my boyfriend’s mom surprised me with a wheelchair. She’s seen how much pain it is for me to go out in town or do long walks for anything. She wanted me to be able to get around easily so she made sure the wheelchair was electric. I’m so happy it’s the sweetest gift anybody has given me.

The wheelchair is purple and lavender my favorite colors. She picked out some nice accessories to make using it easy. I’m still adjusting to using the electric wheelchair but it’s very comfortable and easy. It’s just such a wonderful gift and it helps me in my day to day life. Sometimes I need to run to the store to grab something quickly, I no longer dread going because I know I won’t be in pain for a week after. Truly I’m so happy and grateful for this truly I love my boyfriend’s mom for this. I’m so happy I needed to share this with someone.

TL;DR My boyfriend’s mom bought me a nice electric wheelchair with accessories. It’s the nicest gift anyone has gotten me and has saved my life.

Hello everyone maybe this isn’t a original post but I personally just want to know what happened. As of recent Crumbl Cookies has started to taste bad somewhere between 2025 and 2026 maybe as far back as 2024. Not only do the cookies taste bad but they also have massively shrank in size. When I first tried a Crumbl cookie back in 2020 the cookies were sweet and full of flavor very thick and very large. Last week I was craving a Crumbl cookie first time in a while and the cookies I got was small and thin sure I got two in my box but it’s not the same as what they use to be. My cookie was practically hard with crumbs all in the box. It’s sad seeing the company fall like this, I wanted to say it’s just my location but no it’s almost every location. Every time I see a Crumbl cookie online they look even worse. Maybe it’s new management or a new recipe? Regardless it’s so disappointing seeing these cookies now can someone please explain what happened to this brand.

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So I 19 genderfluid, just moved in with my boyfriends family. I’m currently not financially stable and I’m out of money on my EBT card. I have 20$ in emergency cash while my boyfriend has 10$ in emergency cash. Due to some issues with his bank he doesn’t have access to his money temporarily. I’m not going to get to into details with that because it’s super frustrating but it’s being worked out.

That being said last week me and my boyfriend needed to pick up eggs from the store. We have just enough left on my card to get the eggs. My boyfriend’s friend will call him Dave wanted to join us so we let him join. Before we left the house we told Dave we don’t have enough money for eggs and fast food, so he can get fast food while we buy eggs then meet up with him afterwards.

Dave decided that instead of eating alone he’ll just pay for our food. Me and my boyfriend were very appreciative and thanked him a lot. We also told him the next time we go out will cover for him. In total we spent no more than 9$ plus tax, I got a drink and a small snack while my boyfriend just got a drink and we split the snack between each other. Dave on the other hand got a full meal. Afterwards we went shopping and got the eggs and headed back.

Well once we got back to my boyfriend’s house, Dave requested the money back. I was really confused because I thought Dave was treating us. My boyfriend said that Dave had changed his mind and wanted us to pay him back. Since Dave isn’t really my friend my boyfriend gave him, his money.

I don’t have a problem with paying people back, the issue was that we were told that Dave would cover for us and we don’t owe him anything. If I knew he would change his mind later on I would have insisted that we just get the eggs and Dave could meet up with us later. I feel like I’m overreacting mainly because one of my other friends said there’s nothing wrong with what he did.

So Reddit am I overreacting for being frustrated that my boyfriend’s friend wanted us to pay him back for dinner?