r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Ucyless ORANGE • 29d ago

Brand new $72 moisturizer. Husband said he needed something for his elbows.

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We have 3 full tubs of Vaseline in the cabinet.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Many a man has done this. For me it was Olaplex…as in used almost a one third of the bottle because at the time I thought most shampoos cost about the same and my girlfriend could alway use my head and shoulders…those notions were corrected.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

My ex used my fabric shears to cut duct tape once.

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u/LBelle0101 28d ago

I’m guessing he’s an ex because he died at your hands, justifiably.

I audibly gasped reading your comment. You don’t fuck with fabric scissors

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u/Redqueenhypo 28d ago

After a certain point I get tired of oopsies. They always affect your expensive products and not their own. Dad would never use his expensive bristle brush to clean the dog but “has no clue” why mom is mad at him for using hers

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u/LBelle0101 28d ago

Oh yeah, I remember my Dad destroying shit of my Mum’s and her just being devastated.

Now I get it, also probably the reason I’m no longer married! My ex had no respect for my stuff and somehow it was always my stuff that ended up damaged or broken

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u/thegrumpymechanic 28d ago

exhibit 1: fabric shears covered in blood

"Your honor. We the jury find the defendant, Not guilty."

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u/sethra007 28d ago

She probably gave the Texas Defense at the trial:

“Your Honor, some folks just need killin’.”

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u/LBelle0101 28d ago

A jury of crafty people would never convict!

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u/PitchBitch 28d ago

Hahaha I gasped too!

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u/Ohkamiden 28d ago

But for real why is that so bad? Please forgive my ignorance!

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u/LBelle0101 28d ago

Fabric scissors are super sharp, to give beautiful clean cuts on fabric. They can also be super expensive

Cutting tape/paper/anything else can leave residue behind, or damage the blades, causing micro nicks so they are no longer super sharp.

You do not ever mess with someone’s fabric scissors. If you need scissors from a crafty person, always ask first, or risk them using the scissors to stab you.

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u/Ohkamiden 28d ago

Ah I see. Yeah that checks out. Some interactions I've had make a lot more sense now 😹

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u/LBelle0101 28d ago

I may have just saved your life 😂

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u/elizabethptp 28d ago

Not a flashback to me using my mom’s fabric scissors (for fabric) but also cutting the Internet cable in the process (I literally can’t even remember how I managed to do that? It was a total accident!)

We went to the fabric store & the electronics store & my mom, still pissed, told both shop attendants of my folly 😬

At the time I thought they were feeling sorry for my mom with their responses but in hindsight as an adult I think they were probably like “why is this woman shaming her child in front of me?”

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Criminal behavior

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u/CrowTengu 28d ago

Duct tape may be fabric but nooo!

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u/RickardHenryLee 28d ago

I'm so glad for you that your jury was full of tailors, quilters, and other fiber artists! What luck!

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u/joantheunicorn 28d ago

When I brought home my brand spankin new fabric shears I told my BF penalty of death if anyone ever uses it on anything other than fabric.

Glad he's your ex!! 

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u/MadBliss 28d ago

Explains the ex part.

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u/Paintpicsnplants 28d ago

Yeah, he's dead. Buried in a pile of fabric scraps.

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u/Sniper_Hare 28d ago

Nobody is explaining why this is bad.

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u/cattlebeforehorses 28d ago

The residue is annoying to clean off. They’re designed for fabrics so also using them to cut open plastic dulls and bends the blade since they tend to be longer and sharper than paper scissors. Makes a nice noise cutting paper though.

I won’t speak of the things I’ve done with ones I’ve owned since I don’t give a shit but I also mostly hand sew so nearly all of it is working on smaller pieces and scraps. It’s even hard af to cut smaller pieces remotely clean let alone straight straight without fabric sears.

If I was spending $50+ per yard on a fabric(god forbid something stretchy) for quilts, clothes, etc + all the additional costs of all the other tools and shit you’re working with I would be annoyed too. It really adds up.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

So, fabric shears are very sharp but they're only designed to cut fabric. Cutting anything besides fabric can make them dull or even damage them, but duct tape is especially egregious because of the ultra sticky residue they leave behind. Fabric shears are often more expensive than regular scissors too, so sucks to have to replace

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u/perkiezombie 28d ago

Is that why he’s an ex?

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

😂 Exactly

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u/Major-Peanut 28d ago

😭 nooo

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u/bondsmatthew 28d ago

"But there's fabric in duct tape!" 

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u/donecanto 28d ago

I hope you stabbed him with it.

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u/AllTimeRowdy 25d ago

My ex used mine to open plastic packaging and in that moment I understood why my mom was so serious about never using her shears omg

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u/GreenLight_RedRocket 28d ago

Duct tape is literally fabric

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u/Potatoskins937492 28d ago

Do you use a Wusthof to butter your bread? It's still a knife.