GF Keeps Breaking Glass Cups Every Time She’s At SO’s Home, They Ban Her From Using Them
All of us can be clumsy from time to time. But some people lack grace way more often than others. In fact, for some, clumsiness is a daily occurrence that causes them problems, as they, for example, keep breaking delicate objects and kind of become a danger to people around them. Like today’s OP’s girlfriend, whose clumsiness with glass objects kept injuring her partner to the point that they banned her from using them.
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Some people are so clumsy that it can be dangerous to be around them
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This woman kept breaking glass objects, and her significant other kept getting injured by the shards, as she wouldn’t clean them up
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So, her partner decided to ban her from using glass cups, as they got very tired of constantly using gauze and tape for their wounds
The post’s author’s girlfriend had a problem with glass. To be more specific, she’s very clumsy and kept breaking various glass objects. Also, she didn’t clean the messes up, so the OP constantly got injured by the shards. During the week in which the post on Reddit was published, they got injured by glass shards four times and later needed to go to urgent care, as some shards were left in their foot.
One day, when the girlfriend asked for a soda, the post’s author poured it into a plastic cup instead of a glass cup. And, well, that angered the woman. She didn’t want to hear about her clumsiness with glass and insisted that her partner was making this way bigger of a deal than it was.
Later, the couple made up, and the woman promised to inform her significant other if she broke something. After the urgent care visit, she understood how she hurt the OP and why they were angry, which caused her to be more careful with glass.
So, a nice ending, right? Well, kind of. If you’re not counting the many people online worrying about some underlying neurological issue or other kinds of health problems that are causing the OP’s girlfriend to be so clumsy. There are many health issues that can cause a person to be clumsy. Some of them are:
- Stroke;
- Seizures;
- Brain tumor;
- Brain injury;
- Substance abuse.
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Mental health problems, such as anxiety, can also be a cause of clumsiness. Usually, it’s not the symptom of anxiety but, rather, the result of it. If anxiety causes a person to have shaky or sweaty hands and distracted thinking, it’s quite normal for them to be clumsy. The problem with it starts when the same clumsiness shames the person and only adds to already existing anxiety and makes the mental health problem even worse.
Overcoming clumsiness depends on several different factors. If the cause for it is a more physical illness, such as brain damage or anything similar we already talked about, the first step is to figure out the underlying issue and treat it. With a treatment, the clumsiness might go away.
And if the cause is more related to mental health issues, the path of getting rid of it is, in a way, the same — identifying and dealing with it. For instance, if the cause is the already mentioned anxiety, things such as meditation, exercise, or therapy might help with it.
Circling back to the story, in the update and comments, the OP cleared the air by saying that their girlfriend didn’t have any underlying issues that caused her to break so many glass objects and that she’s been this way since childhood. Well, that ties up the nice ending to the story, right?
Internet folks worried that the problem was way more serious than simply a woman’s clumsiness, but they were reassured that nothing was wrong with her
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For real, if you can't drink out of adult glasses you can have a sippy cup.
Load More Replies... I’m 63, and have been clumsy for as long as I can remember. I had inner ear issues as a child, and know that it affected my balance (took dance lessons for years, which helped a lot but didn’t make it entirely go away). I don’t know if that’s also a factor in my clumsiness or not, but it’s the only thing that comes to mind. Once I was living on my own (at 18), and replacing glasses and plates was on my own dime, I realized I had to go the unbreakable route. I bought rock solid Pyrex bakeware, Correlle dinnerware, and unbreakable glasses and cups—-including a set of those brightly colored metal ones all our parents had when we were kids. They might dent if dropped, but at least they won’t break. Oddly enough my husband, who has known about my issues with glassware from the moment we met, is the only one who has broken one Correlle dish, and that was from putting it on a stove burner he forgot was still hot. For decades now, if I go to a restaurant, or someone’s home for dinner, or anywhere else where there’s eating and/or drinking, I have to be extra vigilant about not dropping glasses or plates. I know the risk is there, and try to mitigate it as much as possible. OP’s girlfriend needs to become a lot more self-aware, and start policing herself around glass, just like I did 45 years ago at 18, after having to spend my own money replacing glassware I broke.
You learned to be careful and responsible. I’ll bet you also cleaned up carefully when you did break something. No excuse fir not cleaning thoroughly except for lazy entitled behavior.
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Work smarter not harder: she needs to get used to a less breakable set of dishes if she has a habit of breaking them, that gets expensive over time. She also needs to learn how to properly clean glass, because that can be dangerous. He should start wearing house shoes if he's getting glass in his foot on a regular basis. But mostly she sucks for being in denial. Of course getting shards of glass in your foot hurts, why would she not think he was in pain? And how has she avoided glass in her feet for so long?
She probably wears shoes or slippers in the house because she knows they're glad shards on the floor!
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Honestly, she's an adult. She has a problem, and it's hers to manage. If my SO was constantly breaking things I would be very irritated, especially if he failed to clean up the mess he made. This is something she can easily correct, and she ought to.
Sometimes it's okay to make someone feel bad. If the only way to avoid it is to put up with being treated badly, then you can't avoid it, and thus it is healthy to let the other person know. It helps them to learn and grow to know that they've screwed up and need to do better. If she can't unclumsy herself, she should use plastic. I mean, even after she gave the BF an infection, SHE's worried about how HE can handle it, so that SHE doesn't feel bad. What about HIS feelings?!!!! What about him feeling she doesn't care about him? She sounds like a very entitled princess who doesn't care about this guy much at all.
Agree! I can't imagine repeatedly causing my partner pain and refusing to do anything about it.
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Eh, we had to ban glassware at my house. We (clumsy teenage boy unused to his size/strength yet, disabled husband with nerve problems in his hands, and just clumsy me) are all super clumsy, plus I have 3 vindictive cats. My floor has already been ruined from drops/spills!
was gonna say she is clumsy, or has a disease, but the fact he say that she only breaks stuff while he is not looking and same with family sounds like she does it on purpose
I came here to say this. I had no idea until I was in my late 40's. So much of my life makes more sense now.
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I have the same issue the GF has - I flip stuff all the time (I do have twitches and jerks in my hands - due to a brain injury) . However, I know how to clean it up. I am the only one that has sustained injury. I do have glass wine glasses (for friends), I also have a stainless steel for myself, and plastic / stainless steel cups for everything else. Stoneware is also a good choice for dishes, it takes a lot to break them.
There are a lot of things that could be causing this, but one that should be on your radar is that she might be doing this on purpose (or subconsciously on purpose) as a form of emotional manipulation. Her reaction to you giving her a plastic cup, her quick change to being apologetic, her careless cleaning up of the glass, the way it only happens when you're not in the room, and the way you feel guilty because she's so nice and generous in other ways, all make me suspicious. Emotionally abusive people can be very creative in finding ways to gaslight you, get attention, and even physically harm you. Just something to consider; I'm not trying to question the motives of genuinely clumsy people.
I'm a klutz and I know it. So I don't have a couch that will show stains and most of the time I use a cup with a lid. (One of those huge plastic mason jars with a straw is how I drink water all day) This has saved me from getting drenched frequently. Plus glass sweats and I use a lot of ice in my drinks - I don't like the mess. This woman is a jerk for freaking out about being asked not to break her boyfriend's sh!t. I would have banned her from using anything breakable after the 1st few times!
Sorry I think it's reasonable she doesn't touch anymore glassware or pots he's getting really injured from it. I'd understand if it was me not get upset.
My sister is a lot more clumsy and drops things during or right prior to getting her period. I think I'm a bit more clumsy then as well. (Last time I dropped a freshly cooked pan of pasta... that sucked. Kids having to wait, cleaning everything etc...) Keep an eye out for her hormones/period and see if she is more clumsy then.
My husband kept breaking glass after glass and I stepped on tiny shards several times, so I finally put them up and bought plastic cups. I've brought the glasses back out now that he's my ex.
I have Cerebral Palsy (among other conditions) and a mild tendency to flail my arms. So. No open drinks containers unless I have a safe place to put them, no lightweight glass (must be weighty so I can feel it), and we don't leave ANYTHING within range of my elbows.
Buy pyrex glassware. I dropped a bowl on a stone floor and it didn't break.
Even Pyrex will shatter on a stove top that is heated
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I had this problem and made this exact threat. Simply replace all glassware with that camping gear stainless steel cups and plates. It's got a similar aesthetic to glass (cold, thin surface, reflective), but never breaks. This stuff. https://www.takealot.com/stainless-steel-camping-cookware-kit-8pcs-for-hiking/PLID91141246
I use plastic 'glasses' most of the time as I'm bad with glass too. I bought some nice pint ones with a pattern on - the grandkids get cross because I don't let them use them lol
I'm not sure why but my husband and I broke more dishes than our children even did, even when my youngest, at 2, started emptying the dishwasher one plate at a time and having fun doing it. After we were empty nesters, we switched to Corelle and plastic wine glasses (we kept the few that weren't broken) and in the meantime we even found a cute sippy cup that looks like a wine glass (for our granddaughter, not for us. LOL). We know our limits. Wine-Glass...12c3f9.jpg 
Sounds like dyspraxia that is harder to manage when tired or stressed. Maybe the two of you should choose some attractive acrylic glasses and just replace all your glassware? There are lots that resemble glass. I find that the acrylic highball glasses are not only almost unbreakable, I also drop them less because they're lighter.
Getting a correct diagnosis for a problem like this is a HUGE problem. Your GP will cheerfully give you one; but if you ARE the zebra - and there are a lot of us out here, they can be clueless and fix nothing. My 2nd wife - is clumsy. Round and round. Until, one day, as we were doing something boiling hot- she started to do something, very carefully, that would have crippled her permanently. Because I was there, I stopped it; and demanded some more serious exams from our good GP. Ultimately she tested out as Hyper-Super ADHD - and nobody ever caught on. Meds help now. Me? I'd get stainless steel.
She probably has dyspraxia, doesnt have a sense of her body in space, likely a comorbidity to ADHD. Either way though. There are really pretty enamled metal cups you can get her. I had to get it for my BF who also breaks glass on the reg. He was also a total AH about cleaning it up properly and I had huge issues with getting glass in my feet. Dyspraxia has nothing to do with getting out a vaccum and a mop. Lots of us have neurodivergent issues, but that doesnt mean you dont need to ake adjustments and clean up after yourself properly as to not injure others. Its called being a grown up.
Straight up, she'll be using plastic everything! She's not clumsy, she's careless and entitled. WTF? Can't clean up the mess she made properly and caused injuries? Giant Red Flags! What does she do at her own place when she breaks something? RUN my man, RUN!
No excuse except for being lazy for not cleaning up COMPLETELY. I love all the people looking for excuses for her “clumsiness”. She simply doesn’t pay attention and doesn’t care enough to even clean up afterwards. Smh. Yes, she should be banned from all glass until she grows up.
She needs to have a physical evaluation! Something is definitely wrong and it's not just clumsiness. I'm the clumsiest human I know. I also have neuropathy in my left hand from a car accident. The turn signal lever embedded into my elbow and damaged the nerves to my hand. I do not feel half my forearm, hand or fingers. I don't pick things up with this hand because it's difficult to activate those muscles properly without sensation. I'm a leftie and I am constantly burning myself. I'm missing 3.5 fingerprints. If it hadn't been for the half of my pointer finger, I'd have lost my fingertips.
I just gave in and bought myself plastic plates and cups. I've always been a little clumsy, but it's gotten a lot worse in the last few years. I live alone, with no partner, so I only injure myself and my own bank balance when I break stuff, but even I can accept that I'd much rather *not* deal with breakages on a regular basis. And yes, I'm waiting to see a neurologist.
Just put on shoes and remove all glass. Or just get a new girlfriend
Ya know I get she's dropped stuff but let's be for real this gives the exact same family story of my mom and the baby cup. She kept telling me and my sister(8&7) not to spill our drinks (huge glass cups) then when our mom gets hers she spills it. Waiter comes back with a foam up. I am a clumsy human who falls and drops things all the time. Don't patronize us cause it's already embarrassing. Imagine if it was you. Ya drop something and your partner I stead of talking just pour himself a fancy glass of wine and pours you a solo cup of wine.
I laugh at how she thinks he punished her by giving her a plastic cup. Punishment would have been telling her she didn't get to drink while she was there. I think these two just had a rocky point in their relationship, but it definitely seems like a rough patch they'll get over.
Sounds like ADHD. I am diagnosed with ADHD, and while I'm generally fine with breakables, I'm not so gentle on myself and am bruised head to toe from running into things and tripping up the stairs. My siblings is also diagnosed with ADHD, also covered in bruises, and uses only plastic cups because the glass ones have always too-often suffered.
Oh, and just rule of thumb. She shall not put anything on the stove that is not expressly for cooking in.
I had to look it up, but there are practically unbreakable drinking glasses.
I have been clumsy in the past and have broken dishes glasses etc and now I only use either paper, plastic, or metal I believe she either has a medical problem or is in denial and is using weaponized incompetence.
I have nice dinnerware for when I'm entertaining at special times. But the rest of the time we have unbreakable dinnerware because I'm a clutz and I know it. I however am good at picking up after myself if I do break glassware on my floor somewhere.
My husband and I are both clumsy, likely dyspraxic, and I switched to acrylic glasses long ago. They look like real glass so we still can feel like we're grownups. It can be hard to come to grips (no pun intended) with your own limitations, but she seems to be learning. Give her time. But maybe invest in some indoor shoes in the meantime.
This story sounds fake, but on the off Chance it's not, I'm inclined to say she's got mental problems being with R and ending with a D. The dropping things can maybe be explained on its own, but she's also so incompetent as to not be able to clean it all up???? How hard is it to sweep. You sweep every part of the area when you drop glass and then keep sweeping just to make sure, and if you want to be extra sure you go get a flashlight and shine it around to check if you missed any glass pieces. Those two things combined lead me to believe, like I said, it's fake or she's got mental disability. Or I suppose she could just be sheltered AF and not know how to clean and sweep like a normal person...
Why not by non breakable dishes n glasses? They have some (non plastic) and my family uses them as we are also clumsy at times (not as bad a OPs GF). So we just go with the nonbreakable to avoid dish loss.
What is wrong with some people? It's not that hard. You are bad at X and it's causing (literal) pain, so change your behavior. My partner was born 4 months early resulting in a heart defect, and permanent neurological changes - such a a loss of motor control. We have no glass tables, no sharp corners, and i only buy non breakable dishes. When we first moved in together, I didn't have these rules, and I did have glass bowls and cups. Yes, they were broken within the first month. It's not a big deal to just mitigate risk. My partner knows it. Everyone else should learn it. Same as no glass at the pool.
My husband was clumsy and with fragile things and careless about cleaning up his messes before he was diagnosed and treated for an anxiety disorder. He was stressed all the and would just flip out of I asked basic questions like "how did that happen?" which I deserve answers when it's my great grandmother's handmade ornament I cherish. It was bizarre behavior stemming from a real mental illness he was not coping well with at all.
My aunt had a reputation for breaking plates and such so my parents got her a set of plastic dishware (not the stuff that looks like its for kids). She left some of it on the hob and melted it lol. I think it had more to do with having two kids and a dog than clumsiness. She was always doing multiple things at once. OP's gf sounds like she has dyspraxia though and really should embrace the idea of using plastic.
She didn't find the right doctors. Look up Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and proprioceptive deficiencies.
To me it seems that she didn't like his glassware and needed an excuse to buy the set she wanted (notice how near the end she just happened to mention a set at Target). No one drops that much glass accidentally, wake up and smell the coffee OP.
For real, if you can't drink out of adult glasses you can have a sippy cup.
Load More Replies... I’m 63, and have been clumsy for as long as I can remember. I had inner ear issues as a child, and know that it affected my balance (took dance lessons for years, which helped a lot but didn’t make it entirely go away). I don’t know if that’s also a factor in my clumsiness or not, but it’s the only thing that comes to mind. Once I was living on my own (at 18), and replacing glasses and plates was on my own dime, I realized I had to go the unbreakable route. I bought rock solid Pyrex bakeware, Correlle dinnerware, and unbreakable glasses and cups—-including a set of those brightly colored metal ones all our parents had when we were kids. They might dent if dropped, but at least they won’t break. Oddly enough my husband, who has known about my issues with glassware from the moment we met, is the only one who has broken one Correlle dish, and that was from putting it on a stove burner he forgot was still hot. For decades now, if I go to a restaurant, or someone’s home for dinner, or anywhere else where there’s eating and/or drinking, I have to be extra vigilant about not dropping glasses or plates. I know the risk is there, and try to mitigate it as much as possible. OP’s girlfriend needs to become a lot more self-aware, and start policing herself around glass, just like I did 45 years ago at 18, after having to spend my own money replacing glassware I broke.
You learned to be careful and responsible. I’ll bet you also cleaned up carefully when you did break something. No excuse fir not cleaning thoroughly except for lazy entitled behavior.
Load More Replies... Work smarter not harder: she needs to get used to a less breakable set of dishes if she has a habit of breaking them, that gets expensive over time. She also needs to learn how to properly clean glass, because that can be dangerous. He should start wearing house shoes if he's getting glass in his foot on a regular basis. But mostly she sucks for being in denial. Of course getting shards of glass in your foot hurts, why would she not think he was in pain? And how has she avoided glass in her feet for so long?
She probably wears shoes or slippers in the house because she knows they're glad shards on the floor!
Load More Replies... Honestly, she's an adult. She has a problem, and it's hers to manage. If my SO was constantly breaking things I would be very irritated, especially if he failed to clean up the mess he made. This is something she can easily correct, and she ought to.
Sometimes it's okay to make someone feel bad. If the only way to avoid it is to put up with being treated badly, then you can't avoid it, and thus it is healthy to let the other person know. It helps them to learn and grow to know that they've screwed up and need to do better. If she can't unclumsy herself, she should use plastic. I mean, even after she gave the BF an infection, SHE's worried about how HE can handle it, so that SHE doesn't feel bad. What about HIS feelings?!!!! What about him feeling she doesn't care about him? She sounds like a very entitled princess who doesn't care about this guy much at all.
Agree! I can't imagine repeatedly causing my partner pain and refusing to do anything about it.
Load More Replies... Eh, we had to ban glassware at my house. We (clumsy teenage boy unused to his size/strength yet, disabled husband with nerve problems in his hands, and just clumsy me) are all super clumsy, plus I have 3 vindictive cats. My floor has already been ruined from drops/spills!
was gonna say she is clumsy, or has a disease, but the fact he say that she only breaks stuff while he is not looking and same with family sounds like she does it on purpose
I came here to say this. I had no idea until I was in my late 40's. So much of my life makes more sense now.
Load More Replies... I have the same issue the GF has - I flip stuff all the time (I do have twitches and jerks in my hands - due to a brain injury) . However, I know how to clean it up. I am the only one that has sustained injury. I do have glass wine glasses (for friends), I also have a stainless steel for myself, and plastic / stainless steel cups for everything else. Stoneware is also a good choice for dishes, it takes a lot to break them.
There are a lot of things that could be causing this, but one that should be on your radar is that she might be doing this on purpose (or subconsciously on purpose) as a form of emotional manipulation. Her reaction to you giving her a plastic cup, her quick change to being apologetic, her careless cleaning up of the glass, the way it only happens when you're not in the room, and the way you feel guilty because she's so nice and generous in other ways, all make me suspicious. Emotionally abusive people can be very creative in finding ways to gaslight you, get attention, and even physically harm you. Just something to consider; I'm not trying to question the motives of genuinely clumsy people.
I'm a klutz and I know it. So I don't have a couch that will show stains and most of the time I use a cup with a lid. (One of those huge plastic mason jars with a straw is how I drink water all day) This has saved me from getting drenched frequently. Plus glass sweats and I use a lot of ice in my drinks - I don't like the mess. This woman is a jerk for freaking out about being asked not to break her boyfriend's sh!t. I would have banned her from using anything breakable after the 1st few times!
Sorry I think it's reasonable she doesn't touch anymore glassware or pots he's getting really injured from it. I'd understand if it was me not get upset.
My sister is a lot more clumsy and drops things during or right prior to getting her period. I think I'm a bit more clumsy then as well. (Last time I dropped a freshly cooked pan of pasta... that sucked. Kids having to wait, cleaning everything etc...) Keep an eye out for her hormones/period and see if she is more clumsy then.
My husband kept breaking glass after glass and I stepped on tiny shards several times, so I finally put them up and bought plastic cups. I've brought the glasses back out now that he's my ex.
I have Cerebral Palsy (among other conditions) and a mild tendency to flail my arms. So. No open drinks containers unless I have a safe place to put them, no lightweight glass (must be weighty so I can feel it), and we don't leave ANYTHING within range of my elbows.
Buy pyrex glassware. I dropped a bowl on a stone floor and it didn't break.
Even Pyrex will shatter on a stove top that is heated
Load More Replies... I had this problem and made this exact threat. Simply replace all glassware with that camping gear stainless steel cups and plates. It's got a similar aesthetic to glass (cold, thin surface, reflective), but never breaks. This stuff. https://www.takealot.com/stainless-steel-camping-cookware-kit-8pcs-for-hiking/PLID91141246
I use plastic 'glasses' most of the time as I'm bad with glass too. I bought some nice pint ones with a pattern on - the grandkids get cross because I don't let them use them lol
I'm not sure why but my husband and I broke more dishes than our children even did, even when my youngest, at 2, started emptying the dishwasher one plate at a time and having fun doing it. After we were empty nesters, we switched to Corelle and plastic wine glasses (we kept the few that weren't broken) and in the meantime we even found a cute sippy cup that looks like a wine glass (for our granddaughter, not for us. LOL). We know our limits. Wine-Glass...12c3f9.jpg
Sounds like dyspraxia that is harder to manage when tired or stressed. Maybe the two of you should choose some attractive acrylic glasses and just replace all your glassware? There are lots that resemble glass. I find that the acrylic highball glasses are not only almost unbreakable, I also drop them less because they're lighter.
Getting a correct diagnosis for a problem like this is a HUGE problem. Your GP will cheerfully give you one; but if you ARE the zebra - and there are a lot of us out here, they can be clueless and fix nothing. My 2nd wife - is clumsy. Round and round. Until, one day, as we were doing something boiling hot- she started to do something, very carefully, that would have crippled her permanently. Because I was there, I stopped it; and demanded some more serious exams from our good GP. Ultimately she tested out as Hyper-Super ADHD - and nobody ever caught on. Meds help now. Me? I'd get stainless steel.
She probably has dyspraxia, doesnt have a sense of her body in space, likely a comorbidity to ADHD. Either way though. There are really pretty enamled metal cups you can get her. I had to get it for my BF who also breaks glass on the reg. He was also a total AH about cleaning it up properly and I had huge issues with getting glass in my feet. Dyspraxia has nothing to do with getting out a vaccum and a mop. Lots of us have neurodivergent issues, but that doesnt mean you dont need to ake adjustments and clean up after yourself properly as to not injure others. Its called being a grown up.
Straight up, she'll be using plastic everything! She's not clumsy, she's careless and entitled. WTF? Can't clean up the mess she made properly and caused injuries? Giant Red Flags! What does she do at her own place when she breaks something? RUN my man, RUN!
No excuse except for being lazy for not cleaning up COMPLETELY. I love all the people looking for excuses for her “clumsiness”. She simply doesn’t pay attention and doesn’t care enough to even clean up afterwards. Smh. Yes, she should be banned from all glass until she grows up.
She needs to have a physical evaluation! Something is definitely wrong and it's not just clumsiness. I'm the clumsiest human I know. I also have neuropathy in my left hand from a car accident. The turn signal lever embedded into my elbow and damaged the nerves to my hand. I do not feel half my forearm, hand or fingers. I don't pick things up with this hand because it's difficult to activate those muscles properly without sensation. I'm a leftie and I am constantly burning myself. I'm missing 3.5 fingerprints. If it hadn't been for the half of my pointer finger, I'd have lost my fingertips.
I just gave in and bought myself plastic plates and cups. I've always been a little clumsy, but it's gotten a lot worse in the last few years. I live alone, with no partner, so I only injure myself and my own bank balance when I break stuff, but even I can accept that I'd much rather *not* deal with breakages on a regular basis. And yes, I'm waiting to see a neurologist.
Just put on shoes and remove all glass. Or just get a new girlfriend
Ya know I get she's dropped stuff but let's be for real this gives the exact same family story of my mom and the baby cup. She kept telling me and my sister(8&7) not to spill our drinks (huge glass cups) then when our mom gets hers she spills it. Waiter comes back with a foam up. I am a clumsy human who falls and drops things all the time. Don't patronize us cause it's already embarrassing. Imagine if it was you. Ya drop something and your partner I stead of talking just pour himself a fancy glass of wine and pours you a solo cup of wine.
I laugh at how she thinks he punished her by giving her a plastic cup. Punishment would have been telling her she didn't get to drink while she was there. I think these two just had a rocky point in their relationship, but it definitely seems like a rough patch they'll get over.
Sounds like ADHD. I am diagnosed with ADHD, and while I'm generally fine with breakables, I'm not so gentle on myself and am bruised head to toe from running into things and tripping up the stairs. My siblings is also diagnosed with ADHD, also covered in bruises, and uses only plastic cups because the glass ones have always too-often suffered.
Oh, and just rule of thumb. She shall not put anything on the stove that is not expressly for cooking in.
I had to look it up, but there are practically unbreakable drinking glasses.
I have been clumsy in the past and have broken dishes glasses etc and now I only use either paper, plastic, or metal I believe she either has a medical problem or is in denial and is using weaponized incompetence.
I have nice dinnerware for when I'm entertaining at special times. But the rest of the time we have unbreakable dinnerware because I'm a clutz and I know it. I however am good at picking up after myself if I do break glassware on my floor somewhere.
My husband and I are both clumsy, likely dyspraxic, and I switched to acrylic glasses long ago. They look like real glass so we still can feel like we're grownups. It can be hard to come to grips (no pun intended) with your own limitations, but she seems to be learning. Give her time. But maybe invest in some indoor shoes in the meantime.
This story sounds fake, but on the off Chance it's not, I'm inclined to say she's got mental problems being with R and ending with a D. The dropping things can maybe be explained on its own, but she's also so incompetent as to not be able to clean it all up???? How hard is it to sweep. You sweep every part of the area when you drop glass and then keep sweeping just to make sure, and if you want to be extra sure you go get a flashlight and shine it around to check if you missed any glass pieces. Those two things combined lead me to believe, like I said, it's fake or she's got mental disability. Or I suppose she could just be sheltered AF and not know how to clean and sweep like a normal person...
Why not by non breakable dishes n glasses? They have some (non plastic) and my family uses them as we are also clumsy at times (not as bad a OPs GF). So we just go with the nonbreakable to avoid dish loss.
What is wrong with some people? It's not that hard. You are bad at X and it's causing (literal) pain, so change your behavior. My partner was born 4 months early resulting in a heart defect, and permanent neurological changes - such a a loss of motor control. We have no glass tables, no sharp corners, and i only buy non breakable dishes. When we first moved in together, I didn't have these rules, and I did have glass bowls and cups. Yes, they were broken within the first month. It's not a big deal to just mitigate risk. My partner knows it. Everyone else should learn it. Same as no glass at the pool.
My husband was clumsy and with fragile things and careless about cleaning up his messes before he was diagnosed and treated for an anxiety disorder. He was stressed all the and would just flip out of I asked basic questions like "how did that happen?" which I deserve answers when it's my great grandmother's handmade ornament I cherish. It was bizarre behavior stemming from a real mental illness he was not coping well with at all.
My aunt had a reputation for breaking plates and such so my parents got her a set of plastic dishware (not the stuff that looks like its for kids). She left some of it on the hob and melted it lol. I think it had more to do with having two kids and a dog than clumsiness. She was always doing multiple things at once. OP's gf sounds like she has dyspraxia though and really should embrace the idea of using plastic.
She didn't find the right doctors. Look up Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and proprioceptive deficiencies.
To me it seems that she didn't like his glassware and needed an excuse to buy the set she wanted (notice how near the end she just happened to mention a set at Target). No one drops that much glass accidentally, wake up and smell the coffee OP.
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