“I Refuse To Be Like My Mother”: Woman Shares 29 Things She Will No Longer Do Like Her Mother

An alternative, if you are not using the washing machine every day, is to have bucket of water, with some disinfectant in the water. When you use a cloth drop it into the water. When the bucket is full, or you're doing a load of laundry, add the rags. If you are using a front loading washing machine, put the rags into a laundry bag.

my mom: just change your mindset! it's easy to just be happy!!!

I cleaned my student tables with donated baby wipes. Same thing. Those wet soapy sponges look like they are cleaning but until you wipe the table after with a baby wipe you have no idea how dirty they still are. Art class. At the end of every class. An article I read of where kids get germs in school prompted this. It was a precovid article.

how strong was her vacuum?

In my country, you can take expired or surplus medication to a pharmacist, and they will safely dispose of it. It's is not a good idea to put it into the bin/trash.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with have emergency food. In fact, it's recommended.

I agree in case the old one is not used or it is not wearable anymore.

What did she even inspect it for? Just curious.

Oh this whole thing must be fake I guess, that's not possible

One little tear in the rubber and she's throwing it away, does the rest of it not work?

To be fair, there was a marketing push through the 70s and 80s as to how bad butter was for you and how much healthier it was to use 'plant oil' margarine.

This whole post is basically about throwing stuff in the garbage...

WHO SAID IT IS A GENDERED JOB??? Where did this woman come from where changing a f*****g lightbulb is a "gendered job"???

Thank you! I hate that people still won't carry something to drink with them . Don't leave home without it.

Bleach has been proven to only lighten disperse mould spores not kill it, and is horrendous for the environment. Where I live, council cleaners are not allowed to use bleach, even if the customer provides it, for health and safety reasons. If you are worried about mould or germs, double-strength (cleaning) vinegar should be used, according to British scientific studies. Mould specific cleaners can be used if it is an established problem.

Just don't start to breasfeed them, change their nappies.... That would be weird.

Omg amen!! I feel this one

The Millennial urge to keep the boxes that our cell phones came in. I was born in '84 and I still have no idea why I do this. But, thanks to the Internet, I know I'm not alone.

I see you don't have kids.

I still like going to the store or the market, because when ordering, it's a gamble, so I like to have the choice of which potato or whatever I take home.

Anyone else think the tree behind her was her hair sticking out? 😂

That's nice, but what if you need to make a note when you're upstairs, or in the garage, or on the other side of the house from where your notebook is? XD There's nothing wrong with using random scraps of paper to write down memos and notes, as long as you dispose of them accordingly once you don't need them any more.

What a lovely photo!

Maybe try not to use ‘single use items’ if you don’t like landfill.

This ones stupid she's just throwing away perfectly good socks because they don't have a matching one. Just match them up with a similar sock, if they have different coloured soles than it doesn't matter if your wearing enclosed shoes, no one will see them.

I wash and reuse ziplocks, occasionally I need them. Don’t need to hoard but easy to wash and reuse, I don’t use half wrap

Aluminum foil no. But I noticed people in my house use ziplock bags for the stupidest things and I started washing the lightly used ones.

I use freezer bags to separate meat. But I wrap the meat in saran wrap before I put them in the freezer bags so I can reuse the bag many times.

Yeah reusing for commodity in a rush is simpler. When you have used the goddamn thing 17 times it's now ridiculous

I use freezer bags for soups, meats and baked goods. I use foil to cover containers if there isn't a cover and use plastic containers for left overs or to take to someone. Just like mom.

Every piece of plastic you have ever used in your lifetime will likely outlive you. Nothing wrong with washing a ziplock bag an re-using it.

Wash and reuse to reduce waste.

When there's a lot of left over, ziplocs are convenient because they don't use much space and then, you toss them to the garbage, the zip locs

I wash and reuse Ziplock bags, not for being cheap but because I think I am “helping” the environment.

Considering how bad plastic is for the environment id say wash them out.

Reuse and reduce is okay in my book!!

Reusing that is just nicer to the enviorment🤷‍♀️

Being vegans, we wash and ruse our ziplocs. Reusing meat filled bags could cause contamination.

This whole story thread makes the OP come across as a smug, entitled whiny brat who has no respect for her mother and grandmother probably. She probably spouts loudly about climate change and global warming whilst adding loads to landfill. Her mother probably learned frugility from her mother (who probably lived through the Depression) and learned not to waste anything. Mum probably changed quite a few things, but this brat is borderline openly ridiculing them. Intolerant much!

I wear a wallet chain! I never lose my wallet because it's clipped to my pants! Though I do have to remember to switch it to whichever pair of pants/shorts I'm wearing that day from the previous day's pants XD

Aaah the optimism in this... sure, when someone tells the same story you've heard a few times before, go on and listen it out. And don't interrupt someone who is having a monologue and making wrong assumtions along the way. And when they say they believe their hause is haunted and it should be burned down, believe it and encourage them... Point being: It's a nice concept but not good to use always.(Or maybe she means when people talk about certain subjects?)

So if the driver was driving like a f*****t you wouldn't tell them to stop? Okay.