30 Awkward Realizations That Turned Lifelong Mistakes Into Breakthroughs

Who doesn't wear jeans for a week? Denimheads, that's who. An entire subculture deeply committed to not washing jeans, like, ever.

I wash my jeans maybe once every two or three months unless I spill something on them

"Once a month" would be ok with me only if I had enough clean clothes for a month. And even then ...

My saftety razor IS a c**p piece of plastic from a dollar store kind of shop, but it does the same job. I got it to see if it indeed did a better job and lasted longer than disposables, and thought I would invest in a nice, proper one when this one broke. I'm still waiting.

I'm pretty sure your math is mathing.

Way back at the beginning of the web, I built a site for a razor company who came out with a triple-blade razor, and then not long afterwards, revamped it for their four-blade razor. As I was walking about with my final check, I said “I’ll see you next time when you’ve added a blade!” She didn’t appreciate that much, but I had the last laugh when I saw a commercial for a five-blade razor. 😆

How dontou sharpen them? With a leather strop?

And the Pink Tax means that razors that are the same as men's are more expensive. Besides, epilators are the way to go.

One of the best decisions I ever had.

No we don't, or at least most of us don't!

I thought people in NZ were kiwis.

In the UK, I was taught to eat a kiwi like a boiled egg. Lop off the top, and then use a spoon. I loved kiwis, but they were a hassle. Until I found out you can totally just eat them whole. Now they're my favourite fruit.

Lmao that is exactly what I do

Lol, I've converted several people to eating them skin-on. Only had 2 stubborn hold-outs so far.

So do people in TN, USA. At least I do. 👍

Yuck! IT HAS FUR! You don’t eat a cow with the fur still on it! (Funny story: I was 21 and managed about 45 people at a financial services company. A teenager who worked part-time developed a crush on me and brought me small gifts, like a flower he’d picked on the way to work, or a cupcake. On day, he walked up and put a small brown animal on my desk. I stood there and watched it, waiting for it to do something, hoping I’d discover what it was. When it didn’t move, I was worried he’d injured it carrying it in his pocket. I gently poked it, but nothing. Pretty soon, people were giggling quietly, and I felt stupid because I didn’t know what was wrong with it. Soon, they were all openly laughing, and I looked at him, confused, because I was apparently sposta know what to do? He turned a little red and said quietly “Bink, it’s a fruit. You eat it.” I thought he was pulling my leg until he cut it in half. It was a kiwi fruit. I’d never seen one before.)

So did my ex husband - thought it was weird

Cannibals

Is that why they call you all Kiwis?

Scrub off the fuzz when you wash it, and it's good.

So you're saying that KIWIS EAT EACH OTHER, SKIN AND ALL?!?!

My father and uncle does too, no connection to NZ that I'm aware of. But I also didn't learn about my father's weird kiwi eating habits until I was almost 30.

My daughter does also. But I don't like the texture.

No we dont

Uh, I live in NZ and the only person I've ever seen doing that was a kid...

I used to eat the skin when I was a kid (great fiber) but not since getting a tart unripe kiwi skin 😢

I eat with skin. More fiber!

Cannibals

I do this too, but slice it first with the skin still on.

Sure do!

Same. I wash them excessively then eat with the skin.

Every woman in your life will thank you for doing so!

Prime example of working smarter not harder...

My husband always sat down.

Unless outside, or at a urinal, I always sit down.

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Nor under the toilet seat, nor via the underside of the toilet seat to the ground. Thank you!

Yep! I've been sitting down my whole life. Girls love it, too. Respect.

Yes, that sound! The worst is when staying in a hotel, being woken up at 3am to THAT sound from an adjacent room (usually above me) is frustrating.

Bad knees?

Because when a man sits down to pee a little bit is trapped in the curve of the tubes inside. When we then stand up, that little bit dribbles out. So one has to then catch it with a wad of toilet paper or it ends up all over the front of the toilet seat and the floor and even your PJs.

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Quite so. You'd think that once they'd worked out the first part the second would be obvious.

There was a fellow on a season of “Survivor” who announced that he was 32 and had only just recently peed for the first time standing up! Poor guy; I’m guessing high school was mega-hard on him.

You zitspinkler. Kidding. Sometimes I sit. Because sometimes once you sit, you fart. And once you fart, you poop.

If you want to go by facts(happy to post links to medical journals), men pee more when standing, emptying there bladder, so less trips during the night. Something I believe most women would k*ll for

Make him clean the bathroom.

Not to mention the lowered risk of colon cancer!

Beware, though, too much fiber and not enough liquid will equal disaster.