Woman Receives An Old Box From Her Mother With Her Childhood Things, Finds The Most Embarrassing One
Comic artist Kristie Lane (known online as Ristay) doesn’t need to search for inspiration. She uses her personal experiences as to fuel her creative endeavors, and it makes them incredibly entertaining. Just check out her comic about the first time she wore a tampon. Or the one about the “infuriating, stupid and odd, odd shit” she dealt with as a Papa John’s delivery driver. You’ll immediately understand where I’m coming from. This time, Ristay has illustrated an embarrassing moment from way back and it’s hard not to laugh at, too. Scroll down to learn how she became a “potty savior” when she was 5 and – if you’re brave enough – share your own childhood confessions in the comments.
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Share on FacebookI begged and begged my parents for a "how-do-stick" aged 3. They hadnt got a clue what was in my little head. I can clearly remember to this day what I wanted and why but couldnt articulate. It only became clear to them on a day trip to Blackpool where I spotted a shepherds-crook style thing full of sweets. "How-do-stick". All because of an elderly neighbour who we would meet on the road every day who would wave his (shepherds crook style) walking stick in the air as he said "How do" - 3 year old me really wanted a "how-do-stick"
It’s true the system is abused I’m in a wheelchair have been for about Eight. Years in mine right now
Load More Replies...Nope, you aren't. Also, whilst allowing for five year old logic, why had she been using loos for disabled people in order to make the connection? Wouldn't her mother (the parent she talks about being with that time so I'm making an assumption here that it was mostly mother) have taken her into loos that just had the ladies sign? For the majority of the time a 5 year old wouldn't have been going on her own - well that's how I remember it anyway. Unless she had disabled family members but then it would have been explained. It obviously happened but I confess to be confused.
Load More Replies...When my autistic son was 5, we were in the car waiting to exit a parking lot onto a main street. My son blurts out "Bad Boy!" "What Bad Boy?" My son points to a passing police car "Bad Boy, mama, Bad Boy!" Then I got it..the theme song from the tv show cops. We turned onto the street singing "Bad Boys, Bad Boys..watcha gonna do? Watcha gonna do when they come for you?"
I'd just like to point out that just because the woman was obese, that may not have been her only handicap. Not all handicaps are visible from the outside.
Strange and contrived post. So a little child believes the parking places are for people in a bathroom emergency...watches a women park there, follows her through the building to see if she uses the toilet, confronts the adult, and the adult goes ballistic at a little child? Where are the child's parents? This is clearly untrue and not even funny!
Thank you. It’s not funny at all, it’s borderline psychotic. Kids trying to mind the business of adults is not cute or funny. And yet so many parents think it’s just hilarious. So trashy.
Load More Replies...I don't understand why you are making the women a villain for being obese. Obesity is most likely the result of her disability. Not all disabilities are visible. I get that you were 5 at the time, but you are now an adult and still making this women the fat villain of your story. Sorry but if a brat ran up to a screamed that I was fat, I would call you a little s**t too. I have constant struggle with people parking in the accessible parking, which forces me to squeeze into spots where I have to take my walker out through my trunk window, so I get it. Just because you fat doesn't mean you don't have MS, ME, FIBRO, LUPUS, and on and on. Again, you were five, but your cartoon is offensive.
Seriously. Parents think it’s just so cute when their kids try (and fail miserably) to act like adults. Then they act indignant when someone puts their s****y kid in their place. I think it was right for the woman to cuss the kid out. If anything, she didn’t go far enough. Had it been me, I would have ignored the kids existence completely. I’ll be damned if I answer to a person that’s only been on the planet for like 40 months. FOH.
Load More Replies...So the author is just assuming that the reason this person was parking in the space was because she was obese? Pretty self absorbed memory for a five year old!
The OP assumed she parked there was because she had a potty emergency. When she didnt use the potty the poster admonished her for parking there and not using the potty. One of the bystanders was who said the obesity was not a reason to park in handicapped parking
Load More Replies...Yes I'm sure a 5 year old came up with that nice complex storyline and then remembered it for decades after the fact. Geesh, if you're going to write fiction, just call it what it is, not some fabricated story by some fabricated little kid.
People always fabricate stories about their kids or things they claim to have done when they were kids. This is because children are so uninteresting on their own.
Load More Replies...Hmmm. This woman can recall in great detail an embarrassing moment that happened to her when she was five, but people don't think Dr. Ford is correctly remembering a traumatic attack that happened when she was in high school?
In this case, the poster can remember everything perfectly because she just made it up five minutes before she wrote it. This would be fine if it was entertaining comic fiction, but it is just embarrassingly dumb, and not the least bit funny or entertaining.
Load More Replies...She actually has a right to be mad, you can't just assume the disease had to do with her obesity. Even if it did there are diseases that cause obesity sometimes and you can't just "take a walk" and make it go away. Still a funny story tho
When I was little I was sitting in the car with my Mum waiting for someone. A car parked in front of us and the driver went in to the supermarket, leaving the lights on. There was a man in the front passenger seat, so my Mum told me to tell him the lights were left on. I knocked on the window and politely told him. He informed me that he couldn't turn them off as he was blind. He was very kind and didn't seem angry, but I was mortified. Well, I suppose it wasn't really my fault, but the shame still burns from this one.
I can't think of a single reason you need to be ashamed. I probably would have been embarrassed at the time, just because the situation wasn't what I expected and I was a nervous child! But looking back? You did as you were asked by your mother, the guy will have had to explain he was blind a lot of times (I've worked with blind people - just a fact of their lives). You were doing a good thing which didn't turn out the way that was expected. Tell yourself it is okay, because it really is.
Load More Replies...I always thought "To let" signs were toilet signs. I used to think that the people in those houses/flats were really kind letting everyone use their toilets. I was older than I care to admit when I realised....
Well...for this "comic" artist...the most embarrassing thing should be this false post. There are SOOO many reasons this did not happen, and it is not even creative or entertaining. Go home. Take that waitress job...it is better for you! The drawings are poor also.
I could understand your point, if the story was claiming she saved the world or something but she's only claiming she shouted at a fat person for using a diasble parking spot, it's not that far fetched
Load More Replies...Earliest embarrasment I remember a little of is the christmas I got a walking horse at the age of 3 and I sent her walking behind the couch while crying hysterical screaming it to stop while pushing the walk button. Whole family was laughing their butts off. Mom said I scolded the toy for walking from me. IMG_201809...7ba765.jpg
The dog with the gigantic ears at the end was the best part of the story.
Depression is also a disease. As is PTSD. Sometimes getting from the car to the front door of the store is horrific. There are also gastro/urine diseases that you cannot see. Yes, there are people who misuse Hspots... Better to teach your child tolerance for those with unseen, catastrophic issues that make her think she is the morality police. That’s wrong. I
I’m sorry, I know there was great confusion/misunderstanding on the part of the child, but shame on the parents. Also, something about a 5 year old gett8ng 8n a c9nfrontation ina public place ALONE (or - just as bad: with parents looking on, doing nothing - berating another person) is just not credible or if it happened abusive. Not all obesity is “curable” - how awful for people to gang up like that. This story makes me so angry.
I used to loudly ask questions to my mum about other people while they were sat right there xD I once asked my mum why this lady had pink hair, the lady in question was kind enough to tell me how she did it and why
It is better to teach children not to make personal remarks and also just good manners. If the child wants to know they can ask mum discretely. It is good this lady was sweet about it but not all will be.
Load More Replies...My pain of embarassment was discovering all the 40 year old notes my teachers sent home after my mum passed away. Had never seen any of them and felt soo guilty.
My mother unabashedly left those out for us to see hoping that if we got a glance at "Talks too much in class" or "Seems unable to focus" we'd self correct the situation. I always found it interesting that teachers spent your years in elementary school telling you to shut up and then demand that you speak up in middle school and high school. Make up your minds...
Load More Replies...This is one of the most adorable and innocent things! We all did stuff similar
When I was little I used to constantly confuse my parents by talking about the “Sticker Door”. They had no idea what I meant and presumably just put it down to my healthy imagination. However, they found out when moving that the “Sticker Door” was an unused connecting door behind which I had been “sticking” all my unwanted food (mainly vegetables”) for the last five years!
I'm done with all the fat shaming, Bored Panda. Maybe get a "skinny" mascot and take your show on the road?
Just out of curiosity... when DID you find out that it was a handicap sign and not a potty sign?
Not sure why the poster would be embarrassed. Should be the jerk of an adult yelling at a child and calling her names who is embarrassed.
The memory may well be exaggerated so I wouldn't rely on her recall to be that accurate about what the woman said.
Load More Replies...It's hard to let go, unless your absolutely using the potty. And as you get older that gets more difficult.
The most embarrassing thing here is this bogus post. This never happened, and if itn did the child's parents should have been arrested for neglect. No five-year old would do this or remember it. Why make up a story like this that is not meaningful or even funny? Sad.
I love the fact she stuck up for what she thought was wrong
I hear something about the place, it usually reminds me that people get sick and bad things happen to them please copy and paste here .......... https://bit.ly/2OFI0MH
Guys, why is everyone calling this fake? Just because you don't remember something that happened when you were five doesn't mean that other people don't. Frankly, it's really rude. Didn't you ever learn manners? (I'm not saying this to be rude, I'm just annoyed at those who think that it's okay to be rude about it. It's okay to have an opinion, but it's not okay to be aggressive and dismissing about it.) Screen-Sho...cd-png.jpg
Because it's hard to think of a scenario where a 5 year old is completely on their own in a store for long enough for this to occur. She followed the lady around the store, saw that she didn't enter the bathroom, confronted her, had other people join in and also confront the lady. Mom didn't go find the kid until after she was done with her shopping and ready to check out. If this isn't made up, it's incredibly crappy parenting by her mom.
Load More Replies...This times 100!!!! You never get anywhere by being rude. If she had been polite, the whole thing could have been blown over in a few minutes.
Load More Replies...People who think this way are a huge problem in the world. Especially if you are a parent, you’re doing it exactly wrong if you think a child wildly misbehaving is cute. Parents these days think it’s endearing when their kids act nastily. Why?
Load More Replies...Or she might be ill and disabled which caused her to not be able to exercise and then ended up fat. That is a common problem for disabled people. Oh, and you think she can remember exactly what was said and is not exaggerating at all?
Load More Replies...I begged and begged my parents for a "how-do-stick" aged 3. They hadnt got a clue what was in my little head. I can clearly remember to this day what I wanted and why but couldnt articulate. It only became clear to them on a day trip to Blackpool where I spotted a shepherds-crook style thing full of sweets. "How-do-stick". All because of an elderly neighbour who we would meet on the road every day who would wave his (shepherds crook style) walking stick in the air as he said "How do" - 3 year old me really wanted a "how-do-stick"
It’s true the system is abused I’m in a wheelchair have been for about Eight. Years in mine right now
Load More Replies...Nope, you aren't. Also, whilst allowing for five year old logic, why had she been using loos for disabled people in order to make the connection? Wouldn't her mother (the parent she talks about being with that time so I'm making an assumption here that it was mostly mother) have taken her into loos that just had the ladies sign? For the majority of the time a 5 year old wouldn't have been going on her own - well that's how I remember it anyway. Unless she had disabled family members but then it would have been explained. It obviously happened but I confess to be confused.
Load More Replies...When my autistic son was 5, we were in the car waiting to exit a parking lot onto a main street. My son blurts out "Bad Boy!" "What Bad Boy?" My son points to a passing police car "Bad Boy, mama, Bad Boy!" Then I got it..the theme song from the tv show cops. We turned onto the street singing "Bad Boys, Bad Boys..watcha gonna do? Watcha gonna do when they come for you?"
I'd just like to point out that just because the woman was obese, that may not have been her only handicap. Not all handicaps are visible from the outside.
Strange and contrived post. So a little child believes the parking places are for people in a bathroom emergency...watches a women park there, follows her through the building to see if she uses the toilet, confronts the adult, and the adult goes ballistic at a little child? Where are the child's parents? This is clearly untrue and not even funny!
Thank you. It’s not funny at all, it’s borderline psychotic. Kids trying to mind the business of adults is not cute or funny. And yet so many parents think it’s just hilarious. So trashy.
Load More Replies...I don't understand why you are making the women a villain for being obese. Obesity is most likely the result of her disability. Not all disabilities are visible. I get that you were 5 at the time, but you are now an adult and still making this women the fat villain of your story. Sorry but if a brat ran up to a screamed that I was fat, I would call you a little s**t too. I have constant struggle with people parking in the accessible parking, which forces me to squeeze into spots where I have to take my walker out through my trunk window, so I get it. Just because you fat doesn't mean you don't have MS, ME, FIBRO, LUPUS, and on and on. Again, you were five, but your cartoon is offensive.
Seriously. Parents think it’s just so cute when their kids try (and fail miserably) to act like adults. Then they act indignant when someone puts their s****y kid in their place. I think it was right for the woman to cuss the kid out. If anything, she didn’t go far enough. Had it been me, I would have ignored the kids existence completely. I’ll be damned if I answer to a person that’s only been on the planet for like 40 months. FOH.
Load More Replies...So the author is just assuming that the reason this person was parking in the space was because she was obese? Pretty self absorbed memory for a five year old!
The OP assumed she parked there was because she had a potty emergency. When she didnt use the potty the poster admonished her for parking there and not using the potty. One of the bystanders was who said the obesity was not a reason to park in handicapped parking
Load More Replies...Yes I'm sure a 5 year old came up with that nice complex storyline and then remembered it for decades after the fact. Geesh, if you're going to write fiction, just call it what it is, not some fabricated story by some fabricated little kid.
People always fabricate stories about their kids or things they claim to have done when they were kids. This is because children are so uninteresting on their own.
Load More Replies...Hmmm. This woman can recall in great detail an embarrassing moment that happened to her when she was five, but people don't think Dr. Ford is correctly remembering a traumatic attack that happened when she was in high school?
In this case, the poster can remember everything perfectly because she just made it up five minutes before she wrote it. This would be fine if it was entertaining comic fiction, but it is just embarrassingly dumb, and not the least bit funny or entertaining.
Load More Replies...She actually has a right to be mad, you can't just assume the disease had to do with her obesity. Even if it did there are diseases that cause obesity sometimes and you can't just "take a walk" and make it go away. Still a funny story tho
When I was little I was sitting in the car with my Mum waiting for someone. A car parked in front of us and the driver went in to the supermarket, leaving the lights on. There was a man in the front passenger seat, so my Mum told me to tell him the lights were left on. I knocked on the window and politely told him. He informed me that he couldn't turn them off as he was blind. He was very kind and didn't seem angry, but I was mortified. Well, I suppose it wasn't really my fault, but the shame still burns from this one.
I can't think of a single reason you need to be ashamed. I probably would have been embarrassed at the time, just because the situation wasn't what I expected and I was a nervous child! But looking back? You did as you were asked by your mother, the guy will have had to explain he was blind a lot of times (I've worked with blind people - just a fact of their lives). You were doing a good thing which didn't turn out the way that was expected. Tell yourself it is okay, because it really is.
Load More Replies...I always thought "To let" signs were toilet signs. I used to think that the people in those houses/flats were really kind letting everyone use their toilets. I was older than I care to admit when I realised....
Well...for this "comic" artist...the most embarrassing thing should be this false post. There are SOOO many reasons this did not happen, and it is not even creative or entertaining. Go home. Take that waitress job...it is better for you! The drawings are poor also.
I could understand your point, if the story was claiming she saved the world or something but she's only claiming she shouted at a fat person for using a diasble parking spot, it's not that far fetched
Load More Replies...Earliest embarrasment I remember a little of is the christmas I got a walking horse at the age of 3 and I sent her walking behind the couch while crying hysterical screaming it to stop while pushing the walk button. Whole family was laughing their butts off. Mom said I scolded the toy for walking from me. IMG_201809...7ba765.jpg
The dog with the gigantic ears at the end was the best part of the story.
Depression is also a disease. As is PTSD. Sometimes getting from the car to the front door of the store is horrific. There are also gastro/urine diseases that you cannot see. Yes, there are people who misuse Hspots... Better to teach your child tolerance for those with unseen, catastrophic issues that make her think she is the morality police. That’s wrong. I
I’m sorry, I know there was great confusion/misunderstanding on the part of the child, but shame on the parents. Also, something about a 5 year old gett8ng 8n a c9nfrontation ina public place ALONE (or - just as bad: with parents looking on, doing nothing - berating another person) is just not credible or if it happened abusive. Not all obesity is “curable” - how awful for people to gang up like that. This story makes me so angry.
I used to loudly ask questions to my mum about other people while they were sat right there xD I once asked my mum why this lady had pink hair, the lady in question was kind enough to tell me how she did it and why
It is better to teach children not to make personal remarks and also just good manners. If the child wants to know they can ask mum discretely. It is good this lady was sweet about it but not all will be.
Load More Replies...My pain of embarassment was discovering all the 40 year old notes my teachers sent home after my mum passed away. Had never seen any of them and felt soo guilty.
My mother unabashedly left those out for us to see hoping that if we got a glance at "Talks too much in class" or "Seems unable to focus" we'd self correct the situation. I always found it interesting that teachers spent your years in elementary school telling you to shut up and then demand that you speak up in middle school and high school. Make up your minds...
Load More Replies...This is one of the most adorable and innocent things! We all did stuff similar
When I was little I used to constantly confuse my parents by talking about the “Sticker Door”. They had no idea what I meant and presumably just put it down to my healthy imagination. However, they found out when moving that the “Sticker Door” was an unused connecting door behind which I had been “sticking” all my unwanted food (mainly vegetables”) for the last five years!
I'm done with all the fat shaming, Bored Panda. Maybe get a "skinny" mascot and take your show on the road?
Just out of curiosity... when DID you find out that it was a handicap sign and not a potty sign?
Not sure why the poster would be embarrassed. Should be the jerk of an adult yelling at a child and calling her names who is embarrassed.
The memory may well be exaggerated so I wouldn't rely on her recall to be that accurate about what the woman said.
Load More Replies...It's hard to let go, unless your absolutely using the potty. And as you get older that gets more difficult.
The most embarrassing thing here is this bogus post. This never happened, and if itn did the child's parents should have been arrested for neglect. No five-year old would do this or remember it. Why make up a story like this that is not meaningful or even funny? Sad.
I love the fact she stuck up for what she thought was wrong
I hear something about the place, it usually reminds me that people get sick and bad things happen to them please copy and paste here .......... https://bit.ly/2OFI0MH
Guys, why is everyone calling this fake? Just because you don't remember something that happened when you were five doesn't mean that other people don't. Frankly, it's really rude. Didn't you ever learn manners? (I'm not saying this to be rude, I'm just annoyed at those who think that it's okay to be rude about it. It's okay to have an opinion, but it's not okay to be aggressive and dismissing about it.) Screen-Sho...cd-png.jpg
Because it's hard to think of a scenario where a 5 year old is completely on their own in a store for long enough for this to occur. She followed the lady around the store, saw that she didn't enter the bathroom, confronted her, had other people join in and also confront the lady. Mom didn't go find the kid until after she was done with her shopping and ready to check out. If this isn't made up, it's incredibly crappy parenting by her mom.
Load More Replies...This times 100!!!! You never get anywhere by being rude. If she had been polite, the whole thing could have been blown over in a few minutes.
Load More Replies...People who think this way are a huge problem in the world. Especially if you are a parent, you’re doing it exactly wrong if you think a child wildly misbehaving is cute. Parents these days think it’s endearing when their kids act nastily. Why?
Load More Replies...Or she might be ill and disabled which caused her to not be able to exercise and then ended up fat. That is a common problem for disabled people. Oh, and you think she can remember exactly what was said and is not exaggerating at all?
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