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Story 10:
My boyfriend’s parents came over for the first time. All was perfect—until his mom went to the bathroom. 15 mins passed. She was still there. 20 mins later, my boyfriend checked on her.
When she finally got out, her mood had shifted. She grabbed her bag, and they quickly left. My boyfriend yelled, “You could’ve warned me!”
I went—or more exactly, I rushed over—to check what was going on and suddenly froze when I saw my bathroom in a total mess. My entire floor was covered in napkins, and the smell was seriously awful.
That’s when I remembered that my boyfriend’s mother had a severe gluten allergy. I had forgotten about it and served her a homemade cake that wasn’t gluten-free. They had assumed that I remembered her allergy and that I was very careful, and my boyfriend was furious that I had forgotten.
But to be fair, he had just mentioned it once, although he swears it was more. Now I can’t even know what to do to make it up to her, and I think we will never get past this awkward situation.
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Story 12:
A long time ago, when I was just starting kindergarten, I would ride the afternoon bus home. For the first few weeks, I would see my grandpa on the side of the road by the entrance to my neighborhood. When I got home, I told my mom all about it—how he just stood there and waved at me. All I got were perplexed looks.
The reason? My grandfather had passed away two weeks before school started. What I didn’t find out until recently was that he had died right by the pond, a few feet from that road.
