Some lessons, like not touching a hot stove and looking both ways before crossing the street, can be taught and learned with only a brief discussion. Others are best learned on one’s own, no matter how hard the results can be to stomach.
These 12 people reveal the ones they wouldn’t have learned as well any other way.
#12. Doesn’t forget.
“The tax man doesn’t simply forget you exist.”
#11. Once a cheater…
“If she cheats on her ex for you, she’ll cheat on you for someone else.”
#10. Sensitivity.
“Icy Hot is not meant for your sensitive areas.”
#9. Not forever.
“As much as you love someone, and as much as they love you, your relationship can still end.
You can be the wrong people for one another, but still in love.
You can be the right people for each other, but under the wrong circumstances.
And you can be the perfect people for each other, but only for a certain amount of time, not forever.”
#8. Advice for men.
“Wash your hands after eating hot wings before taking a piss.”
#7. Never again.
“I was a little kid and wondered what it would be like to be stung by a hornet. I saw a hornet. Touched its backside.
Never again.”
#6. You can’t change a person.
“That you can’t change a person, they have to want to change themselves.”
#5. A lot harder.
“It’s a lot harder to fix something than it is to avoid breaking it. (Read: it’s a lot easier to be frugal than to get out of debt; it’s a lot easier to develop healthy habits (e.g. eating well, exercise) when you’re young and healthy than to try to change your habits after you’ve developed health problems and your metabolism has slowed; it’s a lot easier to be honest in a relationship than to try to fix a breach of trust. All of those “it’s easier” things are super hard, but the alternatives suck a lot more.)”
#4. Checking temperatures.
“To see if an iron is still hot, hold your hand an inch or two away from it.
6-year-old me put my palm flat against it.”
#3. Just in case.
“Bring an extra pair of glasses (or contacts) with you on vacation in case you lose or break them.”
#2. There are no words.
“Toothpaste isn’t a good lube.”
#1. Questioning everything.
“The intricacies of the female cycle.
I had just moved in with my girlfriend.
I had come from a home where everything was always pristine, we had a housekeeper, everything was always in its place and clean.
My girlfriend did not. She’s messy, but cleans eventually.
Now, as a man I understand the basics of what happens during that time of the month, but I never thought about it at all.
The first weekend we were moved in together, it was that time. What I didn’t know what that when she buys her tampons, she also gets her hair dye, and does it once a month.
Now, all women and most men have probably caught on that she is NOT a natural red head. Now, periods I knew a little about but hair dye? Absolutely nothing.
I walked into our bathroom after what would be the first of many monthly rituals, and I gagged. I looked around horrified, and then threw up.
What I saw: Dark red. Red in the shower, red toilet paper in the garbage, red all over the shower.
What she saw: Me throwing up, doubled over, questioning everything.
“I don’t understand?! The shower…gag…the shower walls?! gag Were you spinning around?! WHY ARE THERE GLOVES?!”
This was followed by her laughing hysterically for…it’s been 13 years now. I still have not lived that down.
TL;DR: Thought my GF became Carrie once a month.”
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