The week my washing machine flooded and everything went sideways

Last month I had the worst week of my adult life, no joke. It started on a Tuesday when my washing machine just decided to dump about 30 gallons of water all over my basement floor. I came down to check on a load and my socks were literally floating around. Cost me $300 for an emergency plumber to come out and tell me the hose had a tiny crack. Then on Wednesday, I backed my car into a mailbox in the parking lot of a CVS and cracked my taillight. That was $180 to replace. By Thursday I just stayed in bed and ate cold pizza from the night before. The only good part was my buddy brought over a six pack and we just sat on my porch complaining about everything. Has anyone else ever had a week where you just feel like the universe is messing with you on purpose?

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angela_allen5313h ago

Oh man, I gotta push back on this a little. Look, I get it, the flood and the car thing suck, but isn't this kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy? You were already having a bad week so everything felt worse. The plumber was $300, but a new hose is like $10 at the hardware store and takes 5 minutes to swap. And backing into a mailbox? That's just not paying attention (we've all done it, but still). I'm with @ellis.robert on the braided hoses, but honestly, I think you invited the chaos by getting worked up over the socks floating. One bad thing happens, you let it snowball. Cold pizza and a six pack with a buddy sounds like a solid recovery though, so maybe you're secretly winning.

ellis.robert15h ago

The universe is messing with you on purpose" - man I felt that in my bones. After my own flood fiasco I bought those braided steel washing machine hoses and haven't had a problem since. Sometimes you just gotta ride the wave and eat that cold pizza while it lasts.