List your first world problems here.

[Mizzoufan]

I have a hangnail

 

[MIGrandma]

As I have been spending most of my afternoons cleaning out my mom's apartment (she is living in a nursing home now) I generally stop and pick up lunch to take with me. Last time I ordered and paid for a crunchy taco supreme but received just a regular taco.

 

[BrianL]

I am trying to buy a 5x7 picture frame for a postcard I bought at Disney., but I have purchased 2 now only to get them home and find that they are about half-an-inch to an inch short on all sides. I returned one, but the other, I had to scrape off the label on thw glass with goo-gone, then the original receipt got thrown away and I only have the gift receipt. It was also the last frame of it's kind so they can't find a tag for it. Looks like I'm out 14 bucks. Buying this frame is becoming an ordeal!

 

[AmazingGrace]

I had to sit bored at the car dealership waiting for the loan paperwork to get faxed. The worst part was that my Apple Watch had just gotten replaced and it wasn't updated to the latest software. So I didn't have half the colors available on my watch face. And the battery on my iPhone was almost dead. All that and our new car doesn't even have heated leather seats!

 

[book_junkie]

We're almost done closing our house in TX, and it's been raining so much the dog is sinking in the ground. She's decided to wait until it stops.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I had to sit bored at the car dealership waiting for the loan paperwork to get faxed. The worst part was that my Apple Watch had just gotten replaced and it wasn't updated to the latest software. So I didn't have half the colors available on my watch face. And the battery on my iPhone was almost dead. All that and our new car doesn't even have heated leather seats!

Well my heated leather seats are pressure sensitive so they don't warm up with the car!

 

[aprilchem]

When my DH empties the dishwasher he always leaves a few things on the counter that he "doesn't know where they go." He really just doesn't want to put them away.

 

[DopeyDame]

I'm laughing so hard right now! Great thread.

As for me, my life is tragically hard right now because I forgot to bring my hair conditioner to the gym this morning. I had to take a hot shower and wash my hair with regular old shampoo and no conditioner. Sigh.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

When my DH empties the dishwasher he always leaves a few things on the counter that he "doesn't know where they go." He really just doesn't want to put them away.

Hehe... I'll admit that I use a slight variation on this excuse... "I can't reach".



Then he bought me a step-stool

 

[Art 1]

Do any of you feel guilty for your good fortune? Even if you worked for it and was born in N. America it's different than being born say in a S. American slum. Do you ever feel that the right thing to do would be to sell your house and move to a very small house, down size your cars, sell off your jewelry and so forth and donate it to a third world charity? Sell your vacation house? Or maybe donate all your vacation funds and take no more vacations? If not should one feel guilty for having "first world" problems?

 

[AmazingGrace]

Do any of you feel guilty for your good fortune? Even if you worked for it and was born in N. America it's different than being born say in a S. American slum. Do you ever feel that the right thing to do would be to sell your house and move to a very small house, down size your cars, sell off your jewelry and so forth and donate it to a third world charity? Sell your vacation house? Or maybe donate all your vacation funds and take no more vacations? If not should one feel guilty for having "first world" problems?

I don't feel guilty. I come from somewhat of a poor environment and have worked hard to pull myself up. I also try really hard to be thankful in all circumstances and remember where I came from. I try and give back where and when I can because I remember what it was like to not have a warm comfortable home and so much food. I also didn't step into a car dealership until I was well into adulthood. No guilt here, just gratitude and a desire to give back and pay forward as I'm able.

 

[Pugsly]

I can't decorate my Christmas trees because my 9 month old kitten is a terror, and wants to climb it. This year may just be a tree, lights, and a handful of wood/metal/decoupage ornaments I think are indestructible enough to survive.

We're going to Disneyland Friday-Monday. Driving myself crazy trying to figure out how to cram: Fantasmic, Christmas Parade, Paint the Night, Disneyland Forever fireworks, Candlelight, World of of Color Holiday, the Viva Navidad street parade in 3 nights, and still have time to ride rides and not be camped out somewhere for hours. We're going specifically to see the things that will be closing for Star Wars, so I can't cut out Fantasmic. But I don't want to miss any of the holiday stuff either. I've seen Paint the Night and the new fireworks, but my husband has not.

This. This is pretty much my problem (with almost all he exact same dates) and we haven't seen Paint the Night or the Fireworks.

 

[Disneyland1084]

I wanted to buy Target's "Obsessive Christmas Disorder" shirt, but didn't think it was worth $27 dollars. I was hoping it would be $15 at the most.

 

[SparklePixie]

I don't feel guilty. I come from somewhat of a poor environment and have worked hard to pull myself up. I also try really hard to be thankful in all circumstances and remember where I came from. I try and give back where and when I can because I remember what it was like to not have a warm comfortable home and so much food. I also didn't step into a car dealership until I was well into adulthood. No guilt here, just gratitude and a desire to give back and pay forward as I'm able.

This. Exactly this.

 

[Mickeyluver37]

My daughter brought a "crudites" (sorry French folk, no accent grave here!) to Thanksgiving dinner and we didn't know what it was! It scared most of us until she opened the lid and revealed the contents!

Isn't that just a vegetable tray?

My husband keeps leaving the butter uncovered on the counter, and we occasionally have gnats/fruit flies flying around.....and we have cats (that comes with litter boxes).
I don't like cat poop with my butter.

I try not to be a nag, (I have told him about it several times). I end up opening a new stick and keeping it in the fridge (even though I don't like hard butter on my bread).

Marital sacrifices

This has been a major fight in the 19 years we've been married and neither one of us will give in. I find any and all butter left out to be disgusting, and DH keeps leaving little dishes everywhere.

My personal whine today is that DH is traveling for work all week and I have to do all the lunches, laundry, parenting, drop offs, pick ups, etc myself in addition to working. He doesn't travel much, and I've gotten so accustomed to him always being there, that it's hard to believe he was actually in the military the first 8 years we were married! It's going to take a lot of coffee.

 

[jaybirdsmommy]

My husband replaced our burnt out christmas lights. The store only had red and yellow left. No problem until we plugged them in and realized that apparently all the burned out bulbs were the blue and green ones. My house looks like McDonalds.

 

[GrnMtnMan]

Apple Pay on my Apple Watch take too long when I'm buying lunch at Subway. Subway's credit card readers are fast for swiping a regular credit card, but are sluggish with Apple Pay on the Iphone, and even more sluggish on the watch.

Apple Pay works pretty much at the same speed across devices at Whole Foods.

 

[wishesuponastar]

My hubby bought outdoor christmas lights and they have blue lights in them. I don't like the blue but won't tell him.

 

[Albort]

Apple Pay on my Apple Watch take too long when I'm buying lunch at Subway. Subway's credit card readers are fast for swiping a regular credit card, but are sluggish with Apple Pay on the Iphone, and even more sluggish on the watch.

Apple Pay works pretty much at the same speed across devices at Whole Foods.

what!? my local subway doesnt even take Apple Pay!!! Blastomy!

 

[yoopermom]

I'm fasting for my colonoscopy tomorrow (jello, broth, and popsicles, oh boy...) and there was free PIZZA at work today (and right across the hall, so I've gotten to smell what I can't have...).

Terri