A couple of weeks ago, I finally moved in with my husband, which was supposed to be the beginning of a wonderful chapter in our lives. I had no idea that my husband’s 15-year-old son from a previous marriage, named Dave, would prove to be a difficult obstacle to overcome. Though I knew there would be some period of adaptation, I did not expect such an attitude towards my efforts to make the house our cozy place in the form of piles of garbage that Dave, as if on purpose, left scattered throughout the house.
At first, I thought it was a temporary situation, perhaps a teenager’s version of chaos. But days turned into weeks, and the mess only seemed to grow. Empty chip bags, crumpled papers, and discarded clothes adorned every corner of our once-pristine home. It was as if a tornado of teenage negligence had swept through, leaving behind a debris field that would shock even a loving mother.
My comments and requests for cleanliness had no effect on him at all. It was like talking to a wall. I wanted to stop this and somehow decided to act outside the box.
One day, when Dave left for school, I came up with a plan. I was going to defeat this trash invasion, which required a strategy that went beyond mere words. Wandering around the house, armed with trash bags and determination, I picked up every piece of clutter that had settled into our home. I was on a mission to teach Dave a lesson in responsibility.
His room, the center of chaos, was my first target. When I walked in, I was greeted by clothes strewn across the floor, a maze of crumpled papers, and a collection of half-empty soda cans. Without pleasure, but with a feeling of determination, I began to put all the items that were scattered in garbage bags. Papers, cans, his clothes, everything was packed into the bags together. In the end, the room gradually turned from a disaster zone into something resembling order. I packed all the scattered clothes with other trash in a bags.
A similar fate befell the living room, kitchen, and even the bathroom. It was a time-consuming task, but I was sure that if words could not reach him, perhaps these bags would show him how much of a mess he left behind.
15 People Whose Day Was Anything but Boring
April 11, 1954, is the most boring day ever, according to a Cambridge computer scientist who used a search engine with a database with over 300 million facts. Don’t be judgmental, we know a couple of cool things happened, but there was no Google to check it. Well, a couple of decades have passed and life is anything but boring right now.
Bright Side wants to show you 15 people whose ordinary day turned into an absolutely wild adventure after a surprising discovery.
1. “This circle that appeared in the evening sky”
2. “My orange has 2 sides.”
3. “The sun reflecting off my side mirror melted a mirror-shaped hole in the frost on the window.”
4. “I have a ridiculously oversized clothespin I found years ago and now I’ve found its ridiculously micro-sized little brother.”
5. “Saw this mega strawberry.”
6. “This wheelchair ramp is made out of Legos.”
7. “This moss in the shape of a heart”
8. “Caught a yellow garden spider eating a lady bug at the perfect moment.”
9. “There was one heart-shaped treat in my dog’s bone-shaped treats.”
10. “There was a billiard ball inside of my bocce ball.”
11. “It was a great day till this moment.”
11. “It was a great day till this moment.”
12. “Found a cauliflower growing straight out of a concrete curb in my street.”
13. “Found a tiny, seemingly ripe, orange.”
14. “My friend’s bruise resembles The Mona Lisa.”
15. “Found a rock in the shape of a skull on a Scottish Mountain.”
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