Sibling rivalry is quite normal among kids. Of course, it’s something parents have to manage, but sometimes, it even goes on well into adulthood. According to the National Organization for Women, one in two adults still argue and compete with their siblings.
For these two sisters, the tensions reached a boiling point during NYE. One sister tried to wind the other up by wearing her five-year-old daughter’s clothes without permission. Later, the mother found her daughter’s skirt in her sister’s luggage, prompting a huge fight over text. She felt a bit guilty about going through her things, but protecting her daughter was more important.
Bored Panda reached out to the mother, u/IsEveryoneOkorNo, and she kindly agreed to have a chat with us. Read on to find out why her relationship with her sister has been so strained and more about her extended family dynamics.
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The sister teased the child the day before by wearing it, angering both her and the mom
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After receiving some comments, she clarified how her sister was able to fit into the skirt and why she and her daughter were living with her mom
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The Redditor tells Bored Panda that her sister is battling many demons, making interactions with her especially difficult
When we reached out to the mother who posted this story, u/IsEveryoneOkorNo, she kindly agreed to tell us more about what her relationship with her sister has been like before this incident.
According to the Redditor, they have always had an on-and-off relationship. The trouble started, as the user recalls, in high school. “Her eating disorder started in high school and that’s when she started being really cruel to me,” u/IsEveryoneOkorNo tells Bored Panda.
“She also had a lot of false memories that she will go on rants about, and it’s difficult to listen to because I know for a fact these things didn’t happen, but then she just attacks and blames, which is very triggering.”
According to the Redditor, her sister also struggles with mental health issues and dependence on substances. “She’s just a very difficult person now,” the single mother explains. “She lives with her sugar daddy, and they have a very toxic relationship as well. It’s very violent on both ends.”
Her current living situation allows the mother to take care of her daughter better
The comments under her post varied: some people showed support, urging the mother to stay strong and lower contact with her sister. Others, however, didn’t understand how she could live like this and allow her daughter to be around such toxic people.
But such is life; we sometimes have to experience the bad to get to the good. The Redditor clarifies why, at 38, she still lives with her mother. “A lot of people still live at home, this isn’t a choice for me, it’s this or be homeless, I guess. Or live in a very unsafe, violent neighborhood.”
“I’d rather live in an ‘unsafe’ environment that I can predict rather than one with strangers [who] could do much worse than my mother’s lack of empathy and accountability,” u/IsEveryoneOkorNo admits.
Although the living conditions are less than ideal for her daughter, the mother tries to look at them as educational. “[I’m] teaching her what type of behavior is safe and unsafe, right and wrong, etc. My daughter communicates with me very well [about] what she needs, what upsets her, and what makes her happy.”
The mother talks about her daughter with much pride. “She’s a very kind and happy kid, she does well at school despite having severe ADHD. She goes out of her way to be kind to other kids, especially younger kids, and she’s always sharing whether it’s her toys or snacks.”
“Parents will compliment how kind she is and thank her for being kind to their kids, and that makes me feel like I’m doing something right despite the dysfunction that our home goes through from time to time,” the mom tells us.
She feels blessed to be able to spend a lot of time with her daughter. Living with her mother allows her to do that, not having to constantly work paycheck to paycheck. “I keep my daughter safe and I don’t have to worry if she’s safe in a stranger’s care. She was going to an afterschool program for a while so I could work longer, but then they lost her, found her after searching for 45 minutes, but that was enough for me to say never again.”
The Redditor hopes to give her daughter the emotionally stable childhood that she never had
u/IsEveryoneOkorNo admits that she doesn’t want her daughter to have no contact with family members, but will always prioritize the girl’s safety. “I have been through a lot as a child and as an adult, and these experiences help me keep my daughter physically, mentally, and emotionally safe, no matter who is trying to wreak havoc,” she says. “My daughter loves her aunt, which is conflicting for me because although I’m sure it’s there somewhere, I just don’t love my sister the way I used to.”
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“I have a huge wall up with her, I can’t trust her with anything because anything said to her is always used against me. I don’t want my daughter to not have any family but having no one is better than unsafe family.”
The Redditor is also trying to break generational patterns. She wants her daughter to have the emotional stability she herself never experienced with her own parents. “I’m not perfect but I always mend and repair with my daughter if we have a tough day. That’s something I never got as a kid with either of my parents and I still don’t,” the mom admits.
“Both my parents are narcissists with mental illness. I see a therapist regularly. I am doing my best with what I have. And my daughter is a happy kid, that’s all that matters to me, is that she’s happy, fed, safe, and thriving. And she’s all those things. Even with selfish family members.”
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Hi friends, and welcome to Friday Favourites. Today I thought we could chat about one of my favourite things to do during my summer break. That is, tackling little DIY home projects. Think redecorating, painting, reorganising and a bit of declutter.
I know, I know. Some of my friends and my husband think I am a bit mad. After working full-time during the year, you would think I would want to completely switch off and take a proper break. But I really enjoy these kinds of projects, and they don’t feel like ‘work’. Of course, I love a good do-nothing day or three. But those days come after I finish my projects.
Why I Love Easy DIY Home Projects for a Fresh, Minimal Look
I love making spaces feel good to be in and want rooms to feel calm, welcoming, and lived in. The kind of places you actually want to spend time in. I get such a kick out of seeing how even the smallest change can make a big difference. A fresh coat of paint, moving furniture around, clearing a cluttered corner, or even adding a hook, it all adds up and it just makes me happy. I guess you could even call them DIY home projects, as self-care. Ha, why not ay?
Podcasts, Audiobooks, and Background Noise
While I’m DIYing, I like to have something playing in the background, like a podcast or audiobook. This time around, I couldn’t find one that hooked me in, so I was skipping around a lot. Lately, I’ve also been listening to political commentators, which probably sounds like an odd choice for someone who gets major anxiety about world events. Strangely, though, I am okay with it these days. I don’t get as worked up as I used to, even though there is plenty going on in the world to get stressed about.
When all of this got too heavy, I switched over to Doc Martin. I have watched it so many times that I can visualise the scenes, so I just listened to all the hilarious things that went on while enjoying that soothing show.
Small Projects, Big Joy
I love how these little DIY home projects make such a difference. I can’t fix the world, but I can paint a wall, sort a space, or tidy up a corner. Doing these small things makes me feel calm and in control, and that’s exactly the kind of break I needed.
Where It All Began
Okay, so let’s go back to where it all began. Ikea, of course! It’s always my source of inspiration because all the displays look so welcoming and cozy. I’ve heard that if you have more than a couple of Ikea pieces in your living room, it makes it look cheap. Oops, I have way more than a couple, so that’s too bad, haha.
I went to Ikea with a friend for the free gingerbread house-making event, and we had a wander around while we were there. The curtains in my living room were starting to look tired, and some even had tears where the cats had tried to claw their way onto the windowsill. Silly girls. So, I ended up buying some new curtains. The thing I love about Ikea is that almost everything is pretty affordable.
One Thing Always Leads to Another
When I got home, I decided that if I was going to hang new curtains, I’d better take down the Christmas tree, wash the sofa covers, the mat under the coffee table, and give the whole area a deep clean.
A few days later, everything looked tidy, except for the awful pile of papers on my husband’s small desk in the living room. He needed a new desk, or maybe I did, because I was sick of looking at the stacks of papers on his ugly brown desk.
The Desk Solution
So I made another trip to Ikea, which, lucky for me, is only a 10 to 15-minute drive from my house. I picked up a white Micke desk and a Råskog trolley, which would solve the problem of those piles of papers. Before I went, I measured everything carefully to make sure it would fit in the small area where the original desk had been.
Here’s the original clunky desk, which I managed to sell in a day on Facebook Marketplace for $20. What a win!
Ikea now has step-by-step instructions on YouTube. Still no words, but it made putting everything together so much easier.
One Small Problem
The new desk looked great, but I noticed that the wall where it stood had some marks from me hanging pictures a zillion years ago, and a tiny patch of paint had chipped away. Ugh.
The Room I Kept Avoiding
Truth be told, the living room was the only room I hadn’t gotten around to painting white like the rest of the house. I started about two and a half years ago with the goal of painting all the rooms white. They had previously been a sandy colour called Grand Piano in half strength. But I stopped and never got to the living room. Honestly, I had no desire to paint it, even though I kept saying I would.
That patch on the wall didn’t look pretty, so I thought, bingo, I’ll go to Bunnings and get a sample pot of the Grand Piano colour, and nobody will ever know.
Wrong. See, the thing with paint is that even though I got the exact colour, when I painted the patch, it was way lighter than what was already there. I don’t know if it was age, the light, or the paint batch, but something wasn’t right.
Going All In
So instead of painting just a little bit, I thought, that’s okay, I’ll go all the way up further and it will all blend in. Easy peasy. I went to bed thinking positive thoughts that when I woke up, everything would look blended. Wrong again.
So I said to my husband, that’s it, I’m going to bite the bullet and just paint the living room like I’ve been saying I would. He looked at me, slightly pained, and said, no worries, I’ll go pick the basil from the pot and make pesto. I said, good, I’d rather paint a whole room than make pesto.
So off he went to the front garden, and off I went to Bunnings for paint.
First coat done on one wall, and so many more to go.
It took a whole day to paint, but I think it was all worth it. When we put everything back the next day, I loved how clean, bright and fresh everything looked. I’m not colour confident, and I really do prefer a simple, minimal look, so white just feels right to me.
It’s not just white, either. It’s Casper White in quarter strength. Hehe.
And yes, I’m keeping that little gap in the curtains for the cats so they can still climb onto the window. I’ve learned my lesson.
Even though I did all of the prep and painting, Sam and Steve helped move the furniture. And Steve made sure I ate and drank during the day. I can get carried away trying to finish projects and neglect basic needs. Yikes!
Oh, yes and here’s the new desk and the trolley for paperwork, with the wall that started everything. Can you spot something that isn’t right? Yep, it’s the wooden trim next to the wall, it’s yellowish and yuck. That’s my next project–painting the door trims and skirting boards.
A Few Other Things
I’ve also done a few other small DIY home projects. I had some photos printed at Officeworks and switched out the ones I had in the hallway from our visit to Wendy Whitely’s Secret Garden.
Now we have photos from our trip last January, Valley of Fire State Park with its fiery red rock formations, Monument Valley on the Arizona-Utah border, and Horseshoe Bend in Arizona. Can you believe that this week marks exactly one year since we set off on our trip?
I got a new clock that works, again from Ikea. We had an old brown one that stopped a few years ago. Ha, would you believe Steve was attached to it because it was a wedding gift? I managed to convince him to let it go. It was time to move on, and I’m sure it was bad feng shui to have a clock that was stuck in time, right?
I also bought a new plant. I’ve had my Monstera for a few years, and now I have this one called a Grey Star. The leaves open up during the day and gradually start closing in the afternoon. But I swear I’ve seen it move – spooky!
Lastly, here’s my coffee table with a white tray I bought at Kmart. Now, all the things on the coffee table don’t look like they are floating around all messy. They finally have a nice new home. In interior design speak, I’ve created a vignette to anchor my items. Pretty fancy, huh? 😂
In The Garden
When spring arrived, I raced out on the first weekend to buy some plants for the front garden. They have grown beautifully in the full sun we get every day. We’ve also been good about watering them, and the neighbours often comment on how pretty it looks whenever I see them outside.
There was a small patch at the front of our place that I never got around to dealing with, and it was full of weeds and overgrown plants. A couple of days ago, I cleared it all and planted some little flowering plants that are supposed to do well in shady spots. I can’t for the life of me remember what they’re called, but I’m sure they’ll look pretty when they grow.
Wow, that was a longer post than I intended. If you stuck it out to the end, you’re a real champ, and I appreciate you stopping by to read all about my DIY home projects. I’ve been having so much fun updating some areas of the house, and it really makes me happy to share it with you.
Having said that, I think I’m ready to hang up my brush (after I finish the skirting boards) and enjoy another week of summer holidays.
I’m excited for the weekend, especially Sunday, because it looks like my travelling cousins are coming over so we can start booking and planning our next overseas trip. I can’t wait to share everything once we’re financially committed and there’s no turning back. Don’t want to jinx anything!
This crispy rice tuna avocado bowl has become a favourite in our house. Think of it as a tossed salad, but hearty enough to be a full meal. I chop all the salad ingredients, add the crispy rice on top, drizzle a light creamy dressing, and toss everything together. It’s simple, protein-rich, and full of fresh flavours.
I don’t measure anything exactly; instead, I go by taste and texture, just like my mum used to cook. That’s exactly how I recommend you make it too.
Why this recipe works so well
It’s perfect for a quick lunch or an easy dinner. Tuna, edamame, and an optional egg on top make it filling and protein-rich. My son is all about the protein these days, and he has given this recipe a big thumbs up.
It’s flexible, so you can tweak the ingredients depending on what’s in your fridge.
It’s quick to make, tastes fresh, and everyone can serve themselves just how they like it.
Crispy Rice Tuna Avocado Bowl Recipe
Ingredients
Crispy rice
Cooked white rice
Olive or sesame oil
Soy sauce (Lee Kum Kee is my favourite)
Salad base
Canned tuna, drained
Canned edamame, drained
Avocado, diced
Cucumber, diced
Cherry tomatoes halved
Fresh coriander, roughly chopped
sliced red onion
Dressing
A small spoon of mayonnaise (I use S&W whole egg mayonnaise)
Lemon juice
Soy sauce
Optional drizzle of sesame oil
To serve
Method
1. Crisp the rice Preheat the oven to 200°C. Spread the cooked rice on a lined baking tray. Drizzle with oil and soy sauce, then toss to coat.
Bake in 10-minute bursts, tossing each time, until the rice is crisp and lightly golden. Go by feel rather than exact time. Set aside to cool slightly.
2. Prepare the salad base Chop and place tuna, edamame, avocado, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, sliced red onions and coriander into a large bowl.
3. Add the crispy rice and dressing Add the crispy rice on top of the chopped salad. Drizzle the mayonnaise, lemon, and soy sauce dressing over the top, then toss everything together until well combined.
4. Optional finishing touch Top your crispy rice tuna avocado bowl with a soft-boiled or fried egg if you want extra protein. The runny yolk works beautifully with the crispy rice.
Make it yours
This Crispy Rice Tuna Avocado Bowl recipe is highly adaptable. Add chilli oil, sesame seeds, shallots, or swap the tuna for salmon or tofu. You can adjust the dressing to suit your taste. If you want it creamier, just add more mayonnaise. If you’re watching calories, one teaspoon of mayonnaise in the dressing works perfectly.
Quick, protein-rich, and fresh. Perfect for take-to-work lunches, or a handy meal to have in the fridge when, like us, your family is coming and going on different schedules.
Happy cooking, and enjoy your crispy rice tuna avocado bowl!
Food is one of the great comforts of our lives. People have different palates, likes and dislikes, usually informed by their upbringing. It’s not surprising that people like their national cuisine the most. Americans, for example, like American cuisine the most, with 91% saying that’s their favorite.
But people like trying other cuisines, too, and they can get the chance to do so when they are in relationships with people of other cultures. However, this boyfriend expected his partner’s mother to make American food when he went for a visit to Turkey. His entitled and rude behavior forced the partner to do some serious thinking and consider other red flags from the past.
A BF came to visit his partner’s family in Turkey but refused to eat their traditional food
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Americans think they are adventurous eaters, but their favorite foods paint a different picture
This story may paint Americans as people who don’t like experimenting with food or who shy away from cuisines of different cultures. But that’s not entirely true. When it comes to food, Americans actually like the cuisines of other countries and can be quite experimental.
According to the 2019 YouGov poll we already cited above, the popularity of American cuisine is followed closely by Italian (88%) and Mexican food (86%). Americans also like Chinese (84%), Spanish (79%), and Japanese (74%) a lot, and their least favorites are Emirati (23%), Saudi Arabian (24%), and Finnish (27%) cuisines.
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The reason Americans are less likely to try Saudi Arabian or Finnish cuisine is that they’re not as prevalent as the others. Also, it’s worth mentioning that American cuisine is quite popular around the globe. Out of 34 cuisines, it ranks seventh.
It would be unfair to say that Americans don’t like trying out new foods. A 2023 poll by Talker News found that, on average, Americans try around six new recipes in a month. What’s more, 27% of Americans say that their partners inspired them to try new foods.
Still, when we look at the most popular dishes in the U.S., there’s not a lot of cultural diversity. In the third quarter of 2025, the top five foods in America were French fries, cheeseburgers, mashed potatoes, grilled cheese, and fried chicken. So, when 53% of Americans say that they consider themselves to be adventurous eaters, they might be overestimating just how open-minded and fearless they are.
Traditional Eastern European cuisines aren’t that popular in the U.S.
From the statistics above, we can notice a certain trend: Americans like those traditional foods that come from the biggest ethnic populations in the U.S. For example, as Hispanic and Asian populations are increasing, so is the demand for certain traditional foods.
So, it’s somewhat understandable that the boyfriend in this story was not familiar with Tatar, Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian cuisines. While that’s no excuse for his rude and entitled behavior, it at least explains why he was so averse to even trying them.
All four of these traditional cuisines have little to no representation in America. In most surveys and polls, they’re not listed among the most common ethnic cuisines that Americans consume.
On the other hand, some Americans shy away from foods that seem too unfamiliar. The owner of a Ukrainian restaurant in Los Angeles, Mom, Please, Oleksii Kochetkov, says that diners are more likely to order traditional dishes when they connect them to something recognizable.
“Many people recognize dumplings, but they may not know about varenyky,” he explains. “We describe borscht as a rich beet soup with layers of depth, and syrnyky as fluffy cheese pancakes perfect for breakfast or dessert. By connecting our dishes to something recognizable, we make Ukrainian food feel both exciting and comforting to new diners.”
Trying out new cuisines can make people more tolerant
People’s eating habits reveal something about their personality. For example, research has found that people who are willing to try and enjoy new foods can become more progressive.
In a recent study, researchers in the UK found that the consumption and enjoyment of Indian, Turkish, Chinese, Thai, Caribbean, and Spanish foods directly correlated with “pro-African-Caribbean immigrant, pro-European immigrant, and pro-Asian immigrant attitudes.” Those who enjoyed culturally diverse foods were even less likely to vote for “anti-immigrant politicians.”
Essentially, eating culturally different cuisines resulted in more frequent contact with people from different countries. Paired with the pleasurable sense of eating delicious food, it brought positive associations.
Food also brings people together on a smaller scale. As is more relevant to this particular story, in terms of families. When someone invites you into their home and cooks for you their traditional food, they’re offering a piece of their cultural identity and welcoming you into their family. So, refusing to at least taste it can easily be seen as a form of insult and rejection of their culture.
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Hello, lovely friends! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’m so glad to be back linking up with Holly and Sarah for Hello Monday. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Can you believe how fast the festivities flew by?
To kick off 2026, I thought I’d do a quick December recap and share some of the things we got up to. Thanks so much for stopping by!
December Recap
The Last Day for 2025
Walking out of work on the last day of the year, December 19, never felt so amazing. I think I got home and didn’t move off the lounge for about two days. My husband said, “Wow, it’s so good to see you getting right into holiday mode.” He knew exactly how tough the year had been at work. The truth is, I was completely done. Kaput. Done.
I know I always feel tired at the end of the year, and I usually have a good old whinge about it. This was next-level tired. It wasn’t until I was at home by myself on the first Saturday evening that I started to feel a bit better after a little cry.
It was so weird because it wasn’t like I felt sad, but I must have been, and I wasn’t really sure why. After all, it was holiday time, so there was nothing to be sad about. I was exhausted but couldn’t relax or fall asleep. Every time I was just about to drift off, I would jolt awake like I was falling off a building. I guess I was emotionally and physically confused, haha.
The good news is that I soon got out of the funk. When Monday rolled around, we went straight into happy holiday mode with lunch at one of my favourite places, The Grounds of Alexandria.
Our Lunch at The Grounds
The Grounds always look amazing, and for Christmas, they went all out with a traditional festive theme. It was so pretty.
Christmas Dessert Prep
The next day, Tuesday, I made a chocolate hazelnut filling for the small tart cases I’d bought from Woolworths. I wanted to get a head start on some Christmas desserts for the big day.
Date Night
Then, in the evening, we headed out to Martin Place to have dinner at a restaurant called Epula, which is in the Fullerton Hotel and right near the giant Christmas tree. The restaurant had a lovely, relaxed feel as well as beautiful decor. The food was pretty spectacular, too.
After dinner, we wandered around Martin Place and soaked up the Christmas atmosphere in the city.
Christmas Eve
Christmas feels like a decade ago now! We had our big family celebration with the cousins, although our older son and his partner couldn’t make it. His partner’s family also celebrates on Christmas Eve, and in the past, they’ve managed to attend both gatherings.
Since last year, though, their celebration has moved to another relative’s house, which is much further away. My cousin, who hosted our gathering this year, has also moved, and it would have taken them well over an hour to get there. So we decided in advance that we would have Christmas lunch with just the five of us at my place on the 25th. We missed them both, but it certainly made things easier for them.
My son’s partner is the best, and we couldn’t love her more. For many years, she cut her own celebration short to attend ours as well, but the distance is now just too much.
Christmas Eve was a huge feast followed by some crazy games. I’m pretty sure the whole street heard us shrieking.
Loved the Star Wars Christmas crackers my cousin found.
Christmas Day
It was such a lovely, calm day, and after the endless hot weather, we finally got a break. Instead of temperatures in the high 30s, Christmas Day sat in the low 20s, which was perfect weather for eating. And eat we did.
I was really happy with how the table turned out.
This year, I picked up the tablecloth and plate chargers from Kmart, and the gold napkin rings came from Amazon. We’re a bit behind here with Amazon, or maybe it was just me, but until December 2024, ordering from Amazon didn’t feel like such a big thing. I used to read posts about “what I primed this month” and think, huh? Now I get it.
I still try to be intentional when it comes to buying things, but the cute gold napkin rings are something I know I’ll use often, and not just for Christmas.
We started with seafood.
Then turkey, ham, roast potatoes, beans and gravy.
Pavlova and hazelnut tarts for dessert.
Boxing Day
What better way to spend Boxing Day than a trip to Ikea with one of your favourite people? That’s exactly how I spent mine. My lovely friend booked us into a free gingerbread house-making activity at Ikea.
New Year’s Eve
Steve and I had planned to stay home, make a trifle we didn’t get to make for Christmas, eat, drink bubbly, and see the New Year in just the two of us, as Sam had a fun party invitation. But the day before, my friend texted to see if we wanted to come over to their house. Of course, we said yes. They made a delicious meal, and we took our trifle over for dessert. It’s a Mary Berry recipe, and it not only looked spectacular but tasted really good too. So good, even without any jelly, that we will definitely be making it again.
It’s interesting. If you want to grow a relationship, I definitely recommend cooking together. Haha, we had creative differences, pushed through, and even learned how to make the darn sugar decoration thingy that nearly broke me. Five attempts later, it finally worked. I wasn’t going to let it beat me!
Holiday Projects
Now that I have some time on my hands and plenty of oomph, I’ve started a few DIY projects. I turned the living room upside down, cleaning all the nooks and crannies, changed the curtains, washed the sofa covers, and a whole lot more. It’s so good to be on holidays and have time to work at home.
I’ll be back on Wednesday to share a recipe, and later on, I’ll show you all the things I’ve done around the house and in the front garden to spruce it up. It feels so good to be back here 🤗
Got this guy for Christmas 2016, I was 7. He was probably my favorite thing ever. He is a standard upgrade Throwthings one, I remember obsessing over it and checking the site constantly. I used to put him on a bench in the corner of my room next to a green monster puppet and a full sized Poltergeist clown I made (poorly).
In December of 2019, my house caught on fire, and the corner of my room that he was in had practically melted into a giant mass. On the bench, the monster and clown had fused to each other and the bench. They had melted onto Slappy too. He is probably the only thing to survive from my room that wasn’t in my closet. I remember before my family realized he was salvageable, I went into my room to see (my parents told me not to, I pushed very hard and I still regret it), and I thought he was done for. He was pitch black covered in soot. It looked like it had just stained him.
So, soon after, my parents would check on the house often. We lived with some family that lived nearby for a while, and there was a cleanup crew working on getting all the ruined junk out. My parents very soon discovered that they were also making a pile of stuff they were going to take for themselves. That’s where most of the stuff that I still have was, along with jewelry, electronics, etc. I remember one day I got home from school, and Slappy was in the garage, covered in black, but clearly fine.
He works perfectly, cleaned up nicely, all the soot was easy to just wipe off. Only permanent damage done was on his clothes, there are some weird pink stains from the soot or something. These are recent photos. He is the sole survivor of a house fire that destroyed almost all of my belongings (all that’s left other than Slappy are some plushies and baby toys that were in my closet).
Idk, I always thought that was interesting. When I told my friends they said to burn the dummy, it freaks them out a little.
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