Couple Finds Out That They Hired Rude And Toxic Babysitter, All Thanks To Their Smart Dog
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What would you do if you're in such a position?
Our narrator and his girlfriend had been happily cohabitating for a year and a half with their loved furball, Marley.
Marley was pretty destructive, with a penchant for pulverizing his dog bowls. Keeping up with the endless replacements was becoming an extreme sport. So, one day, when the couple was too tired to dash off for the next replacement, they repurposed a ramen bowl to tide him over for the time being.
It seemed like a bright idea at the time. The bowl was stashed away in a far corner, and no one was ever likely to ransack the entire kitchen and end up with that particular bowl, right? Well, how wrong they were.
One fateful weekend, OP’s girlfriend’s parents decided to visit for the weekend. Unfortunately, they had to rush off the night before due to a health emergency. They did leave instructions for the in-laws to feel right at home.
The unsuspecting in-laws, left to their own devices, helped themselves to a generous serving of soup from the seemingly innocuous ramen bowls—one of which was Marley’s.
OP and their girlfriend arrived home just in time to catch the end of this culinary disaster. This was the moment of truth—to break to news or let blissful ignorance prevail?
OP didn’t see the point. The soup was already 90% finished, and they seemed fine so far; they didn’t want to trigger any unnecessary panic.
Well, their girlfriend stubbornly protested and spilled the beans. The next couple of hours was a series of gagging, vomiting, and complaints about food poisoning—which didn’t stop until the moment they left.
OP still believed the entire thing could’ve been avoided if they'd just kept the dog situation under wraps. Was he wrong for feeling this way?
We gathered some reactions from the Reddit community.
Some Redditors argued that the in-law's reaction is a tad over-the-top. Dogs lick the faces and hands of their humans every day.
Some pet parents even admitted to letting their dogs lick dirty plates before putting them in the dishwasher.
However, everyone is different, and people should be able to choose if they want to eat out of a dog bowl or not—no one likes such a surprise, especially if it’s someone else’s dog.
In addition, it’s understandable that OP wanted to keep it a secret to avoid unnecessary drama. Too bad their partner spilled the beans.