My Girlfriend KEEPS SWAPPING Out My Groceries With Miniature Versions Of Them r/Relationships

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[00:00:21] Now today's first story comes from IndividualTaylor767 from the Am I Overreacting subreddit. Only has a small update attached to it, but I was intrigued by the title. It says, Am I Overreacting? My girlfriend won't stop swapping out my real groceries with small versions of the items.

[00:00:39] It's basically what the title says, but the weird part is she won't ever admit that it's her. She just sort of looks at me and pretends to be confused when I confront her.

[00:00:50] Basically, every few weeks I come home and some of my groceries are missing and replaced with miniature plastic versions of themselves. Come home from work and looking forward to a Coca-Cola? Oh great, my Coca-Cola is gone and there's a miniature plastic version. Break something small and need to tape it back together. Oh good, miniature duct tape. Make eggs and want some Tabasco? Oh great, miniature Tabasco. You get the point. Kind of funny but pretty annoying too.

[00:01:19] So far, all fair play. Clearly my girlfriend thinks it's some sort of funny prank or practical joke. But the thing that's weirding me out is that she never acknowledges that it's her. Even when I start to get genuinely upset or frustrated, she insists that it's so strange that random objects are shrinking in our home. This all culminated to last night.

[00:01:41] Last night I came home and I've been craving something sweet all day. So I started baking blueberry muffins. My genuine favorite treat for myself.

[00:01:51] I get everything together, preheat the oven and I'm about to start making the batter when I open the cabinet and oh look, the flour is gone and replaced with a miniature bag of flour.

[00:02:01] Hahaha, so funny. I immediately call her and ask her where she put it. But she keeps playing dumb. I start making a slightly bigger deal about it like,

[00:02:12] Look, I went to the store to get fresh blueberries. I've been looking forward to this. Can you please tell me where the flour is?

[00:02:18] She won't drop the act. Like, what the hell? Before we ended the call, she slyly dropped. As if you need more muffins. And hung up. Like, what the hell?

[00:02:30] I haven't called her back yet, so we haven't talked in over a day. I'm pretty mad at her over this. I went out of my way to do something special for myself and she wouldn't drop the act when I made it clear I was genuinely upset.

[00:02:42] Reddit, I know this sounds insane, but I'm genuinely considering breaking up over this. She clearly doesn't take my needs seriously. Do you think I'm overreacting?

[00:02:55] So I kind of left after this one. So you don't get the bag of flour afterwards. She just hangs up on you and you never get the food that you wanted. It's just, you just always have the miniature version. That's what you're left with from now on. I mean, what? What the hell's going on here?

[00:03:10] You would have thought if this is some kind of prank, which, you know, would annoy me after all. I find it funny at first, don't get me wrong, but if it keeps happening, yeah, that'll get right on my tits.

[00:03:21] But even if it was a prank, why are you not getting the food back in the end? That's where I'm completely lost.

[00:03:28] Inside Thought comments on this. They said, I've seen this prank on TikTok. Here we go.

[00:03:34] And it's very annoying usually. They end up giving the real food back though.

[00:03:38] Rafa Dropper says, they're not giving it back is what I don't understand. It's like she's never learned how a prank ends.

[00:03:45] I had a coworker steal my coffee mug one morning before I came in.

[00:03:49] She recently was talking about starting a prank war. Yes, it's a very laid back office.

[00:03:55] So I went over to her and asked if she had my mug. She said no and stuck to saying no for the rest of the day.

[00:04:02] I used another mug. So it wasn't like a huge deal. But at the end of the day, she still said she didn't have it.

[00:04:07] So I told her I like a good prank as much as anyone. But if the mug doesn't end up on my desk in the morning, then it's not a prank.

[00:04:14] It's literally just theft. The strangest look came over her face like she didn't even think about it that way.

[00:04:21] I'm just like, yeah, a prank gives someone a moment of confusion and then stuff goes back to normal.

[00:04:26] Not whatever it is you're doing.

[00:04:29] Bobby Pinstripe says, when my kids are trying to play the repeating game or some other game where the objective is to piss me off.

[00:04:36] I say I'm not having fun. Find another way to play. I say that once before I physically leave the room. Highly recommended.

[00:04:44] Afraid Quality says, watch OP go to the breakup with her and it's a Barbie there.

[00:04:49] Kale Stott says, he should invite her to meet him somewhere and have someone deliver a Ken doll.

[00:04:55] So OP comes in with her update. And as I said, it's a very small update.

[00:04:58] And it says, turns out it was my brother playing a prank on me he saw in TikTok.

[00:05:03] My girlfriend apologized for a snide comment about the muffins but suggested I've been gaining a lot of weight lately and was annoyed that I've been pointing the finger at her.

[00:05:12] So Anjetic Blaze replies to that and says, what I don't understand is, why even though she wasn't the one doing the prank?

[00:05:19] She still played along with it. Did she know that it was your brother?

[00:05:22] Like if she truly didn't know, why is she responding with how it's crazy your stuff is shrinking?

[00:05:28] Another commenter says, talk about guilty until proven innocent.

[00:05:31] Poor girlfriend. I get why she was annoyed. You kept blaming her.

[00:05:35] What reaction did she need to have for you to believe she wasn't behind it?

[00:05:39] Thuroway says, did your brother apologize to you for almost ruining your relationship with your girlfriend?

[00:05:45] Exciting Assignment says, seriously lol.

[00:05:47] Over 5,700 comments of people shitting all over the girlfriend and it wasn't even her.

[00:05:53] I love says, I'm looking through the top posts here and I'm so confused why you would assume it was your girlfriend

[00:05:58] and continue to ask only her about it once since she clearly stated that she also thought it was peculiar

[00:06:04] if there was another person who was staying in your house when this happened.

[00:06:08] Didi also points out saying, I wonder if the girlfriend initially thought OP was trying to prank her

[00:06:13] by pointing them out and then just ignored it as she started getting annoyed with being blamed.

[00:06:19] Sounds like girlfriend doesn't live there but brother does and he went and blamed the person who isn't there every day.

[00:06:25] Weird.

[00:06:26] Weird.

[00:06:26] And I don't mind the odd prank played against me here and there but you know I'd get fed up with it after a while

[00:06:31] but I always think about the other person who's setting up these pranks like getting the miniature versions of these things.

[00:06:37] How has the brother got so many different miniature versions of food?

[00:06:41] Has he bought like a bulk children's set from on Amazon or something?

[00:06:44] It just sounds so much effort like, like I say in other stories it's like just day-to-day life sometimes

[00:06:51] it's just like, oh fuck it out without having to do this shit on top of things.

[00:06:56] Oh dearie me.

[00:06:58] Anyway, now I'm gonna turn this one to you guys.

[00:07:01] What do you guys make of this situation?

[00:07:04] Let us know your thoughts down in the comments below and let's move on to another story.

[00:07:11] And we've got a bit of a different story from r slash cats.

[00:07:16] Hmm.

[00:07:17] And it says, not really a cat person.

[00:07:19] How do I gently stop neighbor's cat from bringing me dead things?

[00:07:24] I've got a pretty large property and don't mind the neighbor's cat hanging out chasing mice and other things

[00:07:29] but it's constantly walking right up to me and bringing me dead things when I'm outside.

[00:07:34] I don't feed the cat and barely pay any attention to it except when it rubs up against me and purrs.

[00:07:40] I'll give it a quick pat and move on to whatever I was doing, gardening, etc.

[00:07:45] Otherwise I'd basically ignore it.

[00:07:47] Anyways, the frequency of dead things plopped at my feet has gotten to almost every day.

[00:07:52] I don't want to be mean and scared or anything.

[00:07:55] It's welcome to relax and prowl the yard but it's a long walk from one end of the yard to my trash cans

[00:08:01] to dispose of the things it brings and it's getting old really fast.

[00:08:05] Just some cats love the attention or just know how to manipulate humans, don't they?

[00:08:11] I've talked about on Twitter or X, whatever you want to call it, about a cat that you all named Waffle Cat.

[00:08:19] He's one of the neighbors around here somewhere but just comes wandering into the house and sees Poppy

[00:08:24] and you know they wander around together.

[00:08:26] Haven't seen him in a while.

[00:08:27] I hope he's okay.

[00:08:28] All that's good stuff.

[00:08:29] But what a bloody cheeky so-and-so that cat is.

[00:08:32] Used to stroll on in, go and help itself to a bit of water.

[00:08:35] Go and have a little nap on the bed and then just sod off.

[00:08:39] I absolutely love that sassy attitude with cats.

[00:08:44] Just like, give me some attention.

[00:08:46] Feed me.

[00:08:47] Water me.

[00:08:48] Now fuck off, human.

[00:08:49] I'm done with you.

[00:08:51] Although I'm pretty sure I've got a different cat that really dislikes me.

[00:08:55] It keeps shitting in front of my front door at the moment.

[00:08:58] Every few days there's just a lumber turd just outside the front door.

[00:09:01] I'm like, you.

[00:09:02] Anyway, Prestigious Beach says,

[00:09:04] Many cats prefer to be left alone unless they specifically ask for attention.

[00:09:08] So you've probably been the perfect friend for this cat.

[00:09:11] Bringing you dead prey demonstrates that the cat loves you and is taking care of you by bringing you food.

[00:09:17] Stopping that will likely be difficult.

[00:09:19] The cat will probably continue to feed you for as long as he or she loves you.

[00:09:23] So unless you can find a way to keep the cat off your property or make him slash her stop loving you, there's no real solution to your predicament.

[00:09:32] Dependent Name says, yeah, I found it hilarious to learn that cats bring you food because they never see you hunt so they assume you can't feed yourself.

[00:09:39] It's such a pure form of love.

[00:09:42] Probably the problem says, obviously the solution is to demonstrate one's hunting prowess.

[00:09:49] No Elderberry says, you're playing hard to get.

[00:09:51] She will eventually bring you a cow.

[00:09:55] OP updated the post and says,

[00:10:00] I don't hate cats, but cats are just not my jam.

[00:10:04] Sorry sub, no offense.

[00:10:06] If cats are around cool, no big deal.

[00:10:09] I'm an animal lover.

[00:10:10] I have no issues with the cat itself.

[00:10:12] It's welcomed in my yard to do as it pleases and I practically ignore it unless it goes out of the way to come up to me.

[00:10:18] I'll give it a quick pat or scritch and move on to the many things I have to do in my yard.

[00:10:23] I forgot to mention the actual issue is not that it brings me dead things, but the dead things it has, it has brought me and I didn't find right away.

[00:10:31] Attract ants.

[00:10:33] Where I'm at, ants can pop up out of nowhere in the hundreds or more if dead things are not disposed of quickly.

[00:10:39] This summer I've been at war with ants and they're such a pain to deal with, especially if they're swarming the dead things left by the cat.

[00:10:46] Then lugging the dead thing way over to the trash cans is also a huge pain.

[00:10:50] I've been working hard to get the yard landscape the way I want it.

[00:10:54] I've planted specific flowers to attract birds, butterflies, small wildlife.

[00:10:59] It's gotten close to looking like a little sanctuary.

[00:11:01] It requires a ton of maintenance as I clean daily any seeds not eaten in the feeders, mowing, trimming, etc.

[00:11:08] The cat walking around in the yard is no issue for me as it seems not to bother any of the small wildlife,

[00:11:14] except for mice and seems to enjoy the yard versus its owner's yard for some reason.

[00:11:19] It's an older cat and I don't think it's right to spray it with a water bottle or try to scare it or be mean to it as some suggested here.

[00:11:26] That's just not an option for me.

[00:11:28] I called my vet to get their advice and he said to soak cotton balls one-on-one with food-grade vinegar and water

[00:11:34] and lightly dab my wrists, neck, ankles, shoes, etc.

[00:11:38] The vet said the vinegar is totally safe for the cats but cats don't like the vinegar and will associate the scent with me

[00:11:44] and in theory should stop approaching me and would likely give up trying to give me dead things.

[00:11:49] The vet said it might be a good idea to actually lure the cat to me with a simple treat to make sure it approaches me,

[00:11:55] smell me, dislike it and leave.

[00:11:58] So one quick stop at the market for the vinegar, cotton balls, cat's treats and dabbing myself all over like my vet advised

[00:12:03] and I'm good to go.

[00:12:05] Voila! Problem solved, right?

[00:12:08] No.

[00:12:09] One, my beloved dog wouldn't even come up to me for the entire rest of the day.

[00:12:14] Two, my wife said I stunk and demanded I shower.

[00:12:18] I told her I had to do a lot of chores outside in the yard and she said I can't step into the house until I showered.

[00:12:24] I told her I would shower after my chores.

[00:12:26] Three, the cat showed up as usual and brought me another dead thing.

[00:12:30] Partial grasshopper this time.

[00:12:31] And I did what the vet said and gave the cat a treat.

[00:12:34] It not only approached me and didn't flinch at all at my smell,

[00:12:38] but went crazy purring and rubbing up against me after I gave it the treat.

[00:12:42] Like purring so hard I could feel the reverberations when it rubbed against my pant leg.

[00:12:47] Unusually the damn cat followed me around the most of the day and kept interfering with what I was doing.

[00:12:52] Pruning, sweeping, etc.

[00:12:54] Running in front of me while I'm carrying things to the wheelbarrow.

[00:12:57] Zipping between my legs, laying down right where I'm about to trim.

[00:13:01] I gently move him and the little bastard kept coming back.

[00:13:05] I'd make sure I'd hold my wrist out for it to smell and that did jack shit.

[00:13:10] Cat didn't even care or seemed to notice the vinegar smell.

[00:13:13] I did a lot of work in the yard but still had more to do so I was going to take a quick nap on the couch

[00:13:18] and then get back to the yard.

[00:13:20] But my wife wouldn't have any of it and kicked me out.

[00:13:23] She told me to go nap near the pool in the nice shaded area I'd set up with lawn furniture and a hammock.

[00:13:29] Didn't want to argue with the boss so I went to the hammock.

[00:13:31] Took a nice nap only to wake up to find the fucking cat sleeping on my chest purring.

[00:13:37] Arse right in my face.

[00:13:39] I gently let it down on the ground so I could get back to my yard work.

[00:13:43] And right there under the hammock another dead thing the cat left for me.

[00:13:46] Covered in hundreds of ants.

[00:13:48] Fuck my life.

[00:13:49] I give up.

[00:13:52] Beline Shenanigans replies to AP and says

[00:13:54] I know you're frustrated but this is hilarious.

[00:13:57] Kitty has decided that you are theirs to care for.

[00:14:00] Since cat is older it sounds like kitty might be losing their sense of smell.

[00:14:04] Or is one of those rare cats that loves vinegar.

[00:14:07] My furry bastard is one of those.

[00:14:09] I'm curious how the cat reacts to your wife.

[00:14:12] If they aren't impressed it might be worth getting permission from her

[00:14:14] to borrow her shampoo, body wash, deodorant etc.

[00:14:17] for a few days to see if smelling more like another human has an impact.

[00:14:21] Might also be worth asking some gardening subs for advice on

[00:14:24] how to step up your anticide.

[00:14:26] Or possibly consider accepting that the neighborhood granny cat

[00:14:29] has decided that you aren't eating properly.

[00:14:31] And they need to feed you.

[00:14:33] This Alyssa replies in

[00:14:34] Neighborhood granny cat.

[00:14:35] I love this so much.

[00:14:37] Another commenter says

[00:14:38] I don't mean to make light of your issue but this is really funny.

[00:14:42] That cat actually fucking loves you.

[00:14:44] To me that says you're alright.

[00:14:46] My suggestion would be

[00:14:47] get a shallow box and put it somewhere in the yard

[00:14:49] that is away from your house

[00:14:50] and start putting the cat's gifts in the box for a day.

[00:14:53] The idea being that you're trying to train the cat

[00:14:56] to put the dead stuff in the box for you.

[00:14:58] I don't know if you're ever gonna lose that cat's affections

[00:15:00] but you may be able to convince him to work with you a little.

[00:15:04] And Batman is my wife who says

[00:15:06] That cat is bringing you gifts.

[00:15:08] Cats usually bring their owners their kill as a gift.

[00:15:11] I'm not sure why it's bringing them to you.

[00:15:14] Unless the previous owner of your house were close with that cat.

[00:15:17] Best thing to do is keep a lookout for the kill

[00:15:19] and clean it up ASAP.

[00:15:22] Oh man.

[00:15:23] Yeah I don't mean to make light of that situation either

[00:15:26] because it does sound like

[00:15:27] Opie's getting frustrated with what's going on.

[00:15:30] But in some ways

[00:15:31] I think Opie's just been adopted by the cat.

[00:15:33] But there was also loads of lovely users

[00:15:36] who were suggesting

[00:15:37] you know legit things to maybe

[00:15:39] help Opie in this situation as well.

[00:15:41] I'm really interested in to know

[00:15:43] what path Opie's going to go down.

[00:15:46] Are they gonna accept being adopted

[00:15:47] or are they gonna continue to try and do something?

[00:15:51] Oh dearie me.

[00:15:52] Anyway.

[00:15:52] Now I'm gonna turn this one to you guys.

[00:15:55] What do you guys make of this situation?

[00:15:57] Have you been adopted by the local cat yourselves?

[00:16:00] Let us know your thoughts down in the comments below.

[00:16:03] And let's move on to another story.

[00:16:07] Now our next story comes from the Am I the Asshole subreddit

[00:16:09] from Key Atmosphere 6114.

[00:16:12] It says Am I the Asshole for telling my wife

[00:16:14] that she needs to get over me

[00:16:16] missing the birth of our daughter.

[00:16:18] I work in a job where at certain times

[00:16:21] I do not have access to my phone

[00:16:23] or I'm in the middle of nowhere.

[00:16:24] These times are well scheduled in advance

[00:16:27] and basically take up my whole day.

[00:16:29] There are a ton of safety regulations

[00:16:31] I have to follow during this time.

[00:16:33] My wife was pregnant

[00:16:34] and at the time I planned to take off work

[00:16:36] near her due date.

[00:16:38] Unfortunately she went into labor early

[00:16:40] about a month early

[00:16:41] and I was on an inspection.

[00:16:43] I only learned about her going into labor

[00:16:45] when I got signal again.

[00:16:47] By the time I got to the hospital

[00:16:48] she had already given birth.

[00:16:50] This was about one and a half years ago

[00:16:52] and I am an involved father.

[00:16:55] The issue is every single time we have an argument

[00:16:57] she will bring up I missed the birth.

[00:16:59] It happens almost every single time

[00:17:01] from serious arguments

[00:17:03] to what fast food should we get.

[00:17:05] Today was my breaking point.

[00:17:07] We got into an argument about

[00:17:09] her wanting to change the daycare situation.

[00:17:12] She wants to change daycare

[00:17:13] to one closer to the home.

[00:17:14] I do drop off and she does pick up.

[00:17:17] The only one closer to our home

[00:17:18] is too expensive and we cannot afford it.

[00:17:21] In the middle of the argument she pulled out

[00:17:22] I wasn't there for the birth again.

[00:17:24] I told her she needs to get over that

[00:17:26] and stopped using it in every fucking argument we have.

[00:17:29] She called me a jerk

[00:17:30] and left.

[00:17:32] Am I

[00:17:33] the asshole?

[00:17:35] Feeling Gross says Info.

[00:17:37] Did she have anyone with her during the birth?

[00:17:39] Did baby have to stay in the hospital

[00:17:40] after birth for more than a few days?

[00:17:42] I asked because I was like your wife.

[00:17:44] In a way I still am

[00:17:45] but I've talked about it

[00:17:47] both to a therapist

[00:17:48] and my ex that missed the birth.

[00:17:50] It's scary and I'd hazard a guess

[00:17:51] a little traumatic too.

[00:17:52] That doesn't mean she gets a free pass

[00:17:54] to throw it in your face

[00:17:55] at every disagreement

[00:17:57] but if she's still hurting from it

[00:17:59] don't expect it to go away

[00:18:00] with one conversation.

[00:18:02] Not the asshole

[00:18:03] but I hope you guys can get through it together.

[00:18:05] Opie says her mum was there.

[00:18:07] Baby was pretty healthy

[00:18:08] and only stayed an extra day

[00:18:10] since she was born early.

[00:18:12] Feeling Gross replies that says

[00:18:13] well I'm glad she had someone

[00:18:15] but damn

[00:18:15] she really needs to work this out with you.

[00:18:18] It's one thing to miss the birth

[00:18:20] but you didn't know it was happening.

[00:18:21] It's a nasty thing to remind you

[00:18:23] and can't imagine she likes thinking about it either.

[00:18:26] What's her slash your stance on therapy?

[00:18:29] Opie says she dislikes therapy.

[00:18:30] It is due to her mother being in therapy

[00:18:32] a lot when she was a kid

[00:18:34] and had a negative impact on her childhood.

[00:18:36] Kinda hard to tell someone to get therapy

[00:18:38] when their trauma is related to therapy.

[00:18:41] I'm Feeling Gross replies that saying

[00:18:43] hate to be rude

[00:18:43] but she needs to grow up a little.

[00:18:45] It'd be much worse for your little one

[00:18:47] to watch her use it as an excuse

[00:18:48] to hurt you

[00:18:49] and win an argument.

[00:18:50] Or frankly watching your marriage fall apart

[00:18:53] because of resentment.

[00:18:54] Therapy doesn't have to be a long term thing.

[00:18:57] Something's gonna give sooner or later.

[00:19:00] 12 Days Late says

[00:19:02] Does your work not have an emergency onsite person

[00:19:04] that can be reached in case of

[00:19:06] well an emergency?

[00:19:08] Opie says she didn't call my company.

[00:19:10] We do and they contact me

[00:19:11] but she still didn't call them.

[00:19:13] No Words of Its Own says

[00:19:14] What the fuck?

[00:19:15] She was not aware of this possibility.

[00:19:17] This is so weird.

[00:19:18] I'd have been frantically googling

[00:19:20] headquarter phone numbers.

[00:19:22] Opie replies saying

[00:19:23] she was giving birth.

[00:19:24] I'm not surprised she didn't think

[00:19:25] to google the company

[00:19:26] as she was in the middle

[00:19:27] of a surprise birth.

[00:19:29] Counting Worms replies saying

[00:19:30] You didn't give her the number to call

[00:19:32] so she could get in contact with you.

[00:19:34] Opie says it's on the fridge.

[00:19:35] Still not surprised she didn't grab it

[00:19:37] on her way to the hospital.

[00:19:38] Like she's in the middle

[00:19:39] of a surprise birth.

[00:19:41] No Words of Its Own replies to that saying

[00:19:43] The problem you have is

[00:19:44] is that you're understanding

[00:19:45] of her situation.

[00:19:47] But she refuses to be understanding

[00:19:49] of your situation.

[00:19:50] You might just as well have reacted

[00:19:52] with anger because

[00:19:53] you were not informed of the birth.

[00:19:55] Mother, nurses, anybody

[00:19:56] could have called your company.

[00:19:58] But now I'm going to turn this one

[00:20:00] to you guys.

[00:20:01] What do you guys make

[00:20:02] of this situation?

[00:20:04] Let us know your thoughts down

[00:20:06] in the comments below.

[00:20:07] Now just a huge thank you

[00:20:09] from the bottom of my heart

[00:20:09] for getting involved in today's stories.

[00:20:11] Your love, your support, your time

[00:20:13] always means the absolute world to me.

[00:20:15] So thank you so, so much

[00:20:16] for being involved

[00:20:16] and hopefully I'll see you

[00:20:18] in the next one.

[00:20:19] Take care and much love.