i'm horrified.

i was just dusting some shelves in the dining room and i broke one of the cups to a very old japanese tea set. it belonged to my mum-in-law, who just passed away recently.
i am not looking forward to breaking the news to him when he comes home from work in about an hour.
he's probably not going to be very philosophical and say "sweetie, it's just stuff".
i'm tempted to wait and save it until he's already in a bad mood about something else.






way to go, klutz!

Hmm... how on earth to handle that one. Really depends how attached he was to that set.

Think an earthquake excuse would work?
Dog running around bumping into cabinet?
Cat maybe?
Big spider (hey ya gotta think of something )

i don't normally lie, but...i have to say i'm tempted

that's the sad thing, there's no real story behind; i was just clumsy.

mostly, i feel bad because it wasn't something of my own. and because it had belonged to his mum.
i'd feel better if it belonged to me.

once upon a time, i lost an antique silver cuff bracelet. it belonged to my great-grandmum and my grandmum gave it to me. it slipped off my wrist while i was walking through a field. i felt bad and circled around the field, looking for it, for about a week. up until i lost it, i wore it almost every day. she noticed that it was absent during several visits and i just couldn't bring myself to tell her that i had lost it.
eventually, i made up a lame excuse that i wasn't wearing it because it was uncomfortable. she believed me and understood.
years later, i still feel like i let her down somehow.

Would it be noticeable? Do you need to say anything? Better to lie through omission....

all he has to do is walk in the front door and look to the side, like this...
maybe tonight would be a great time to meet him at the front door naked.

That sounds like a great idea, I would certainly appreciate that

well, only if i break your stuff. like your headbobble collection or something.

Hey, feel free to break everything in my house...

BTW, how did it work?

How'd it work out Ravenranter?

he came home while i was in the forum.

i think he was relieved. i was going on and on explaining about what had happened, but not getting around to exactly what i had broken.
he thought i was beating around the bush about having broken our imari vase.
when i told him that it was one of the cups to the tea set, says he "oh, shit happens!".
my jaw almost dropped and hit the floor.

i don't think i'll dust that shelf until i forget about the whole experience. and i may just go right out around his vase when i do! or go buy a french maid costume for just in case.

WHEW!!!! At least now you know which part in the house is REALLY sensitive

Thank goodness he responded that way

Oh I hate that! Last January when I was packing and moving out of my house, I smashed a snow globe that my son got for me. He went to Disneyworld when he was 13 with his grandmum. He knew I like Lady and the Tramp and he got me this rather large and expensive music box, light up snow globe of them. Anyway, he got it autographed by all the disney characters, guarded it and brought it back to me on the plane. I LOVED it, and it was a really special present from my baby! And then when I was packing, a marble chess board fell over and against it and smashed it. I sat and cried for an hour. He came in and saw me ans it, and his response was "I thougt something really bad had happened!" and was ok.