By miss_strauss - 25/01/2016 18:21 - United States - Conroe

Today, my boyfriend moved in with me. I just walked into my kitchen to find my thirty year-old, perfectly seasoned cast iron skillet completely submerged in soapy water in the sink, presumably from last night when he washed the dishes. FML
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miss_strauss tells us more.

miss_strauss 5

OP here. I had cooked a dinner in a sort of celebration of our first night living together, and he offered to do the dishes afterwards. I happily agreed and asked him to leave the skillet for me because it requires extra TLC. When I woke up and found it this morning, I went to work making sure there wasn't too much damage done, and he was horrified when realized what he did. I couldn't be mad at him, because he was only trying to help. Also, for those wondering about why I've kept a skillet for this long. I'm only 23, but it was my grandmothers and then my dad inherited it when she passed away. He passed it on to me when I went to college and got my own apartment. Cast iron, if maintained and loved properly, can be the best tool of a good kitchen and can last forever. It's really not strange to small town southerners to have cast iron pans that are older than them:P

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Top comments

andits 21

Hmmmm I don't think many people would know what's wrong with that. Lol I honestly don't. But now I know not to do that.

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wrongmove 11

Blasphemy, he needs an exorcism to drive out the devil that compelled him to commit this heinous act against your cooking implement.

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Comments

PhoenixChick 26

Ouch ouch ouch. Totally understandable mistake, but painful to those who understand.

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ThreeSheets 14

Cast Iron cookware is a highly prized and fought over commodity- it can be handed down for generations!! Glad he realized - like you said, op, it was minimal damage. But a scary moment indeed!!

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CassandraThyme 14

If somebody does a chore, male or female, no matter how small of a chore it is, they should be thanked. It's one less thing that the other had to do. Only reason why people are jumping on her ass is because it's a male doing something seemingly uncommon for men. A chore is a chore. And being appreciated for things is nice whether it be something as "small" as doing dishes/ letting a pan soak to wash it the next day.

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pandarawrable 12

I don't think you understand cast iron skillets.

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Logical07 16

You should be ashamed you don't understand cast iron skillets.

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To_Die_For 7

Bf's have done a lot worse. No use sweating stuff like this.

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GrumpyGrinch 23

Ouch. I'm so lucky that I live a good life many decades and have no idea what a cast iron seasoned skillet is. All words English, no meaning whatsoever. But one thing I'm sure - that was the first and last time your bf did dishes. You are in for eternal dish duty. YDI.

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marta_tpsmh 13

Wait till you have kids, we ruin everything, including all nice pans and dishes

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RememberSchlitz 9

I too have a cast iron skillet that is older than I am. Nice of you to let him off the hook for what was obviously an ignorant mistake. But if he does it again, you are allowed to pick it up and go all 1950's cartoons on him.

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spnwitch 10

At least your man washes dishes so be grateful for that. I have two antique cast iron pans so I understand your upset.

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rozdawg 13

It doesn't take that long to re-season cast iron. Did it for years in the Boy Scouts. You should be fine.

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melanienieves14 6

Hold on... Your boyfriend does the dishes... Without you having to ask?!

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