An image of a man with legs covered in grass next to an image of a car with a broken windshield.
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The fact of the matter is that life by its very nature comes with its ups and downs. Sometimes though, the pitfalls can be more ruthless than others. It’s collections of particularly deep struggle moments like what we have here though that can serve to remind you that you’re never alone in your own trials and tribulations. Someone else out there is also doing what they can to weather their own storm.

1. “Seriously, come on now.”

u/bittergur4613/via reddit.com

2. “Facade wall contractors used a drill too long for the job.”

u/realteslafan/via reddit.com

3. “My legs after mowing my lawn while it was still wet.”

u/ficklesupermarket16/via reddit.com

4. “Microwaved a Smucker’s Uncrustable for 15 seconds and got this second degree burn.”

u/praxzey/via reddit.com

5. “Fiancé spent four hours on soup from scratch, and then the glass bowl broke in the soup.”

u/mfloppy/via reddit.com

6. “Someone threw a brick off an overpass, and I took the prize home.”

u/inevitablefun473/via reddit.com

7. “Neighbors house got struck by lightning twice, two days after they closed on it.”

u/livinginneverland/via reddit.com

8. “We grew a half acre of carrots that all turned out like this.”

u/radi5h/via reddit.com

9. “Glass jar split when opening sauce for the wife.”

u/welshevens/via reddit.com

10. “Yes, those are maggots.”

u/koelan_vds/via reddit.com

11. “Bought a new processor, but the delivery person beat me to it.”

u/eddurham/via reddit.com

12. “Neighbors kids broke window in my new house.”

u/callmeskips/via reddit.com

13. “Diaper got mixed with laundry and went into the washing machine.”

u/spelunkplunk/via reddit.com

14. “Forgot to close the window before getting a car wash.”

u/moderndayspartan/via reddit.com

15. “First day of motorcycle class and I got stung by this dude.”

u/nickmetsa/via reddit.com

16. “Came back from vacation and ants built their colony in my laptop.”

u/nevermindwait/via reddit.com

17. “I tried to use an orange knife to slice an apple.”

u/cirelo/via reddit.com

18. “2 hours into a 7-hour road trip.”

u/speedyspooley/via reddit.com

19. “The watermelon I spent all spring and summer growing.”

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20. “Found an ant in this pastry after having eaten most of it.”

u/creaturemoine/via reddit.com

21. “Someone drilled through my gas tank.”

u/thatsnotme/via reddit.com

22. “Well, that’s unfortunate.”

u/bald_alpaca/via reddit.com

23. “The only pepper from my garden after 5 months.”

u/thatonetrainer/via reddit.com

24. “Today I learned how not to use a milk frother.”

u/cornchippie/via reddit.com

25. “Glass baking dish exploded in the oven.”

u/baconsammyplsnobread/via reddit.com

Meet the Writer

Matt has spent over the last 8 years as both a writer and editor, working in Seattle and Brooklyn, where he is now based. He loves escaping the tirelessly fast pace of the “Mad Apple” that is NYC by taking walks and runs through parks where he’s able to catch up on the latest tea about society from the city’s ever chatty, always hungry, occasionally maniacal, pigeons. They always have a lot to say. When he’s not taking his urban nature strolls, or dutifully combing the deepest rabbit holes of the internet to find the content that’s worth sinking your mind’s teeth into, he’s likely holed up at a dark-lit dive bar with a new book and/or some friends, or just as easily he could be on the hunt for the next addition to his steadily growing plant family.

These days Matt’s caught up in trying to provide folks as many vivid glimpses into the days long since passed as he can, through fun and engaging collections of hand-picked vintage photos.