Hey Pandas, What Are Some Of Your Small Mistakes That Became Big Out Of A Sudden?

Taking out $20cash with my credit card after I forgot my debit card and needed cash for lunch.

What they neglect to mention is that any cash back with a credit card is paid at the end. So... when I took out 20, got nailed with a surcharge of 20 (which I did not know existed)... then paid my credit card down $40 that day still leaving a grand on there... that 20 was still on there... so i got hit with interest charges for not paying it back... every month for two years and unpaid fees on it. So... all said $20 to cover my lunch cost upwards of$400.

I didn't check that the keys (I handed over to friends so they could look after my cat in Perth while I was away in Monkey Mia) were the right ones. Panicked phone calls later lead to property damage and dangerous actions so said cat could be fed and looked after. Serves me right! My friends and neighbour deserve medals for their selfless actions.

Oops I tripped. Oops I fell fifteen feet. Oops I landed on my arm. Oops it's bent. Oops that's my bone. Guess I broke it. Oops.

Oh boy, I'm the Queen of this, or so it feels.

1.) Neglecting/ignoring my health until it sends me to the hospital.

--This one is usually a money issue. Either I can't afford it, or I can't afford the time off. Either way, I suffered with a malfunctioning gallbladder for 5.5 years, despite a couple nurses I knew telling me it was probably my gallbladder. On top of that, my body is.... strange. When I felt a flare up, taking 2 ibuprofen and a giant swig of Pepo Bismol fixed it, until the next time.

I could go days or weeks in between problems. Plus I'd read, that if you eat fatty meals, you'll have a flare up. So to test this, I ate nothing but Burger King for 7 full days and.. had 0 flare ups. But eat a chicken salad or pasta salad? Defcon 5 flare up alert. My body makes no sense to me, or doctors.

BUT, sure enough, my gallbladder finally broke for good so into the hospital I went, with stays in 2 hospitals, a transfer thanks to lazy f***s who didn't want to perform an ERCP (they place a shunt into your gallbladder duct to keep it open and remove any blocking stones) on me because, "weekend!"

2.) Denial and other favorite brain tricks to avoid trauma.

--My last cat/animal in general. She was 17 and kept throwing up a lot. Started losing weight, etc. I managed to get her into a vet after calling damn near everybody within a 20 mile radius. They looked her over, did blood work, etc. Her liver was off, but she also showed Stage 1 renal failure which isn't surprising in older cats. They gave me meds and sent me home.

In my gut, I KNEW, I KNEW it was cancer. But I waved it off. I gave her her medicine, and she did seem better. So what did I do? I started Googling like a fiend, learning everything I could about renal failure, etc. I bought $100 worth of wet canned food (not the prescription c**p), bought about $100 in vitamin blends and supplements that matched her blood work, bought her some new toys, bought a heated blanket because she always seemed to feel cold, etc.

All in all, I spent about $300 with the (denial) expectation that she'd be in for some recovery and I wanted her to have the best. Not surprising, that didn't happen. The medicine helped until it ran out, then she started to throw up even more started yowling and crying out, was restless, couldn't get comfortable. I called the vet again, and they got her in.

Finally I stopped denying (thank god), and demanded they do an x-ray and look for cancer, because her liver numbers suggested that might be the case along with her symptoms. So... they did. And they found a big tumor. Couldn't tell if it was on/in her stomach or liver. At 17 years old, I made the decision to put her to sleep (euthanasia). That was... *sigh*

Anyway, I didn't even REMEMBER my $300 order until the next day. I called them in a panic to cancel, in a crying, blubbering mess, telling them I had to put my cat to sleep so they needed to cancel. They told me that the order had already shipped, there was nothing they could do about that. But they did write off/credit me back the full amount. This is just made me cry harder, so I asked what I was supposed to do now and they say, "donate it all".

3.) Procrastinating everything in general, when it comes to myself.

*sigh* Yeah, that's about the long and short of it.

Replying to Jolie laide because I need to get my account approved before I can comment

Thanks for you’re support, and yes I agree, parents reasoning is so stupid

Walking in to the military recruiting office

Told a cute guy I liked him in 9th grade, never has my life spun out of control so fast 😂

Being mean to my first girlfriend. In retrospect she wasn't as bad in many respects as the subsequent two. The second one was abusive, the third one was a huge unhygienic slob.

Telling my parents I cut one time. 10 months ago. I still don’t have any freedom or privacy for anything (surprised I’m able to type this out rn) and I’m not even allowed to use scissors at school they emailed my teachers. They just don’t want to deal with it

SQL forgot where.

being born

………miss out on a week of math

One possible mistake that will blow up in my face if it is: putting too much trust in an internet stranger! Yep! He knows where I live, my first name, how old I am, and all the struggles I’ve been through (up until last December). Don’t talk to “boys” who say they’re a “year younger” than you unless you’re sure! One reason I don’t think this is a mistake is… he video chats with another online friend and she has said nothing. Could be conspiring against me, but they weren’t in contact before they met me, I was the intersection or wtv. Still 🤷🏽‍♀️ if I turn out lucky, I’ll give a HUGE sigh of relief because this could easily take a turn for the awful

Getting a credit card before I understood how money/banking/interest work. I very quickly made mistakes that led to overdraft and late fees. That mistake haunted me through my 20s

Before I had a credit card, spending more cash, than I actually needed, instead of saving it to buy what I needed.

Doing anything that involves drama.

I decided to talk about a school shooter on Opposite Day and then my teacher told us to not be a school shooter.

eating

Not spending more time with my kids, my folks and people I loved.
Trying to do better now.

A series of small mistakes, really. My grandparents had a college fund setup for me when I was born, and when I turned 21, it legally belonged to me. So there I was, single, young, immature, and a significant sum of money was plopped into my lap. "I'll just buy something small, use the bulk for a house down payment, etc." Well, those small things added up very quickly, and after about a year of drinking, drugging, and frivolous spending, I was all of a sudden in debt. It took a decade to dig my way out of that proverbial hole, and I can only fathom how much better my financial situation would be if I had made a better decision.