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CW: Implied neglect, drunk children
So. This event has been on my mind since it's the holiday season, and I walk past multiple Dunken Donuts a day.
I'm not positive how old I was, but I'd guess somewhere between 6 and 8. I was at a holiday party [early, since mom was helping set up] and was spending time with another kid. She was either older or cooler [to me] so when we saw a platter what we thought were munchkins. Specifically, chocolate ones.
We'd been told we weren't supposed to eat anything from the table before the party, so we decided we were going to be sneaky and take one or two at a time, go hide in a back hallway where we wouldn't be seen, and eat them.
We did this until the entire platter was gone, and that's when the adults finally noticed. Why it took them so long, I don't know-given I may have been 6, it could have been they were busy with the party and watching my younger brother, who would have been 2 if I was 6.
They were not, in fact, Munchkins. They were rum balls, made by one of the older adults who soaked the raisins in rum for a year.
I don't remember a good amount of it [Because trauma blocks 98% of my childhood] but the one thing I do remember is that I was convinced whenever I took one, I was wearing elbow length gloves and felt so elegant. [Think Opera gloves, not rubber ones]
I never ate raisins again, and never will.
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Haunted_Spectator
A YEAR ???
GOOD LORD
They probably should've put them AWAY and out of REACH
THATS INSANE
I llovvee rasins but 10000% understand why you dont eat them Jeeezzzz MAANN
Also, opera gloves are ssooo fancy, I want some
Elegant and.. elegant..
YEP. It def was the worst person's plate we could've taken from hah.
They really should have, I don't know why they didn't. I guess it was a 'we're setting up, so let's put them out' sort of thing.
That, or they fully were like 'Oh they're good kids, they won't sneak them' as if there's not something that looks like chocolate around kids.
It's one of those core memories for me, tho it was always talked about like something funny growing up. Like most bad things in my childhood lol
They're SOOOO fancy, I love how they look but have never had a reason to wear them.
by Pixie; ; Report
Parents/Adults love to joke about the most traumatizing things in our lives, don't they
INSANE story to joke about IMOO
BUT YEAAHHH, I would totally wear opera gloves to go get a a burger or something
by Haunted_Spectator; ; Report
They truly do smh
Then again, this was the mom who decided a 'full name, shouted up the stairs at the top of her lungs' because I, upstairs resting after having a minor surgery that I'd been lied to about, failed to go downstairs to help bake a cake.
There was no occasion other than she wanted a cake.
I someday will get gloves, and a cloak, and those supposedly comfy af actor's boots, since they're supposed to be more comfortable long-term, even as heels [For I am short and an extra few inches will always be welcomed]
by Pixie; ; Report
Forgot to add [and can't edit ig?] that she yelled at me as a joke. Like, full on saw me nearly in tears after limping over [surgery was on my foot] and started laughing.
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