Widow(er) brain: what's the dumbest thing you've ever done by accident?

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Permalink Reply by Jeanne on February 3, 2011 at 11:33pm

Either that or shave my head.  LOL

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Permalink Reply by Andrea Stokes on February 5, 2011 at 10:04pm

i hit a french fry truck with my car.

here in my city, we have great big yellow and blue french fry trucks. really, really hard to miss.

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Permalink Reply by A Widowed Father on February 5, 2011 at 10:47pm

Would you like fries with that?

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Permalink Reply by Andrea Stokes on February 5, 2011 at 10:51pm

ha!

my eldest daughter actaully asked me if I "really" ever got my driver's license.

 

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Permalink Reply by Paula on February 6, 2011 at 6:26pm

for at least a solid 6 monthes I lost every important paper that I had received. My brain was so scattered someone would had me something, and 2 minutes later it was lost.

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Permalink Reply by Paula on February 8, 2011 at 8:45pm

I think this counts.  I just bought a bunch of cute underpants at Victoria's Secret because : They were billed as Yoga underpants to wear under yoga pants, the colors are cute etc. I bought them only looking at the front of them. They all have these vile sayings on the make like "must have", or "hot".

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Permalink Reply by Jeanne on February 13, 2011 at 12:57am

ok, had another widow-brain lapse...got my husband's life insurance, and went to the funeral home to pay the bill.  I never carry my checkbook because I so rarely write checks -- maybe once a month.  So, on my way out the door, I went into the drawer where I keep it, paid the bill, and went about other business.  The next morning, I had to write another check.  I remembered the checkbook was still in my purse, so I took it out, only to discover that I had written the funeral home a check on an account I CLOSED FOUR YEARS AGO!!! I was so embarassed -- had to call the funeral home and explain...thank god they hadn't taken anything to the bank yet from the day before... 

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Permalink Reply by GRinNJ on March 4, 2011 at 8:04am

Just this morning, the day before the 4th sadiversary, I couldn't figure out how to unlock the locks to get out of my apartment!  Of course, I do this every day at least twice without any thought, but this morning the locks almost got the best of me.

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Permalink Reply by endovelica on December 11, 2012 at 1:15am

Forgot my own initials & signature....standing there at the bank counter going 'oh,crap,how do I sign my name again?",hoping nobody will notice....

first thing I did coming home from the hospital after letting him go was to lock my keys in,forgetting he can't let me in anymore...and then he kind of did because i remembered in such a clear flash how he'd jimmy it with his hospital card,it's like he told me how.... 

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Permalink Reply by patarky on April 2, 2013 at 3:15pm

For the first 2 months I was in a total fog, and although I was back at work, I remember very little of those days.  One day as I was leaving my office I was standing in front of the elevator pushing my car remote to call the elevator - luckily a good friend came up a pushed the button.  Unfortunately it has happened twice since then.  The fog is still swirling around after 5 months.

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Permalink Reply by MrsD on April 2, 2013 at 9:59pm

This isn't something I've done really, more like thought. I go for walks by my work before work and at lunch. It's adjacent to a big park. One morning I saw these upside down metal V shaped things and I thought, what is that? There's a lot of public art in the area, but I didn't see any signage. I thought maybe it was something for kids to play on, but it doesn't look very fun. Today at lunch I saw that there were several bikes locked to it. Oh, it's a bike rack! And then I felt kinda stupid.

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Permalink Reply by Sanmora on April 2, 2013 at 10:30pm

So many things. I think I spent the first year in a total fog. Right after Jim died, people kept bringing food. One friend brought a pan of scrumptious cinnamon rolls. I took one out, put it on a plate, and then put the entire metal pan, covered with aluminum foil in the microwave. Yes, we had a fire. I have also got more little dents and dings in my car in the past year than in the entire time I have been driving. No accidents, but lots of getting too close to the curb, hitting all the bumps in the road, etc. Sometimes you just have to laugh. I'm sure, that at my job, everybody thinks I'm not too bright. Hoping some of the brain cells repair themselves eventually.

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