By Heather O.
I stumbled across this post today, and I laughed and laughed. Because basically, most of our problems? They are Lame. It’s all about perspective, ladies.
Still, I thought it would be fun to discuss our own first world problems. Because with the right perspective, they are really funny. I’ll go first. Please chime in, because it’s good to laugh at ourselves, and also fun to think that we are all in this together.
My dishwasher is clogged and isn’t cleaning my dishes well enough, so now we have to clean them by hand until we can call a plumber.
Our lawn just got re-seeded because we wanted a lawn without weeds. We have no sprinklers, so we have to water our lawn manually, which means setting up a sprinkler that I have to move every half an hour.
Every time I go grocery shopping I have to rearrange my pantry so I can fit all the food in it, and often have to clean out decaying leftovers in the fridge to make room for the new produce I just bought.
My daughter’s room is too small for all her furniture.
My new conditioner doesn’t make my hair slick enough to comb with my fingers in the shower, so I have to actually brush it when I get out.
I missed a spot when shaving my legs, so I have a small line of hair going up my leg that is itchy.
When my husband updated my iphone, I lost all my cool ringtones, and now have to settle for the default ones that come with the phone.
And my favorite from the other post, not one I can call my own but still made me laugh:
I bought some new toilet paper, and it’s just not that soft.
Please, share with me YOUR first world problems, and let’s laugh together.




When the pizza man doesn’t cut my pizza unevenly and I go for that last “small” piece (so I don’t have to feel to guilty about eating another piece), and they’re all big!
Comment #1 by RoOctober 15th, 2012 at 3:07 pmWhen the bug guy comes to spray but he’s early & I’m just getting into the shower!
Comment #2 by sues2u2October 15th, 2012 at 3:18 pmWhen I went to crumble some feta on my spinach/mushroom egg scramble, it was rancid.
I haven’t won a million dollars from McDonald’s yet, only a free movie rental from redbox.
DownEast Outfitters is an hour away.
The temple is 2 hours away. BY CAR.
Comment #3 by The WizOctober 15th, 2012 at 3:18 pmOh, here’s one. My soda, that I filled up myself at the gas station, turned out not to be DIET.
(Blood sugar was over 300 and rising. Had to take a shot, instead of dying.)
Comment #4 by The WizOctober 15th, 2012 at 3:20 pmThe batteries on my infant swing are dead so I have to push it by hand. It’s a tragedy.
Comment #5 by KaseyOctober 15th, 2012 at 3:45 pmThey keep the air conditioner set at such a low temperature at church, the Relief Society room has a basket of blankets for those who are too cold.
Comment #6 by MelyndaOctober 15th, 2012 at 4:08 pmThe syndicated Big Bang Theory episode that’s on FOX right now was just shown last week, though I can’t recall if it was on FOX or TBS.
Comment #7 by HokieKateOctober 15th, 2012 at 4:09 pmchurch is an hour away BY CAR
Comment #8 by namakemonoOctober 15th, 2012 at 4:11 pmI’ll add one that comes to me frequently (DH is bishop, so people call us when they’re moving to check church times and locations) when people move here to Vegas from Utah (the complaint tells me where they’re coming from):
Church is 10 MILES from my house!
Comment #9 by angie fOctober 15th, 2012 at 4:26 pmWhen I go to a buffet I have to eat my heart out, because there is so much food.
Comment #10 by LaceyOctober 15th, 2012 at 4:49 pmMy computer is too slow when booting up and my cell phone charge doesn’t last beyond 2-3 days. What’s a girl to do?
Comment #11 by SherryOctober 15th, 2012 at 5:18 pmI put too many sweet potato fries on the baking sheet so they didn’t come out crispy.
Comment #12 by LaceyOctober 15th, 2012 at 6:29 pmI have to clean my own home unlike most of my friends here who have cleaning ladies come each week.
I just paid $4.59 a gallon to fill up my car (that drives perfectly for me). If you can’t tell, we live in California.
It takes a whole 25 minutes to get to a mall.
The beach is a whole hour away.
It takes a lot of time to research candidates and issues before I go vote.
My husband’s commute by Metrolink takes a little over an hour each way (to his awesome job with great pay and benefits).
My 3 healthy, beautiful children often drive me nutso, and my 1-yr.-old’s teething might be the death if me.
And that’s about the worst I’ve got. Clearly I have a very tough life.
Comment #13 by StarababaOctober 15th, 2012 at 8:58 pmI’ve been dying to sound off on this! Ready? If I don’t wipe off my granite counter tops with a dry cloth after wiping it with a wet one, I get streaks.”
Comment #14 by EmilyOctober 15th, 2012 at 9:13 pmI’ve been dying to sound off on this! Ready? If I don’t wipe off my granite counter tops with a dry cloth after wiping it with a wet one, I get streaks.”
Comment #15 by EmilyOctober 15th, 2012 at 9:13 pmMy wifi wasn’t working last night so instead of sitting on the couch using my ipad I had to get up and use the desktop.
Comment #16 by DorriOctober 16th, 2012 at 7:14 amI love it Emily! I laughed when I read the swing batteries problem while I am pushing my baby’s swing with my foot because I just moved to a large, beautiful home and I can’t find my batteries.
For my world problems:
I can’t find the perfect color of baby tights for the dress I am making my youngest.
I have too many people who love me and want my attention to be able to lose myself in a book.
I tried to repair something with super glue and now my fingers feel like I have grown an extra layer of rough skin.
Comment #17 by HeidiOctober 16th, 2012 at 7:17 amFor Heidi…wipe your fingers with acetone (nail polish remover) it will remove super glue.
Comment #18 by KRWOctober 16th, 2012 at 9:23 amMy lawn is too shady so most of my summer grass is dead.
My dishwasher racks are falling apart and our homeowner’s insurance won’t help cover a new dishwasher unless the actual motor breaks.
All the pools in the greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area have been host to a much larger number of mosquitos this summer than normal, which means we get mosquito bites every time we go outside to play or swim in the kiddie pool because I have no bug spray.
The purchases I made from a non-Amazon site are taking longer than I was hoping for to reach my house. I am impatient after getting used to two-day-shipping.
There are no stores within ten minutes of my house that sell steel-cut oatmeal so I haven’t yet tried it.
My third birthing experience did not include losing all the baby weight with no effort within the first year like the other two did, so now I have to exercise and eat less.
I just went on a vacation to Seattle with my husband and no kids for the weekend, and there are hills there, and my legs felt like they were falling apart the whole time we were there, because there are no hills here and my climbing muscles have apparently atrophied from disuse.
Comment #19 by kaduseyOctober 16th, 2012 at 10:49 amThank you KRW!!!
Comment #20 by HeidiOctober 16th, 2012 at 3:04 pmHow about this: My Kitchen Aid broke so I actually have to cream butter or make bread by hand.
Comment #21 by flip flop mamaOctober 16th, 2012 at 5:31 pmMy doctor says that my thyroid and iron are okay (finally) and I’ve put 15 pound on this year because I turned 40 (a couple of weeks ago.) So I’ve got to start exercising.
Comment #22 by all8gardenOctober 16th, 2012 at 8:18 pmThe (free) laptop that was given to us needs more serious work than just replacing the connector to the cord. Wah.
Comment #23 by all8gardenOctober 17th, 2012 at 6:27 amAmen to the granite countertops - they always have streaks (I know, it’s tough), and also, it takes forever to vacuum all the carpet in my house.
Comment #24 by ChariseOctober 17th, 2012 at 7:07 amWhen I work from home the cat sits on my paperwork & the dog puts his face on my keyboard.
Comment #25 by TrixieOctober 17th, 2012 at 9:20 amI can’t find a service station that will fill my nitro tires so I have to use regular air.
Comment #26 by Aundrea HillOctober 17th, 2012 at 10:22 amMy iPhone maps doesn’t know where I am.
Comment #27 by flip flop mamaOctober 17th, 2012 at 10:45 amThis is fun.
Comment #28 by flip flop mamaOctober 17th, 2012 at 10:46 amMy hair dryer broke yesterday, and it was the one time this month I was planning to use it.
Comment #29 by m2thehOctober 18th, 2012 at 9:00 amMy own most irksome first world problem: tan lines.
For those who mention a broken Kitchenaid or dishwasher or whatever, have you tried Youtube? There are all sorts of tutorials on fixing whatever’s wrong with your small appliances. Kitchenaid parts can be pricy, but if it’s something simple, it would be less expensive than replacing the entire unit.
Comment #30 by ResearcherOctober 18th, 2012 at 9:23 amThe pull ring on the catfood can broke off, so I had to use a can opener. A *manual* can opener.
One of the cereal bowls in my antique china set broke, so I had to go all the way to the computer, log on to eBay, find the perfect replacement and pay for it instantly, then wait almost four days for it to come in the mail.
The grocery store was out of my favorite frozen orange juice, so I had to pick a substitute from, like, 17 different choices.
Comment #31 by ArdisOctober 18th, 2012 at 9:59 amMy husband in out of town and I had to make my own dinner EVERY NIGHT this week.
Downton Abbey in only airing in the UK and I have to wait until the next day to watch it online instead of watching it cozy in my bed.
Comment #32 by The WizOctober 19th, 2012 at 12:18 pmWiz, where do you watch it online? Do you pay a site to be able to view it now? I saw episodes 1-4 and am dying to see the rest but can’t find them anywhere!
Comment #33 by StarababaOctober 19th, 2012 at 2:27 pmGoogle “Project Free TV”. You can watch Downton Abby that way the day after it airs. And episode 5 is awesome!!
WARNING: The site is run by pop ads, so at best they are annoying, at worst they are, um, boob-a-licious. Sorry, there’s just no other way to say it, and I didn’t want you to be taken by surprise!
Comment #34 by Heather O.October 19th, 2012 at 2:47 pmI go to tvlinks-eu. The search Downton Abbey. Then click on the results, Then I use putlocker or vidbux if someone has added one with that. I’ve had great luck with the putlocker ones. Be careful, a lot of the “download now!” things are ads for a different product carefully disguised. For putlocker or vidbux you don’t have to download anything, just click on view in different window, and then play now.
Comment #35 by The WizOctober 19th, 2012 at 3:56 pmThank you both! I can’t wait to watch!
Comment #36 by StarababaOctober 20th, 2012 at 2:13 pmSometimes when I move wet clothes from my extra large washer into my super heated dryer, they get tangled and I have to pull them extra hard and it makes my back hurt.
I’d rather not unload the dishwasher because of all that nasty bending over, (and you know, the laundry back problem) and so I forget to do dishes until I can make a kid unload for me. Loading is easier.
I’ve run out of the vast quantity of used library books I bought for five dollars the last time I was there, so i might have to actually PAY my library fines or find that stupid book my kids lost. Out of money I HAVE but don’t WANT to SPEND, I might add.
I’m grouchy because my BRAND NEW hardwood floors get stickier and itchier faster now that there’s not carpeting to grind the crumbs into, and I have to SWEEP it up sometimes. Wah.
Sometimes it’s hard hanging up all the vast quantities of clothes my children have. Oh, and it better not get warm again because I just switched out the huge volume of seasonal clothes for all the children, and I don’t want to have to relocate their three bathing suits each.
Comment #37 by Heather B from SCOctober 20th, 2012 at 6:40 pmPS, if I had known you needed a shot of RFML, one of my favorite ever blogs, Heather O, I would have facebooked it to you years ago… Oh, on that note: Kate stopped blogging with Lydia, and now there’s only half the snarkiness for me to run away from home into the computer a read, and that’s a REAL problem. kinda.
Comment #38 by Heather B from SCOctober 20th, 2012 at 6:42 pm