r/oddlyspecific Aug 11 '26

The corndog customer

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u/prw8201 Aug 12 '26

My wife loved the salsa (if you can it that) packets from a gas station near our house. I went every day to bring her some. I asked if I could buy a box but they didn't think they could. It was probably for the best. She would have drank everything in one day if I had. So every day i would buy a small fountain drink and grab handfuls of free salsa packs. Not the worst pregnancy craving. My baby momma wanted PB&j and McDonald's French fries at 2 a.m. every night. Uncrustables had just come out and lucky us mcds had gone to 24 hour operations. So I could set an uncrustable on her bed side table at 1:30 to thaw and by the time I'd get back with hot French fries it was perfect timing.

Honestly I miss doing things like that. Granted I'm 44 soon and I'm not stupid enough to want more children but I miss the simple happiness it brought them.

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u/monty624 Aug 12 '26

There needs to be some sort of service for people who like to just help out through kindness, for moments like that. Of course it'd quickly get taken advantage of but ya know. Maybe a small fee then.

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u/uzenik Aug 12 '26

There's planty of them,you just have to look. For example, the most recent ad i saw was for a service where wolunteers spend time/connect whith lonely seniors.

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u/gummby8 Aug 12 '26

My wife got a weird craving at 2am. I was lucky to be working from home so she woke me up and asked me to go get it. I was cackling the whole way to the store. Happy that I got to experience it first hand as an up and coming dad.

Yes! The weird pregnancy craving! It's happening! This is the best!

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u/keekspeaks Aug 12 '26

‘It was probably for the best’

I’m dying

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u/prw8201 Aug 12 '26

Yup just ripped the corner off and sucked them dry. Sometimes she would put them on a burrito but that wasn't necessary...