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Anonymous wrote:call me lazy but i would be throwing away that bowl and saying goodbye to the crazy gross science experiment without looking back.

LOL. That's probably what I would do too. I've thrown tupperware away with nastiness inside from being left in the fridge too long.

Eh, that's difference. Plastic is permeable while glass is not.

Blech I've left something in the fridge for a month and was too grossed out to unwrap it (it was some pasta, sauce, cheese dish). Pyrex dish went into the trash and the trash went immediately outside.

Anonymous wrote:call me lazy but i would be throwing away that bowl and saying goodbye to the crazy gross science experiment without looking back.

LOL. That's probably what I would do too. I've thrown tupperware away with nastiness inside from being left in the fridge too long.

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. Sounds like OP has a very full plate and was severely stressed out. You don't know what is going on in her life. When life gets crazy, guess what happens? People let stuff go. I've never left rotting food out on my counter, but I have probably done something that OP finds incredible.

For some of us, life sometimes gets overwhelming. If you are so perfect that you have never made a mistake and have the kind of life where you never get stressed out, why the heck do you DCUM? People come here for advice and to ask quick questions, not to hear about how perfect you are.

I tend to agree; however this case was a bit much. I'm the poster who said I'll have clutter and dust, but not rotting food remnants. My home has definitely lookdc like it was ransacked by thieves, but that's just general clutter and messiness. I like the book Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson. The ultimate home keeping guide and believe it or not, good reading. She said in times of stress or illness, if you keep the kitchen and bathroom relatively clean and the laundry kept up, you can let the rest slide. OP's asking for more gross stuff to happen if incidents like this happen regularly... bugs, maggots, etc.

agree with 19:12. does it make you people feel better to belittle others? how is that useful.

op, whatever you want to do is fine. toss it, scrub it, soak it. it's going to be g-nasty but it's not going to explode and contaminate your kitchen.

Give me your address I'll send you a new bowl-throw that shit out!

OP, I can't say that I would have done the same thing, but I can relate to having a task I just don't want to do and putting it off for an extended period. That said, I would toss it. In fact, I would have tossed it 2 weeks ago, and called it "purging."

call me lazy but i would be throwing away that bowl and saying goodbye to the crazy gross science experiment without looking back.

Most of the DCUM crowd pop their kids' Ritalin and stay up all night scrubbing their tiles with a toothbrush when they get stressed out. They can't relate to those of us who avoid, just ignore them.

Oh shut up. Sounds like OP has a very full plate and was severely stressed out. You don't know what is going on in her life. When life gets crazy, guess what happens? People let stuff go. I've never left rotting food out on my counter, but I have probably done something that OP finds incredible.

For some of us, life sometimes gets overwhelming. If you are so perfect that you have never made a mistake and have the kind of life where you never get stressed out, why the heck do you DCUM? People come here for advice and to ask quick questions, not to hear about how perfect you are.

I smell hoarding.

Since you are trying to find ways to keep this $20 bowl, and you didn't notice a smell...plus it took a week to clean up a leaky dishwasher mess.

Throw it out. It will be good for you.

You are either a liar that you didn't smell it or a dirty pig. Someone should call social services.

Vomit.

PP. I want to tell you that I have done gross things like this too. Don't feel bad -- nobody's perfect.

I would throw it out. If you're the kind of person who can let a dish sit for a month on a counter, you're probably not the kind of person who will clean it well enough to render it bacteria free.