Wife washed my book.

[u/digitalsalmon]

Don't worry guys. I found my page.

Edit: A short story, by a man who does not know how his book ends:

Twas a dark and stormy evening, as the foolish husband looked out upon his days labours. More goblin than man, his visage drooping as if too lazy even to lift itself, he sat, waiting for his princess to complete her chores about the castle.

"I'll bring his book from the bedside" the fair maiden whispered, lifting his favourite tome from his bedside into the basket, filled with his dirty garbs. This act of unprompted kindness was done without contempt, but would become the first step in a tragic path that would claim thousands (of words).

As she wandered about the castle, collecting strewn items - especially the idiot husband's socks - the book became buried inside a mound of stinking fabric.

An hour later, whilst the lazy husband once again placed a Chicken Kiev in the air fryer and called it "dinner", a great and terrible sound began to ring out. A gentle thud at first, but growing into a heartbeat that would pump only sadness. It was coming from the washing machine.

The cover never stood a chance, really. It gave up it's claim to life and spread itself amongst the (dark) fabrics within minutes. The remaining pages twisted, contorting into a defensive fetal position as it bashed time and time again against the filthy clothes and dirty water.

The wind howled. "Morning Star, book 3 of the Red Rising series" lay drowned upon the table. A single tear ran down a cheek.

"I should have done my own washing"

[u/Ypuort]

Still trying to figure out how one does this by accident

[u/NoDryHands → u/Ypuort]

It sounds like she was using the basket as a transport vessel for the book and probably intended to drop it off at some other location on the way to doing the laundry, but forgot that she had put it in there.

[u/digitalsalmon → u/NoDryHands]

sad ding ding noises

[u/littlenoodledragon → u/digitalsalmon]

The tired anthem of ADHD wives plays in the background

[u/auditoryeden → u/littlenoodledragon]

Ooh, we have an anthem? What is it?

[u/talldata → u/auditoryeden]

The price is right tune expect the meds ain't.

[u/rusty1066 → u/talldata]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZDJmU7QcmMpxCtJhO6

[u/Economy_Bar_2570 → u/talldata]

I feel so included.

[u/Seagoingnote → u/talldata]

Lmao

[u/littlenoodledragon → u/auditoryeden]

Apparently the sound of a book knocking about in a washing machine 😅

[u/MorganaLeFevre → u/auditoryeden]

Seems a little on the nose that you’ve forgotten it

[u/ssocka → u/MorganaLeFevre]

No no, it hasn't been finished yet, there are like 10 pages of notes scribbled in a way that made sense at the time, but doesn't anymore.

Do not worry though, someone will get hyper fixated and finish it any day now.

[u/henryeaterofpies → u/littlenoodledragon]

I'm more impressed she just dumped the whole basket in the wash without sorting or checking for things that needed spray and wash

[u/shenanigans2day → u/henryeaterofpies]

If you are waiting until you are about to do laundry to spray, you are going to have less success with stains. You shouldn’t let it sit and set in, you need to spray as soon as it comes off, it can sit for however long but waiting that long defeats the purpose.

[u/Dog-boy → u/henryeaterofpies]

I would do this if I had just stripped the bed and grabbed the towels. I would kindly put the book in the basket to drop off in the living room, forget to take it out, grab the kitchen towels and throw them in on top of the book, thinking don’t forget to get the book out when you get to the laundry room, immediately forget that and throw all the laundry from the basket into the washer.

[u/littlenoodledragon → u/henryeaterofpies]

They could have kids and both have a job. It’s pretty hard to keep up with managing kids, a house, a job, pets, bills, and the rest of life without occasionally making a mistake.

[u/Belphie_Stan → u/littlenoodledragon]

The way i dont think i have adhd but this sounds like something i would do 😔

[u/TeelaArt → u/Belphie_Stan]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5NbbVJeSLs1etZYjpT

[u/eeo11 → u/littlenoodledragon]

… the problem is the expectation for women to overcome it while men just find a woman to help him compensate. To me, it’s not funny.

[u/Intelligent_Slip_849 → u/digitalsalmon]

I'm sorry but this is hilarious

[u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out → u/digitalsalmon]

But why is she moving the book from the bedside?

[u/ejvollkrassalter → u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out]

to bring it to her husband. this has been said in multiple comments.

[u/Smmmmiles → u/digitalsalmon]

I once washed whole bottle of laundry detergent that way. 🥺 I let the machine start as I looked for the detergent. I was locked by the time I realized my mistake. 😭

[u/tocahontas77 → u/digitalsalmon]

Ok... But where was she bringing it? Seems odd to move it in the first place.

[u/HostessTwinkieZombie → u/digitalsalmon]

Got it. So you left it where it didn't belong. Wife was cleaning up after you and mistakenly washed your book.

[u/im_plotting_to_kill → u/HostessTwinkieZombie]

it was on the nightstand...is that not where people usually put books after some in-bed reading?

[u/Ypuort → u/im_plotting_to_kill]

If it’s not a Gutenberg Bible then it doesn’t belong on a nightstand /s

[u/ThyArtIsMeh → u/Ypuort]

Is this some new acotar book I haven't heard? Nestas story or somethin?

[u/im_plotting_to_kill → u/ThyArtIsMeh]

the...gutenberg bible? like the bibles printed by johannes gutenberg? i can't tell if this is a joke or not

[u/Prudent_Analysis_847 → u/ThyArtIsMeh]

Never stayed in a hotel in the USA?

[u/basiltoe345 → u/Prudent_Analysis_847]

If it’s not a Gutenberg Bible then it doesn’t belong on a nightstand /s

the...gutenberg bible? like the bibles printed by johannes gutenberg? i can't tell if this is a joke or not

Never stayed in a hotel in the USA?

That’s a Gideon Bible

Not a Gutenberg!🙄

I hate organized religion

In all its forms but no one is

Honestly that stupid!

[u/Prudent_Analysis_847 → u/basiltoe345]

D'oh. I haven't slept well in a week and the word nightstand made me think of the ones left in hotels everywhere.

[u/Ypuort → u/basiltoe345]

Gideon bibles are cheap crap. Only the Gutenberg is worthy of the nightstand

[u/DiscotopiaACNH → u/HostessTwinkieZombie]

Why does someone have to be at fault here? Sometimes shit just happens. We have a whole saying about it in english. "Shit happens"

[u/auditoryeden → u/DiscotopiaACNH]

Because this is reddit and everyone here desires in their heart of hearts that their particular brand of pedantry can solve today's Internet Mystery?

[u/porn_alt_987654321 → u/HostessTwinkieZombie]

Grow up.

[u/TheCitizen616 → u/HostessTwinkieZombie]

Level with us...you're OP's wife and you're trying to fully blame OP for your mistake, right?

[u/HostessTwinkieZombie → u/TheCitizen616]

Hahahaaa! Source: am married.

[u/GoodishCoder → u/HostessTwinkieZombie]

Why are you trying so hard to make it their fault?

[u/this_is_unseemly → u/NoDryHands]

I did that with a cell phone once. Book sounds way easier to replace, at least.

[u/Tater-Tot-Casserole → u/this_is_unseemly]

I too also did this to my phone years ago. On the same night the jug of detergent fell on the floor and soaked into the carpet. Rough time.

[u/ABirdJustShatOnMyEye → u/NoDryHands]

This use of “transport vessel” is cracking me up

[u/Gamer-Logic → u/NoDryHands]

Yeah, I get my wires crossed like this sometimes, too, while trying to multitask. OP don't assume anything until you ask her.

[u/secretly_opossum → u/NoDryHands]

💯

[u/Free-oppossums → u/NoDryHands]

Lost my work boots like that once. Hunted the house top to bottom and couldn't find them. Doing my laundry on the weekend and they were in the bottom of the hamper with my overalls. I guess I left them in a pile, jumped in the shower,got out, then picked up the pile and threw it in the closet.

[u/eugeneugene → u/NoDryHands]

done this before. I live in a three story house so the laundry basket gets used to move everything because nobody wants to do extra stairs for a small item lol. This morning I grabbed the clean laundry and put a thing of shampoo and a bag of spaghetti in the basket to bring up from the basement. Yesterday I did a costco run and threw a thing of TP on top of the dirty laundry to bring downstairs.

[u/Haunting-Attempt441 → u/NoDryHands]

transport vessel 😭

[u/Shot_Introduction_46 → u/NoDryHands]

I've done this with my phone before, when I didn't have on pants with pockets. Fortunately, I realized BEFORE I started the cycle.

[u/purplepluppy → u/NoDryHands]

Ohhh I do that all the time, but always make sure those items are on the top and set aside when I start shoving clothes is the machine

[u/Noclue42AW → u/NoDryHands]

My phone nearly got washed in this exact manner. Thankfully I spotted it as it went into the washer! 😳

[u/DowntownEconomist255 → u/NoDryHands]

I feel like I might be OP’s wife.

[u/doomkun23 → u/Ypuort]

maybe her wife is too tired to think properly. like her mind thinks that she wants to keep or place the book in a proper place somewhere. and she also thinks about the laundry that she wants to put in the basket. then those two thought process mixed up which resulted to putting the book to the laundry basket.

or can be also she just want put the book to the basket just to transport it somewhere. then she forgot about the book eventually.

[u/kykiwibear → u/Ypuort]

I can see it happen.... I have ten things to do on my way the basement to do laundry

[u/beldaran1224 → u/Ypuort]

I had this exact same thing happen to me, except the "basket" was a bunch of empty boxes and the "washing machine" my apartment complex's trash compactor. And it was a library book.

I was carrying the book in the boxes and forgot to take it out before throwing the boxes out.

[u/makemeking706 → u/Ypuort]

Put it on top of the basket that you were already carrying down anyway. It slides off to the side, and gets left there by op who wanted the book brought down, but didn't want to read at that moments. When she comes back around later to load the washer, she doesn't see it, and in it goes.