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An upset mum was forced to confront her daughter after thinking she'd found her sex toy in the dishwasher.

Thankfully, there was an entirely innocent explanation. The daughter hadn't washed a sex toy – hers or anyone else's – in the dishwasher. It wasn't a sex toy at all, but a melted water bottle.

There was still an awkward situation, however. On Reddit, FictionB****** shared a photo of the shrunken drinking apparatus, and gave a brief account about the exchange she had with her mum.

"So mom finds this in the dishwasher," Fictionb***** wrote. "Gives it to me wrapped in a towel asking me WTF I put in the dishwasher."

In fairness, the object does resemble something you might use in the bedroom. So much so that the mum in question couldn't even bring herself to touch it.

But the girl explained: "It was a cup. It shrank. She went on talking about how uncomfortable she felt all day."

Interestingly, it's not the first time this has happened. The cup shrinkage, that is. There hasn't before been a situation involving an upset mother. Let's hope it's the last...

The dishwasher tale, as you'd expect, also sparked a lot of comments. Most are too rude to pass on, but user Leon Ryan 's is definitely worth mentioning.

He wrote: "25 years ago I was camping with my highschool friends and between drinking and fishing we got bored and started whittling. I carved a big wooden d*** because of course I did.

"My friends had fun chasing each other around with it for a couple of days and then we all packed up and went home. Next day we all had school and when got home I discovered my mum had already washed all my campfire smelling clothes which was awesome, but that night as I got into bed I found the big wooden dick under my pillow.

"Presumably mum had found it in my camping gear and quietly put it there for me either because she has a sense of humour or she genuinely thought I wanted it, but I was horrified and went and threw it into a field as far as I could. She never said a word about it."

Outstanding. A lot of people appreciating the fact Leon had shared his youthful endeavour.

Krabstarr commented: "Now I imagine some confused farmer finding a wooden d*** in his field."