These People Made Expensive Mistakes That They’ll Regret Forever

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I accidentally left an asiatic Lily plant out in my apartment when I went to work. When I came home, I noticed my cat had chewed a bunch of leaves off of if, and possibly swallowed some. I immediately looked it up online and saw that lilies are extremely toxic to cats. They can cause kidney failure from ingesting only a small amount. I had to rush him to a 24 hour emergency vet, where he had to be treated with high volumes of fluid via IV for 48 hrs. My big floof made it out alive and I couldn’t have been happier he was ok, but the whole ordeal cost me close to $3,000.

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Trying heroin. 5 years and roughly a quarter million dollars.

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I was on a canoe trip down a river with a number of large rapids and I forget to make sure my backpack was closed and stuffed in the boat so if we flipped it wouldn’t float away. Anyway the other person in my boat said we shouldn’t run it with gear but I said we’d be fine and he relented. We flip and my bag goes floating down the river with about $200 worth of gear in it, the worst part was is my wallet was in that bag with most of my id. Whoops.

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Forgot to return my anatomy textbook. $450 charge.

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Missed a £8 road-tax payment on a motorbike that was stolen, I also moved address so never got a single letter. It tallied up to nearly £8,000 after 7 years of me not paying it, £25 per letter + £15 admin fee + a monthly, then weekly and finally it went to a daily penalty.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.