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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Apprehensive-Tea2801 on 2026-07-11 02:04:43+00:00.

Today I royally fucked up. This happened just minutes ago and am currently basking in the afterglow. Please forgive my formatting and any typos, I’m typing this on my phone in the bathtub.

For some background, I have two small kids; a 4 year old and an 8 month old. It is very rare that I get time to myself so I have to seize the opportunity when it presents itself. I, also, usually have to do it quickly so critical thinking tends to take a back seat. Additionally, I have chronic back pain that had a flare up recently.

So onto the fuck up…

Well my husband offered to put the kids to sleep and suggested I take a bath to relax. I took him up on his offer and started my bath. I then had the epiphany that I should add some essential oils to my bath to really expand on this therapeutic session. We have lots of options, what should I choose? Rose? No, I’m not into that scent. Lavender? Nah, we use that too often. Lemon? No, that’s our laundry scent. Oh I know! Peppermint! I love that smell and I have therapeutic grade oil. How perfect.

Yall… peppermint oil should come with a warning label. Maybe it does and I missed it, I‘ll have to check later. As soon as I added it to my bath water, I regretted it immediately! I put my hands in the water and rubbed my face. My face started to get cool and my eyes were watering. I realize my fuck up and get out of the tub, wash my face with mild soap and think, “wow, crisis averted” I’ll just have to not touch my face until after I rinse off.

I GET BACK IN THE TUB. I realized shortly after, that even though my bath water is very warm, my legs are feeling a little cold. And then it spreads to the rest of my body. I am now FREEZING! I panic and pull the plug and turn on the shower. I am trying my best to wash this oil off of me using as warm of water that I can handle, but it’s not enough. I turn the temp up and now I am simultaneously burning and freezing! It’s literal torture.

I have to constantly turn the water up, and then back down as I am scrubbing this oil off my body. It also got in my hair and just would not get out. I washed my hair first thing but the oil was still dripping down my back, making me unbearably cold. I washed my hair and body probably about 5 times each just trying to get this stuff off of me. I also wipe down the tub to make sure none is left because now I am fully freezing and feeling like I am going to have hypothermia.

I plug the drain and sit under the warm faucet like it’s a lifeline. Well after filling up the tub once and then spending about 15 minutes scrubbing myself down… we’re out of hot water. I have to sit in the tub with about 3 inches of lukewarm water for maybe 10 minutes. Finally, I turn the hot water on full blast and fill it up the rest of the way, where I then decide to share my stupidity with yall.

Someone decided I was smart enough to obtain not one but TWO degrees… I feel like I’m obligated to give them back after tonight.

TL;DR I put peppermint oil in my bath water and almost got hypothermia.