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Kids, there are scarier things than zombies, vampires and witches. And I am not just talking about the politicians in Washington. (Am I right? Take my husband, please.)
I am talking about the scary grown-up stuff we face every single day that leads to untold trauma.
1) 😱 That one cousin who doesn’t know where you live, finding out where you live
Dreadful
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2) 😱 Some idiot pulling out and hitting your car
Spine-chilling
3) 😱 Being hit with an unexpected visit from the IRS
Hair-raising
4) 😱 Running out of wine
Sinister
5) 😱 Forgetting your anniversary
Dire
6) 😱Having a tree fall on your house
Wicked
7) 😱 Finding an unusual mold or lump
Grisly
8) 😱Finding out that your little black dress is way tooooo little
Malicious
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9) 😱 A busted pipe
Frightening
10) 😱 No air conditioning
Terrifying
11) 😱 A global cheese shortage
Shocking
12) 😱Increased gasoline prices
Eerie
13) 😱 Global warming
Awful
14) 😱Having toilet paper stuck to your shoe
Horrendous
15) 😱 Something green between your front teeth
Macabre
16) 😱 Falling down a manhole
Appalling
17) 😱 Being accidentally shot by a stun gun
Distressing
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18) 😱 A run-in with an angry duck or wild turkey
Dreadful
19) 😱 Getting a flat tire
Gruesome
20) 😱 Netflix going out of business
Ghastly
21) 😱 What’s that smell?
Nefarious
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22) Meter maids
Heinous
23) 😱 Forgetting where you parked your car
Unnerving
24) 😱Finding debris in your cocktail after you’ve already started drinking it
Fiendish
25) 😱 One too many hot peppers
Creepy
26) 😱 Ordering a meal at heat level 6 and it comes out with barely a hint of heat or spice
Dire
27) 😱 A stranger coughing on you while traveling on a bus, plane or car
Demonic
28) 😱 Falling the wrong way and breaking something
Startling
29) 😱 Getting trapped in an elevator with a vomiting baby
Nightmarish
30) 😱 Something (anything) falling out of your top when you don’t want something (anything) falling out of your top
Shocking
31) 😱 Oversleeping
Bone-chilling
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