Cosmopolitan UK — June 2017

24 ·^ COSMOPOLITAN

Because

sometimes

life is

stranger

than

fiction

After a long
afternoon of
whisky tasting,
I came home starving.
I thought I’d struck gold
when I saw some cheese
belonging to my housemate
in the fridge. I cut myself
a massive slab and shoved
it in my mouth. It was
butter. And I threw up.

RACHEL, 20, PR INTERN, PENNSYLVANIA, USA

SAY

CHEESE

LARRY, 26, START-UP
DIRECTOR, JOHANNESBURG

NICHOLE, 23, PR ACCOUNT

EXECUTIVE, SURREY

FEELING SAUCY

After trying to eat a Chinese takeaway

in an Uber, I spilt sauce on my boots.

I gave them a scrub when I got home

and they looked fine to wear on a date

the next day. I was wrong. He kept

saying, “Can you smell Chinese? I fancy

Chinese.” I did not fancy a Chinese.

High heels are not my

thing, but I wanted to

look professional at my

first work event. The bar

had some steep stairs,

and, halfway down,

I stacked it in front of

everyone – and quickly

got a massive lump on my

head that resembled a

second brain. Not the first

impression I’d hoped for.

FALL OUT GIRL

JOG ON

I was running on the treadmill at my new gym when I accidentally dropped my

iPod and then tripped on the earplugs. I fell backwards into the guys doing free

weights behind me. The physical pain subsided, but my pride still hurts.

ELIZABETH, 23, TEACHER, BIRMINGHAM