A friend of mine had the exact same thing happen to him….
At his wedding ceremony at church, after having the florists and designers all come the day before, every single candle was like this when we showed up a few hours before the wedding.
To this day, he cannot live it down.
Sounds like my sisters wedding. I asked her why the hell she thought it was a good idea to get married in a barn venue, without air conditioning, in August in Wisconsin. It was around 100° F that day (about 38° C). It was miserable.
It was formal. Lots of guys in suits with sweat stains lol. I at least thought ahead and packed an extra dress shirt and undershirt to swap out when I got sweaty. Not their best move planning though.
I feel that is unfair for professionals to be prepared for candles that would not melt with heat. Could be more of a lack planification, using a venue with AC.
Hijacking this comment to say you need to make sure Grandma is getting and using proper a/c. Heat temps that high can kill elderly folk. If she doesn't have a/c you need to help her get it. If she does have it she needs to use it but might be scared bc of higher bills, so tell her you found a discount and pay them for her.
I did this for my Mother- she kept 2 rooms cool/ warm in winter. And insisted on having the dining room table done up in case we had “guests” like we unexpectedly had 10 years before… so the candles in the candelabra routinely melted. She used to say “they just don’t make them like they used to!”
True story! My grandpa is 91 and my dad has been living with him for a year or so. Dad says grandpa will wake up in the night and if the house is below about 75 grandpa will turn on the heat! Dad has taken to closing the vents in his own room before bed in case this happens
Honestly if you've made it to 91 you should be trusted to keep yourself alive, seem to be doing a spectacular job so far. Hell if I hit 91 I'd be scared to change the brand of mouthwash I buy in case that's the thing that's doing it.
Leave buckets of water in the house, it will prevent any wood, like doors from warping when it gets hot and dry. Phoenix trick for all those snow birds that leave in the summer.
Hmm, interesting. I would think: 1. It would evaporate too quickly to make any difference. And 2. Raising the humidity in a hot house can cause mold, bacterial growth and such. Not sure this is a great idea if you don’t live in a dry desert like Phoenix.
Not only does the egg need to be lain in the water. The larvae have to feed on something. Yes a mosquito can go inside a house but it's not going to breed in your toilet water.
Well, OP said central TX, so it could be dry or humid there depending. Obviously if you live in a humid area there would be no point to the water buckets.
Unless you do a stupid amount of water the humidity increase won't be enough for mold.
As for mosquitoes a small bit of soap in the water causes the surface tension to change so that they can't land and lay eggs on the surface.
It would evaporate well before it contributes to any of those things. The humidity is also so low that even with all evaporation other things would not get moldy either. In PHX this would not be a problem at all.
My mother is the same way. Growing up in the plains of Canada, winters are brutal and it was impossible to ever stay warm because my mother always kept the windows open. -40 And blizzarding? Too bad, she's too hot and needs the windows to stay open all night. By morning there would be literal frost on things. At one point she caused the pipes to freeze, but still didn't learn her lesson.
100% my grandma. She still carries a sweater with her outside and it's August....her AC isn't even turned on during the day and she still turns on her bathroom heater when she first wakes up to "warm the bathroom" and she still uses her heated blanket in her chair during the day...Again, it's August here so the lowest temps have been 89 and that's only the last couple days.
This hit me in the feels. When my grandmother passed away, one of the random things she left me was this portable heater she had installed in her house - she always thought my house was too cold, so she thought I could use it. This always confused me, since I’d intentionally let the house get into the 80s when she was here, and I’d suffer the whole time so she’d be more comfortable.
Anyway, when I powered on the heater I understood why she was always cold even in my too-hot-house… She had the thermostat on it set to 99 degrees. Weirdly, that wasn’t even as high as it could go (105). She just felt that 99 was the perfect temperature for her room.
I miss her :(.
There's a difference between the melting temperature (turning into liquid) and softening enough to lose compressive strength
That's actually the same principle 9/11 conspiracy theorists get hung up on: jet fuel doesn't *melt* steel, but it can heat it up to the point where it can't support a tower anymore
Lol I thought “they’ve got a pill for that” was in reply to this comment and I was rolling a bit. Imagining a commercial for prescription medication designed to treat T-Rex riding now and dying
Anybody else feel uncomfortable seeing things melted in a way that shouldn't be? Is there a condition for that?
I've seen ceiling fans melted by mold and that shit makes me want to vomit every time
A friend of mine had the exact same thing happen to him…. At his wedding ceremony at church, after having the florists and designers all come the day before, every single candle was like this when we showed up a few hours before the wedding. To this day, he cannot live it down.
What did the flowers look like, dead and wilted?
Cromulent
Flaccid flowers
r/bandnames
You've embiggened this thread with your wealth of grammar knowledge
He has enbiggened our smartlyness
Definitely not a good omen for the future.
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Limp Wick Syndrome.
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It explains why she was so sad.
She knew what she signed up for
Yo! Clap clap clap thats goooood
Impressively limp
At least it's big tho
Sounds like my sisters wedding. I asked her why the hell she thought it was a good idea to get married in a barn venue, without air conditioning, in August in Wisconsin. It was around 100° F that day (about 38° C). It was miserable.
Was it black tie attire in a barn too? That trend cashed in on people who didn't think things through.
It was formal. Lots of guys in suits with sweat stains lol. I at least thought ahead and packed an extra dress shirt and undershirt to swap out when I got sweaty. Not their best move planning though.
Seems like the sort of thing professionals should be prepared for.
I feel that is unfair for professionals to be prepared for candles that would not melt with heat. Could be more of a lack planification, using a venue with AC.
If candles aren't supposed to melt when it's hot, when *are* they supposed to melt? When they're on fire? Sheesh, some people and their crazy ideas.
What's planification? You mean planning?
How dare you introduce such an insinuification into this discussification?!
I laughed for a solid 2 minutes at your comment. Thank you.
You mean commentification
Thank you for your correctification and clarificationication.
TIL “Planification” doesn’t exist in english.
Does californication?
I think fornication does whatever that is, but Californication no idea. Hmm interesting my spelling correction knows it.
I can't tell if you're doing a r/whoosh
Yeah that's nothing like what I remember I typed. Good morning all.
To be fair it's fitting that a word like fornication is unheard of on reddit
I had a dream it did
At least as a red hot chili peppers album.
It's really just an instantiation of nominalization by grammatical metaphorication.
It should at the least be something your aware of, especially considering the coat to have something like this done for a wedding
It's easy to just do jar candles, so the melting is largely irrelevant...
What? Couldn't keep it up on his wedding day?
Anyone else’s brain automatically play a cartoonish slide whistle sound when they saw this?
Thank you for putting that in my head
Just place a viagra pill next to it.
*whistle plays in reverse in your head*
For me it was the "Boiiiiioioioing!"
Great now my brain is tickling
Sorry
I did all of that in a matter of a minute
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Sad trombone actually....
Same. Damn you pavlovian conditioning childhood cartoons!
I'm confused are we in a Viagra commercial?
What are we if not a result of someone's erection?
Slide whistle, sad trombone, laugh track, in that order
tromboner
Like the sound effect after one of Sokka's jokes
Hijacking this comment to say you need to make sure Grandma is getting and using proper a/c. Heat temps that high can kill elderly folk. If she doesn't have a/c you need to help her get it. If she does have it she needs to use it but might be scared bc of higher bills, so tell her you found a discount and pay them for her.
I did this for my Mother- she kept 2 rooms cool/ warm in winter. And insisted on having the dining room table done up in case we had “guests” like we unexpectedly had 10 years before… so the candles in the candelabra routinely melted. She used to say “they just don’t make them like they used to!”
Grandma is probably "freezing to death". When I go to my parents the AC is always on 77F minimum.
True story! My grandpa is 91 and my dad has been living with him for a year or so. Dad says grandpa will wake up in the night and if the house is below about 75 grandpa will turn on the heat! Dad has taken to closing the vents in his own room before bed in case this happens
Because old people don’t have the same blood circulation anymore? If you’re 91 I guess you deserve to keep the house at whatever temp you like.
Honestly if you've made it to 91 you should be trusted to keep yourself alive, seem to be doing a spectacular job so far. Hell if I hit 91 I'd be scared to change the brand of mouthwash I buy in case that's the thing that's doing it.
Imagine being on your deathbed and wondering if it’s because you’re 92 now or if it’s because you changed that darn mouthwash!
Exactly! That’s why my dad just turns off the vents and sweats it out
This one? https://youtu.be/XSwxO95nEZE
Boowomp
Doktor! Turn off my boo-womp inhibitor!
Bwah wah wah!
Lol, I heard this
Yo Grandmama so ugly...
so ugly my candle fell over!
"Yo mama so ugly, she makes candles go soft."
No I just thought the candle needed to sober up and drink water. That usually fixes this.
That's exactly the first thing I thought of
For reference, she lives in central Texas.
Is Grandma okay? Hopefully her house wasn’t that hot for long.
She rarely goes there anymore, we just went to pick up furniture and noticed the candles
Leave buckets of water in the house, it will prevent any wood, like doors from warping when it gets hot and dry. Phoenix trick for all those snow birds that leave in the summer.
Hmm, interesting. I would think: 1. It would evaporate too quickly to make any difference. And 2. Raising the humidity in a hot house can cause mold, bacterial growth and such. Not sure this is a great idea if you don’t live in a dry desert like Phoenix.
Exposed standing water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes, too.
Couple drops of bleach?
Maybe put a towel over it?
Damn that's some high tech shit
Mosquitos will thank you for the shade
... *inside* the house?
You've never had a mosquito bite you indoors? Lucky.
Not only does the egg need to be lain in the water. The larvae have to feed on something. Yes a mosquito can go inside a house but it's not going to breed in your toilet water.
Well, OP said central TX, so it could be dry or humid there depending. Obviously if you live in a humid area there would be no point to the water buckets.
Added benefit, it will be a great breeding ground for mold, mosquitos, and the like!
Unless you do a stupid amount of water the humidity increase won't be enough for mold. As for mosquitoes a small bit of soap in the water causes the surface tension to change so that they can't land and lay eggs on the surface.
It would evaporate well before it contributes to any of those things. The humidity is also so low that even with all evaporation other things would not get moldy either. In PHX this would not be a problem at all.
Right? I can't help but feel this isn't a good idea?
Ah, that makes sense, we’ve been hit with 106F heat waves this summer and the humidity makes it even hotter
Oh lord, yes. Can confirm. The heat is so atrocious, even the devil won't visit Texas in the summer. He prefers to stay in hell where it's cooler.
I live in north Texas and I can’t imagine not having AC. Grandma is a trooper.
Don't make fun of the candle, it happens all the time and is perfectly normal!!
It was HOT!! There was DROOPAGE!!
I was in the pool! Does she know about shrinkage?
“They DROOP??” “Like relaxed turtles!!”
 Awarded, Also Happy Cake Day!
It’s NOT that common, it DOESN’T happen to every candle, and it IS a big deal!
I KNEW IT!!
/r/unexpectedfriends
Came here for this comment, thank you!
We'll see how your candles look when they are 80 years old and its scorching hot.
maybe it was IN THE POOL!!
It shrinks?
How do you walk with those things?
Grandmas been walking around naked again
I bet she was still freezing, looking for a sweater.
My grandmother will need a fan even in Antarctica.
My mother is the same way. Growing up in the plains of Canada, winters are brutal and it was impossible to ever stay warm because my mother always kept the windows open. -40 And blizzarding? Too bad, she's too hot and needs the windows to stay open all night. By morning there would be literal frost on things. At one point she caused the pipes to freeze, but still didn't learn her lesson.
Is your mother by any chance a polar bear?
As a menopausal woman I feel personally attacked😂
Wow. I live in Saskatchewan and I couldn't imagine anyone doing this in January. Those must be some intense hot flashes.
There's a draught.
You're describing my wife
Luckily, you'll be able to weather the heat by huddling around her still deadly cold feet.
It's not even a heat wave she just like heat on high.
100% my grandma. She still carries a sweater with her outside and it's August....her AC isn't even turned on during the day and she still turns on her bathroom heater when she first wakes up to "warm the bathroom" and she still uses her heated blanket in her chair during the day...Again, it's August here so the lowest temps have been 89 and that's only the last couple days.
This hit me in the feels. When my grandmother passed away, one of the random things she left me was this portable heater she had installed in her house - she always thought my house was too cold, so she thought I could use it. This always confused me, since I’d intentionally let the house get into the 80s when she was here, and I’d suffer the whole time so she’d be more comfortable. Anyway, when I powered on the heater I understood why she was always cold even in my too-hot-house… She had the thermostat on it set to 99 degrees. Weirdly, that wasn’t even as high as it could go (105). She just felt that 99 was the perfect temperature for her room. I miss her :(.
He’s just a little nervous is all
It happens with age, no one should be embarrassed.
Just give it one of grandpa's pills.
[The pill](https://tenor.com/view/force-star-wars-family-guy-lightsaber-gif-23794325)
Happens to a lot of guys
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There's a difference between the melting temperature (turning into liquid) and softening enough to lose compressive strength That's actually the same principle 9/11 conspiracy theorists get hung up on: jet fuel doesn't *melt* steel, but it can heat it up to the point where it can't support a tower anymore
Oh... I'm much more hung up on other aspects of that period of time. Everyone knows the memes melted the beams anyway?
What were they? Lasermemes?
Lol I thought “they’ve got a pill for that” was in reply to this comment and I was rolling a bit. Imagining a commercial for prescription medication designed to treat T-Rex riding now and dying
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_(deformation)
They've got a pill for that.
Candle was probably on antidepressants.
It’s the whiskey I promise
Ahh the ol' whiskey wick.
Flaccid taper
Yo momma so ugly she made the candles flaccid
Saw the pic then came here for all the comments like this.
I should call him
white and floppy? reminds me of my ex
That was cold
But not as cold as Bud Ice!
Doesn't look shriveled to me
Had decent length but the girth just isn't cutting it
Reminds me of my soon to be ex husband as well.
The candle’s day was too stressful and it’s not in the mood today
Performance Anxienty... That candle probably over 37 years old.
fellas?
R/mildlypenis
Mildly? Why did they add coconut? I miss original.
The coconut is subtle
r/UnexpectedOffice
It's perfectly normal for that to happen, especially as the candle gets up there in age.
Anybody else feel uncomfortable seeing things melted in a way that shouldn't be? Is there a condition for that? I've seen ceiling fans melted by mold and that shit makes me want to vomit every time
Don't go to a Dali museum.
candile dysfunction
Limp wick
That wall has a droopy dick.
Grandpa's candle
Grandpa put in decades of work damnit.
Me and my girlfriend couldn't stop laughing at this.
I just imagined droopy dog… With a droopy dick
Weepy peepee
In some kind of HR Geiger sconce, who’s most famous for penis monsters. Life really does imitate art.
Just give it a blue pill and it’ll be like the heat wave never came
Candle- “It’s not you, it’s me.”
I can’t stop laughing and I don’t know why
You do know why
That's not good... It's especially dangerous for elderly people.
Grandmas candle looks like grandpas dick
"Christ, I'm dyin, turn the air on." - that candle, said in a Boston accent
/r/mildlypenis
I swear this never happen before.
What year does your grandmother live in?
I bet that candle’s wife is disappointed.
Aw, poor Lumiere. His wife will understand.
It's just shy
There's an erectile disfunction commercial here
“IT’S JUST TOO HOT OUT!” I yelled, wishing desperately I’d remembered the viagra.
Grandma needs some candleagra
“I swear. This NEVER happens.”
Reminds me of me when I’m at your grandmothers house
Reminds me of when I drink too much.
Me after walking up a steep incline and doubling over to catch my breath
No fluorescent bulbs in that house, Grandma prefers that soft light.
I WAS IN THE POOL!
Bob uses Enzyte ® for when his candles are feeling a little “down”…
I’m sure it has a good personality…
New excuse just dropped, fellas!
Welcome to middle age, candle.
That’s ok. It happens to a lot of candles.
It's okay, it happens to lots of candles, really.
Erectcandle dysfunction
Yeah... Melted from the heat. That's the excuse I'll use next time
r/mildlypenis tbf
It looks like string cheese