My habit tracker leaked blue ink all over my October spread

I was sitting at my kitchen table in Seattle last Tuesday, filling in my daily mood tracker, and my cheap fountain pen just... exploded. Blue ink went everywhere, totally ruining the whole month I had spent decorating with washi tape. I panicked for a second, then grabbed a paper towel and dabbed at it, which only made it smear worse. Eventually I just cut that page out of my notebook and started fresh on the next blank spread. Now I'm paranoid about using any pen that isn't a basic ballpoint in my journal. Has anyone else had a pen leak disaster like this?

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the_kevin3h ago

Man, that stinks. Leaky pens are like that one drawer in your kitchen that always jams - a small thing that makes you question all your life choices. I had a sharpie explode in my car's glove box once, and now everything in there is a permanent gray-blue. It's funny how one bad experience can make you swear off something forever, like how I still won't buy that brand of chips after finding a bad one in the bag. You're probably better off with a good ballpoint anyway. Less adventure, more writing.

riverwhite3h ago

Oh man, tell me about it. I'm convinced my pen drawer is cursed, because every time I go to grab a decent one, half of them have given up on life and are just leaking into the abyss. I once had a blue gel pen explode in my shirt pocket, right over a heart on my favorite band tee. Now that shirt just looks like I'm having a permanent, sad little creativity session on my own chest. You'd think after that I'd learn my lesson, but nope, I keep buying those fancy gel pens because they look nice on the rack. I'm basically a moth flying into a pen flame, and I'm too stubborn to stop.