r/Menopause: 'I Just Put Coffee Grounds in the Water Reservoir' Thread

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Publisher: r/Menopause (Reddit community) · Published: August 31, 2026 · Accessed: August 31, 2026

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• Community report (r/Menopause hot thread, Aug 30 2026): a woman reports putting coffee grounds in the water reservoir of the coffee maker instead of the filter basket – pre-coffee autopilot error.
• Community report (same thread, comment cascade): other women add their own procedural fails – running the coffee maker twice with no grounds at all, making coffee with no water, shaving one armpit twice and missing the other.
• Community report (same thread): the cascade's framing line – 'How the hell are we supposed to make coffee before we've had coffee???' – the pre-coffee brain as a distinct daily state.
• Community report (same thread): coping response – women pre-set the coffee maker the night before ('go easy on myself instead of putting myself through that kind of torture'), designing the morning for the person they are before coffee.