Work, Awkward and AITA: Awkward silence

Awkward silence

By kayin - 10/12/2010 01:59 - United Kingdom

Today, I was giving a tour for parents who wanted to send their kids to our school. One of the parents had a kid on crutches with what appeared to be a broken leg, so I asked him how he broke it. He replied, "I was born like this." FML

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By Anonymous - 16/09/2014 16:18 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my dad picked me up from school, something he'll be doing while my broken leg heals. He thought it'd be hilarious to arrive early and ask the staff where his "crippled" son was, loudly saying I'd broken my leg in a "masturbation-related accident". FML

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By fucking har har, dad - 05/10/2012 23:38 - Australia

Today, two days after leaving hospital with a broken left leg, I tripped and fell heavily on the floor. My dad quickly asked if I'd broken my other leg. When I reassured him that I hadn't, he disappointedly muttered that it would've been a hilarious story to tell his friends at work. FML

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By chinchilla4404 - 02/08/2011 14:17 - United States

Today, I broke my leg while trying to show my friend how I broke my other leg. FML

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By Faker - 16/10/2012 21:44 - United States

Today, while shopping, an old man came up to me and told me I should be ashamed for walking around fake limping, and that it's horrible to mock people who actually limp from serious injuries. I wasn't faking, I was born without my right leg and I was getting used to my new prosthetic one. FML

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Agony

By ... - 02/10/2012 20:55 - Canada - Airdrie

Today, I fell down the stairs and landed heavily on my foot. Because I wasn't crying, my mom refused to take me to the hospital. It took me an hour of agony to convince her. It turned out to be broken in three different places. FML

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Unbelievable

By Anonymous - 15/08/2013 17:39 - Spain - Mon?var

Today, I slipped and fell down the stairs, landing hard on my knee. Through my screams of agony, my mom accused me of exaggerating the pain, and said I was just being an attention seeker, before finally taking me to hospital. I was told my leg was broken. She refused to apologize. FML

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By myleghurts - 12/11/2012 06:50 - Australia - Strathfield

Today, on my way to school, I was shouted at by an obnoxious businessman for sitting down on the train when a "full fare paying passenger" was standing. I would normally have given him the seat straight away, except I have a broken leg. I showed him my leg and crutches. He still made me get up. FML

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By seussical65 - 14/04/2009 13:48 - United States

Today, during dress rehearsal before the show, I came in with crutches pretending I broke my leg as a joke. I then threw away the crutches, laughed and then fell down some stairs. I am now in crutches with a broken leg. I was the lead. FML

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#worthit

By Michelle Jade - 05/09/2018 22:00

Today, I'm lying in a hospital bed with two broken leg bones, a reattached tendon, and four screws holding my leg together. Why? Because I wanted chocolate milk and some asshat didn't see me walking across the road. FML

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By dancingqueef - 22/06/2016 02:39 - United States - Kingston

Today, my mom told me to break a leg before performing in my dancing school's show. I really did break part of my leg while performing. FML

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Brittneyyyy 7

Friday 10 December 2010 9:04

Aww fyl, you couldn't have known.

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Friday 10 December 2010 9:13

Well there's no way you couldve known... I'm sure the kid will get over it.

Comments

vwjunkie747 0

Friday 23 September 2011 22:03

Well that's an honest mistake that anyone could make. Don't beat yourself up about it

pvtmeives 4

Monday 14 May 2012 13:30

I don't think this qualifies as an FML

chtychtybngbng 11

Tuesday 11 September 2012 8:22

That's pretty bad, but nowhere near as bad as what happened to me. When I met my best friends new boyfriend for the first time he was sitting in his car and I saw crutches in the back seat. I asked if he had hurt his leg/foot. My friend exclaimed "No! He only has one leg! God!" I felt horrible. Although one would think she would've mentioned that info when she had told me about him. I was just speechless for a minute.

ash_duncan 2

Friday 28 September 2012 7:32

Don't feel bad about it, how were you supposed to know?

rivaraven 35

Friday 1 February 2013 15:03

You can't know something like that, it's okay.

TDWPForDayz 9

Thursday 11 April 2013 20:27

I'm sorry to hear about this. It's not like you knew..

liaRawr 9

Saturday 7 December 2013 19:25

Could happen to anyone

Repethetic 25

Wednesday 8 April 2015 11:35

how is this an FML? you didn't know, he told you.

madeline9322 17

Thursday 24 September 2015 1:32

My friend has really screwed knees and ankles, so she has a brace on her right knee and a brace on the left foot, which are the worst ones. At high school orientation she was in crutches and some guy asked, "Clumsy?" When he found out he apologized profusely the whole time; she thought it was funny. I'm sure you have made it seem worse than it is, it's alright.