Birthday, Gifts, Gamers and Miscellaneous: Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

By Anonymous - 07/10/2010 00:48 - United States

Today, my parents gave me my birthday present. Two weeks ago, I'd ordered an Xbox online. Three days ago, it came to my house, and my parents thought they could save money by putting wrapping paper on it, and giving it to me for my birthday. That's all they got me. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/01/2011 11:55 - Canada

Today, it was my birthday. My boyfriend had been telling me for the past two weeks that he had something planned for the occasion. His plan? Me watching TV with his parents, who hate me, while he went to work. His gift? A brand new Xbox 360 for himself. FML

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By Shauna - 10/11/2012 09:02 - United States - Jacksonville

Today, it was my birthday. I finally got the PS3 I've been asking for, for a long time. When I opened the box, I didn't find a PS3, but a bunch of clothes that my mom put in my brother's PS3 box. FML

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By chrono19 - 04/05/2014 10:11 - United States - Bremerton

Today, I got a birthday package from my parents. It was all the stuff I'd forgotten there when visiting a month ago, along with some other things I'd left behind when I moved out. FML

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Brown and sticky

By Jon - 14/03/2009 06:30 - United States

Today, I came home a day after my birthday, and was greeted by my mother who told me, "Oh, I have birthday present for you." She explained that she and my father went on a hike, and handed me my present. I got a fucking stick for my birthday. FML

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Thanks, iHate it

By muggle68 - 10/12/2009 20:38 - United States

Today, it was my birthday. I have been heavily hinting that I want an iPhone. I opened my present from my parents and found an iPhone box. Ecstatic, I quickly opened it. Apparently, my parents thought it would be funny to wrap my present, a $10 iTunes gift card, in the box my Dad's iPhone came in. FML

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By secondchild - 12/07/2019 14:00

Today, my parents spent more time, money, and effort on my boyfriend's birthday present than they ever have on any of mine. FML

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By Rich - 25/02/2009 02:20 - United States

Today, my parents gave me a shirt from Banana Republic for my birthday. It looked like one I had bought for myself a couple of days earlier but I thanked them and went to hang it in my closet. An empty hanger hung where I placed the shirt I had purchased. They gave me my shirt for my birthday. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/03/2011 14:21 - United Kingdom

Today, it's my birthday. My parents, with whom I live, told me that they didn't get me anything, but instead they said they would knock off a bit of the housekeeping I owe them. FML

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By bdaygirl - 03/12/2009 07:33 - United States

Today, I turned eighteen. Thinking I was going to get a big present from my parents on this special day, I eagerly unwrapped my present. They got me a bag of M and M's. Last year I got flannel bed sheets. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/12/2012 05:44 - United States - Pinellas Park

Today, I was snooping around in my parents' closet to see what I would get for Christmas, when I came across a UPS package. It was the video game I ordered off eBay 3 weeks ago, addressed to me. They told me it had never arrived and said I should ask Santa to bring it to me. FML

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Thursday 7 October 2010 11:21

1. Save wrapping paper. 2. Find huge empty box. 3. Fill with rocks until it weighs about 250 pounds. 4. Add a clothesline and wrap. 5. Give to your parents and tell them you got them a solar powered clothes dryer. 6. Record their reaction and put on YouTube. 7. Get #1 views (all time) award for your hilarious video, simultaneously wrenching the title from YouTube's most popular female singer, Justin Bieber and becoming a hero to all lovers of real music. 8. Become a YouTube partner. 9. Use money to buy Mars. 10. Live happily ever after while banging hot Martians.

paid2think 0

Thursday 7 October 2010 9:07

Damn. it almost worked

Comments

nicky99 0

Friday 8 October 2010 2:04

so, least u got an xbox.

1800YOUWISH 4

Friday 8 October 2010 3:34

I can't believe that some of you people have the deluded notion that parents have to spend a ton of money on their kids in order to truly love them. My parents have never spent more than $100 on me for my birthday or Christmas. They didn't help me at all with college. They could have afforded more for me, but I have never complained. I don't complain because I know, when I get out into the "real world," I will be capable of taking awesome care of myself. And I can laugh my head of at the spoiled brats either @$$ over elbows in debt or living at home, still being spoiled rotten, but they also have a curfew. :)

CodingSquirrel 3

Friday 8 October 2010 5:14

I definitely agree. A lot of kids are extremely spoiled and expect a lot from their parents. Hell there's countless amounts of posts here by or about kids who expect mommy and daddy to buy them everything. It's hard to tell where your opinions on this lie, but the OP certainly has room to complain. If, as a parent, you're not going to buy your kid a whole lot then don't try to be 'sly' and wrap up your kid's things and pass them off as gifts. You're not fooling anyone, just making yourself out to be a real ass.

Basballplaya16 4

Friday 8 October 2010 6:35

haha ydi for it being an xbox.

pokerjedi 0

Friday 8 October 2010 6:52

boohoo you didn't get a present for your birthday. Thousands of people are out of jobs and your being selfish because you didn't get a present. America is doomed.

firstdbzmaker 15

Friday 8 October 2010 7:32

which it will...

gunman15 4

Friday 8 October 2010 7:57

so your telling me your parents stole from you and gave what they stole as a gift?

C6Racer 0

Friday 8 October 2010 9:12

I hope you're only upset for what they did and not for the fact that they didn't buy you anything. I haven't gotten one single gift from anyone for my past 10 bdays. Everyone remembers my bday and that's all I could ever ask for. Don't be a spoiled brat.