Birthday, Awkward and Miscellaneous: Today, I was texting a friend of mine. She mentioned it was her...

By blind - 24/06/2009 12:11 - South Africa

Today, I was texting a friend of mine. She mentioned it was her dad's birthday. I typed, "Tell him 'Happy Birthday' from me!" and as I pressed send, I remembered her dad was dead. FML

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By cmolloy - 21/12/2011 14:40 - Ireland

Today, I texted a friend offering my condolences over the death of his grandfather. He hadn't been told his grandfather had died yet. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/06/2009 14:09 - Australia

Today, I went into work and noticed one of my fellow colleagues had a large bunch of flowers on her desk. As soon as I saw her, I immediately said, "Happy Birthday!" Everyone went quiet. It wasn't her birthday; her father had died. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/05/2009 20:38 - United States

Today, I texted everyone in my phone to remind them mother's day is tomorrow. Everyone including the boy whose mom died last year. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/08/2011 04:18 - United States

Today, my friend's dad had a heart attack. Without realizing what I was saying, I texted her, "If you need anything, you know I'll be there in a heartbeat." FML

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I hate the be the bearer of bad news…

By Anonymous - 05/02/2021 23:01

Today, I texted my sister to ask her if she was OK after finding out that one of her oldest friends had died. She didn’t know. FML

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By sober - 12/02/2009 02:09 - United States

Today, I got a text message. It said, "I'm so drunk. What you up to, girl?" It was my dad. FML

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By Gore - 18/06/2019 21:13 - United States - Kansas City

Today, I was going to record a song I wrote for my dad, who I haven't spoke to in a couple of years. After getting things together, I called my mom to let her know I'd be doing this. She informed me he died. A year ago. FML

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LOL

By iPhonekid - 27/05/2012 07:19 - United States - San Antonio

Today, I texted my friend and asked her what her sad status on Facebook was about. She texted me back, saying her step-mother had passed away. I tried to reply with "awwh" but my phone autocorrected it to "ahaha." FML

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By hellbound - 12/07/2013 16:35 - United States - San Antonio

Today, I received a text from my dad, which was borderline-incomprehensible due to an insane amount of text language. I replied, jokingly asked if he had a stroke while writing it. A few seconds after hitting send, I remembered the stroke he suffered last month. FML

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Good grief

By Anonymous - 20/06/2023 00:02

Today, my mom wished her best friend a Happy Birthday on Facebook. Her best friend died this year. Oh, did I mention that it’s also my birthday? FML

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softbonez 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 20:04

How is she a terrible friend? It's like a person saying, "Today's my dad's birthday, but he's dead." Why bring up the subject?

yukanegishi 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 19:57

I would be hitting my head against the wall O__o

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meniacle19 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 20:26

normally if you just hit end before it actually sends it will cancel the message.

AriaSkie16 0

Friday 13 May 2011 0:43

Yeah if you could do that on my phone I would've been saved from alot of shit... -__-

Mischief109 11

Thursday 14 June 2012 18:52

I've done this multiple times... Never works

Ilovelife07 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 20:33

not with my phone : ( learned the hard way

lorawr 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 20:38

it was a f*in mistake, everyone saying that their a bad person is a moron. jeeeesus.

manoverboard 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 20:46

Well, if he's been dead for a long time, it's kind of easy to forget when saying something like that.

leero 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 21:21

it's easy to forget that he's dead...? anyway, i think it really depends on how close the op is with her friend... my dad died, and if my best friend forgot that i'd be pretty upset. but if my other friends forgot momentarily like the op, it wouldn't be a big deal. last week my friend was halfway through asking me what i got my dad for father's day when he remembered... we just laughed it off. so don't worry too much about it :)

youaresofucked 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 20:57

OOOHH NO! No way. Big chance that you're ******.

lovex3_fml 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 21:01

hahahahaha! this is definitely something I'd do too :( hopefully she didn't take it the wrong way...

yaktazuki 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 21:03

I almost did that to someone but stopped at the last second and it doesn't make you a bad person at all.

Funtertaining11 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 21:06

Neither is a bad person. It was an honest mistake. At least the OP cared. Things like this happen. Leave it at that;)

Crystalyo 0

Wednesday 24 June 2009 21:13

FAIL. Although I will say I'm sorry, but I don't think you're a bad person lol. I feel really bad for laughing at this FML, but it was kind of funny. (not the dad dieing part)