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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Same thing different taste

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softbonez 0

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?

I would be hitting my head against the wall O__o

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Don't beat yourself up too much. Just ... 1. Apologize. Profusely. 2. If there's any doubt, make sure she doesn't think it was deliberate. I know that wouldn't make sense, but if she's having a hard time, she may not be thinking straight 3. Do what you would have done if you had remembered : Ask if she's OK, wants to talk about it, etc. Keep in mind, you're dealing with a random FML thing, she's thinking about her late father. 4. Try really hard not to make the same mistake again.

Rubiks_Dude 0

Ugh...this reminds me of this time in geometry. This kid, Devin was leaving the room to go down to the office and as he was walking out, I said the line from the movie ELF that went "Bye buddy, hope you find your dad" I then remembered his dad died years before. I just stopped at "Bye buddy" then remembered his dad was dead. I still feel bad for it even though I didnt say "hope you find ur dad". I would hate myself for life If i said that last part.....IDI >_

unluckydavid 0

YDI, jerk, what kind of "friend" are you?

This happened to me. I was walking with two friends at school and it was mothers day and i said to one of them 'what did you get your mum?' she answered then i asked the other and it just went dead silent then i realized her mum was dead so i quickly changed the subject. it doesn't mean your a bad friend it just means you forget these things sometimes.

A lot of times i type things through instinct, naturally when one tells another of a family members birthday, our instinct is to send our wishes. I would take it as an honest mistakrme and laugh it off, i dont think your a bad friend at all

well u probally did it on habit if she woulda said todays his birthday but he's dead then u sent it that would be awkward