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By Anonymous - 21/10/2011 18:58 - United States

Today, it took me and my husband three hours to put our new book shelves together. It took our cat all of three seconds to knock it all down. FML

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Damn you, Ikea!

By xXrememberthisXx - 16/10/2023 06:30

Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML

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By nicki - 14/11/2010 17:18 - United States

Today, it took me a full ten minutes to finish on the toilet. I was babysitting at the time, and it took the kids those ten minutes to destroy the kitchen and shave the cat. FML

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Step by step

By IKEA SUCKS - 22/11/2023 16:00

Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that boasted "easy, step-by-step instructions." Three hours later, surrounded by mismatched screws and a confusing diagram, I realized the only thing "easy" about it was my decision to ask my dad to come round and assemble it for me. FML

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By FallCameEarly - 27/02/2014 06:21 - United States - Alhambra

Today, at my job as a librarian at an old library, I was shelving books. Things were great until one entire bookshelf fell over. The damage wasn't too bad. Then the rest fell down. FML

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Anger management

By truecountrybitch - 09/05/2020 23:00

Today, my boyfriend got frustrated trying to take my entertainment center into the basement, for the kids' game room. It didn't fit, thanks to the horrible design of the house, so he Spartan-kicked it down, breaking it into 15 pieces. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/04/2012 07:18 - United States - Salinas

Today, I tried to put together some flat-pack furniture. I wound up in my underpants, screaming stuff like, "Fuck you, fucking Ikea bastard" at pieces of confusing plywood. FML

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By Username - 03/06/2011 14:04 - United States

Today, while babysitting I decided to play with a children's puzzle to pass the time. Fifteen minutes in I gave up. The kid then came over and put it together in less than five. There were only ten pieces. FML

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The power of the cardboard box

By Never ever again - 23/06/2022 04:00 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I’m kicking myself for buying and setting up an elaborate cat tree I thought my cats would love. The second I was done, they walked over to it, sniffed around, and went to sleep in the box it came in instead, and won’t go near the darn thing. It might as well be a $200 cardboard box. FML

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DIY nightmare

By Anonymous - 20/04/2024 15:00 - United Kingdom

Today, my dad uttered the dreaded words, “Now don’t worry boy, I knows exactly what I is doing.” A few short minutes later he has a destroyed impact drill, my ladder is snapped, my kitchen window is broken, my wife is in hospital for stitches, and we can’t find the cat. FML

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Bad boy

By Nebraskawreck - 22/11/2018 13:30

Today, my husband left our untrained puppy out of its kennel when he left for work. I got home and all of the baby books my parents just bought for us that were on the coffee table in a backpack were completely destroyed, along with the bag, and parts of our wall. FML

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YaboyVinnie 21

Saturday 22 October 2011 1:10

That's Ninja Kitteh for you.

saIty 17

Saturday 22 October 2011 1:17

Are you one of those couples who're like, **** the instructions!

Comments

inpuredeceit 14

Saturday 22 October 2011 18:45

Did you buy them from Ikea?

bubo_fml 10

Saturday 22 October 2011 19:53

Have Eddie Griffin stop by & dangle his "big, hairy balls" in front of your cat like he did in "Deuce Bigelow, European Gigilo."

Amadeus_fml 8

Saturday 22 October 2011 21:16

Cats are good at that kind of thing.

RoxxyHustle 7

Sunday 23 October 2011 1:07

wtf? Did you put them together with scotch tape?

edene600 1

Sunday 23 October 2011 2:56

Cats are from hell

Okayitwasme 0

Sunday 23 October 2011 3:04

Ever herd of wood glue. Use that next time, let it set for 24 hrs before using your new shelf. It'll hold. Been there done that and it sucks.

Eaglestrike117 29

Sunday 23 October 2011 5:17

You clearly didn't put it together correctly.

lollipop77_fml 6

Sunday 23 October 2011 5:24

Ikea??

tarinazsexy 1

Sunday 23 October 2011 14:31

Epic fail! After all that hard work, I hope you kept the instructions!

lillibug93 0

Monday 24 October 2011 2:03

Are they from Ikea?

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